Selected Media Coverage: June 9, 2009

CNN, 5/19/2009 GAO report: Special-needs kids abused in schools Michael George, director of Lehigh's Centennial School, discusses positive educational environments for students with severe learning and behavioral disorders. CNN also produced an exclusive video of Centennial School for its Web site.

The New York Times, 5/24/2009 New Puzzles That Tell Humans From Machines Henry Baird, professor of computer science and engineering, talks about captchas and the gap of perception capabilities between humans and machines.

The Chronicle of Higher Education, 5/28/2009 This Year, Colleges Recruited Students in a 'Hall of Mirrors' Lehigh's Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid, Leon Washington, talks about the incoming class, the admissions process, and the challenging higher education landscape.

CBS.com, 5/28/2009 2009 Commencement Address Highlights Lehigh's 2009 Commencement Address speaker Jeffrey Sachs was included among a list of graduation highlights from across the nation. His clip appears just after the 5:00 minute mark in the video segment.

Other highlights of Lehigh in the News from this month include:

Lehigh's spring Perella event mentioned in the Detroit Free Press
Joel Sutherland, managing director of the Center for Value Chain Research, in The Journal of Commerce
Henri Barkey, the Bernard L. and Bertha F. Cohen Professor of International Relations, in Christian Science Monitor

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Monday, June 08, 2009