10 NO SMALL MATTER Xiaoji Xu develops new methods and instruments for chemical measurement and imaging at the nanoscale 13 BE PRESENT IN YOUR ENVIRONMENT Student research leads to a local ordinance encouraging bird habitat 14 TEACHING BY EXAMPLE Faculty scholarship makes transitions to the classroom, creating real-world explorations 20 DIVING DEEP Biologist Nicole Pittoors travels to great depths to measure the health of the ocean 22 PEELING BACK THE COLONIAL SHELLAC Olivia Landry’s third book asks what documentary film can do to unsettle colonialist conceptions of the colonized 24 A NEW FACE FOR A SOUTHSIDE ICON Student team helps Lehigh Pizza create a new look while honoring its history 27 BREATHING HOPE WITH TECHNOLOGY Students develop an app to improve health of residents in Kazakhstan 28 LAYING THE GROUNDWORK Environmental policy student works to help preserve the local environment while developing important restoration policies 30 DIVISION! Did the trend toward majority votes over consensus in England’s 17th-century Parliament sow seeds of potential discord in future democracies? BRIEFS FEATURES 02 Observations in Wood … Cellular Communication … Gloria Naylor Archives 04 The Power of Us … Concertos Nos. 1 and 5 … Dice and Gods 06 Quark Gluon Plasma … True Story … Transformative Spaces 08 The Muslim Speaks … Natural Systems … Ethically Challenged CONTENTS 10 SPARKING MOMENTS OF MINDFULNESS Deirdre Murphy is a Philadelphia-based painter whose art is constantly evolving while staying grounded in the patterns and perspectives of science and nature 13 A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING OF NUCLEAR MATTER Physics student seeks to dive deep into the inner workings of the universe 14 CLIMATE AND CONFLICT Lehigh researchers examine the realities of climate change and the resulting social and political struggles 20 IS IT TOO WARM TO SNOW? PhD student uses remote sensing of snowpacks and wildfires in the Western US to study impact of climate change 22 STUDIES AND SPORTS Euan Forrest ’23 combines dual majors with soccer to create a fully rounded Lehigh experience 24 STRANGERS IN THEIR OWN LAND Terry-Ann Jones examines the experiences of seasonal, migrant sugarcane workers in Brazil, providing insights in the country’s deep-seated inequalities 27 FILMMAKING WITH IMPACT A trip to Sierra Leone highlights student’s academic experience 28 CRUCIAL CONVERSATIONS Environmental policy student examines impact of conservation in Uganda 30 HISTORIES OF MEMORY, DEVOTION, AND RELATIONSHIP Annabella Pitkin examines how communities respond to trauma, address suffering, and renew transformative relationships through practices of memory Community-Focused Art … The Doom of the Great City … Light and Dark Marriage and Self-Care … A German Jewish Time … Intensive Student Research 06 Other Americans … Shared Decision Making … Historical Trauma 08 Heidegger and Being … Journalistic Futures … Female Labor Force Participation
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