Director, Editorial Services
Editor, Lehigh Bulletin
Office of Communications and Public Affairs
(610) 758-6391
maa614@lehigh.edu
Mary Ellen Alu is director of editorial services in the Office of Communications and Public Affairs. She is editor of the Lehigh Alumni Bulletin, published three times a year; and she has played a key role in other publications, including the College of Education’s Theory to Practice magazine and Lehigh Business, the annual magazine of the College of Business. She also writes and edits for Lehigh’s online news sites.
Alu joined Lehigh’s communications office in 2014 after a lengthy career in journalism. She worked as an editor for AOL’s online news service, Patch; as an editor and reporter for The Morning Call daily newspaper in Allentown, Pa.; and as a reporter for The Times Leader in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. She holds a Masters of Liberal Arts from the University of Pennsylvania and a B.A. from Wilkes College (now University). She is the recipient of numerous writing and reporting awards.
Alu is a former co-president and board member of Families with Children from China – Lehigh Valley Chapter. She also served as an assistant troop leader for Girl Scout Troop 6008 based at St. Thomas More in Salisbury Township, Pa.
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Beth Galetti ’93 oversees one of the largest workforces in the tech industry. Unafraid of new challenges, she’s also helping to launch a new health care venture.
Students of an art, architecture and design course and the journalism department work together on a pedestrian bridge project.
Former Hewlett-Packard CEO and 2016 Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina delivered Lehigh’s inaugural Peter S. Hagerman ’61 Lecture in Ethics. Her address on ‘Why Ethics and Respect Matter’ helped launch the new Center for Ethics.
Neuroscientist Daniel Babcock is using fruit fly research to pave the way to treatments for Parkinson’s and other diseases.
As Lehigh expands its efforts in sustainability, it makes a pledge to buy more of its food from local farms and humane sources.
The 75-minute ceremony was marked with cheers and lengthy applause.
David A. Griffith examines reciprocal value-sharing in manufacturer-retailer relationships.
As Lehigh launches its Center for Ethics, the former Hewlett-Packard CEO comes to campus to address “Why Ethics and Respect Matter.”
Scholars, activists and community organizers to shed light on human rights issues faced by the LGBTQ+ community in Africa.
Artist-in-Residence Karyn Olivier builds a wall inside the LUAG Main Gallery.
Campus Architectural Details
Through a series of ambitious infrastructure projects, Lehigh aims to encourage creativity and collaboration.
Three winning creations of the Lehigh University Design Collective are among seven new functional yet highly artistic bike racks installed over the summer in South Side Bethlehem.
Provost Patrick V. Farrell updates university community at Town Hall meetings.
Klaudia Jazwinska ’18 is the first Lehigh student to win the award in 40 years.
Several assistant professors and professors of practice have joined the College faculty.
IEX CEO Brad Katsuyama, the subject of Michael Lewis’ best-seller Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt, brought his “David among Goliaths” story to Baker Hall and detailed his efforts to restore balance and trust to the stock market.
