S P R I N G 2 0 2 2 | 3 U P F R O N T DEPARTMENTS 2 FROM THE EDITOR 4 FROM THE PRESIDENT ON CAMPUS 5 Charting a Path Forward 6 $2.5 Million Endowment to Create Chemical Engineering Chair 7 Gusmano Named Ethics Director 8 Solar Powered 9 FOUR QUESTIONS WITH: Joan Lunden 10 Vincent Forlenza ’75 Named New Board Chair RESEARCH 11 Visualizing Protease Activity to Better Understand Cancer 12 Understanding Earth’s First Three Billion Years 13 Lehigh Alum Wins Wolf Prize in Physics CULTURE 14 Tiny House, Big Adventure 16 EXHIBITION: Young, Gifted and Black ATHLETICS 17 Africa Business Club Creates Connections 18 PROFILE: Teasha McKoy ’22 NOTES 39 Going Digital 42 FROM THE AVP FOR ALUMNI RELATIONS 43 LEHIGH DISPATCH 71 IN REMEMBRANCE OBITS 73 Betzalel Avitzur 76 Dmitri Vezenov 79 James E. Sturm END PAPER 80 DESIGN: Benches as Art ON THE COVER: Scott Willoughby ’89 at Northrop Grumman with a model of the James Webb Space Telescope. Photo by John McGillen 20 Mission: Possible Scott Willoughby ’89 helped lead development of the most powerful and complex space telescope ever launched, the James Webb Space Telescope. As told to Mary Ellen Alu and Christine Fennessy 26 A New Era of Research Lehigh opens its Health, Science and Technology Building, a revolutionary new space for interdisciplinary collaboration. It is the largest structure Lehigh has ever built. By Christina Tatu 34 Not Just a Women’s Issue The Baker Institute is boosting entrepreneurship among a diverse student population through R.I.S.E. By Christina Tatu C H R I S T A N E U Sareena Karim ’22 launched Foli-Q, a custom hair care company. Read about the Baker Institute’s initiative to encourage entreneurship among women and diverse student groups on page 34.
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