ACUMEN_Spring_2024

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 REVIVING ALLEY HOUSES IN BETHLEHEM Architect Wes Hiatt leads an effort to create affordable housing options 13 PRESERVING A SANDSTONE HERITAGE A trip to Jordan brings insight into archaeology 14 LEHIGH’S DEEP DIVE INTO OCEAN SCIENCE New research center explores one of the most vital resources on Earth 20 EXAMINING THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF MILES ROCK Ph.D. student Casey Kies hopes to cement one of Lehigh’s first graduates in history 22 FROM THE BOTTLING LINE TO THE BIOCHEMISTRY LAB Chemistry Ph.D. student receives an NSF award to help others take a less-traveled path to the sciences 24 GOING WITH THE FLOW Chemistry, physics researchers join forces to unravel mystery behind cell signaling and lipid membrane movement 27 A CARBON-BASED DEMOCRACY Xavier Piccone ’24 studies an energy infrastructure and its impact on political and economic systems 28 THE HORROR OF IT ALL Ph.D. student explores the literary intersection of health and horror 30 ART IN THE AGE OF AI Two theatre professors use a first-year seminar to explore the question of whether artificial intelligence can create art and the potential role it can play in theatre making Reading Between the Lines … Medicine and Healing … Understory Regeneration Palma … Urban Renewal of Utopia … Finding Freedom Bad Blood … Disney and Religion … Attention Control Fascism on Trial … Bacterial Response to Environmental Changes

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