LehighWeek Volume 01, Issue 02

              Or. Daniel
Dennett
To Speak On Human
Consciousness And
The Brain
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Dr. Allan W.
Pense
To Evaluate
Williamsburg Bridge
Project
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Dr. David A.
Thomas
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Named New Dean
Of Graduate Studies
at Lehigh
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David
Joseph
Promoted To
Director Of
Residentail Services
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Dr. John Kenly
Smith Jr.
Hired As New
Professor In History
Department
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Lehigh Has Record Year
In Research Funding
Lehigh University has reported progress toward
its goal to double external research support
with an announcement that a record $19
million in sponsored research was attracted by
Lehigh faculty members last year.
In making the announcement, Dr. Joseph I.
Goldstein, vice present for graduate studies
and research, said Lehigh has made significant
progress toward the goal it established three
years ago of becoming one of the top 75
research institutions in terms of research
funding.
"Last year, we continued to attract research
contracts and grants from government, industry
and foundations at record levels," said Dr.
Goldstein. "This success is directly attributable
to the fine efforts of Lehigh faculty members."
Significant factors in Lehigh's external
research funding growth in fiscal 1986-87 were
increased support from the Ben Franklin
Advanced Technology Center for various
university/industry research projects and from
the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the
university's biochemistry, chemistry and
molecular biology research.
Since 1983-84. Ben Franklin support of
Lehigh research has increased eightfold, while
NIH support of Lehigh research grew fourfold
in the last three years, said Dr. Goldstein.
First-year funding of Lehigh's Engineering
Research Center for Advanced Technology for Large Structural Systems and
support for development of the
university's newly acquired Mountaintop
Campus also contributed to the record
year, he noted.
The $19-milIion research funding
level was a 30-percent increase over the
$14.6 million brought in during 1985-86,
Dr. Goldstein said.
The federal government provided the
largest share - $9.8 million - of Lehigh's
research budget last year. This was an
increase of 36 percent over the previous
year. Ben Franklin support increased 32
percent to $4.75 million, while private-
sector funding of Lehigh research increased 15 percent to $3.6 million. State
and local programs contributed $846,200.
Research at Lehigh also was accomplished through the university's faculty
research fund, which last year supported
79 projects and involved faculty members from 28 departments.
Dr. Goldstein said new research
proposals and programs, such as Lehigh's
superconductive materials consortium,
are expected to foster continued growth
in externally funding research at the university.
Talk To Celebrate Constitution
A Temple-University professor will speak at
Lehigh on Monday Sept. 28 on the
Constitution to commemorate its 200th
anniversary. The free public lecture will be
held at 4 p.m. in Room 303 of the University
Center.
Prof. Ellis Kat/.'s talk. "The Supreme Court
Interprets the Constitution." will focus on the
importance of the U.S, Supreme Court in
adapting the Constitution to meet crises in our
history, and the standards the court uses in
interpreting the Constitution.
Prof. Katz is a professor of political
science and a resident fellow at the
Center for the Study of Federalism at
Temple. Currently, he is researching
American constitutional development
and American federalism.
The talk is being sponsored by the
Friends of Lehigh University Libraries
and Lehigh's departments of government and history.
Lehigh president Peter
Likins accepts a check
from Dennis Hill of
AT&T, as At&T's Rich
Roca looks on. The
funds were part of the
At&T Foundation 1987
Grants Program to
Lehigh made this week,
totalling more than
$150,000.
Photography by BERNHARD J. SUESS