April 2018

Crossbred Chickadees Deficient in Memory and Problem-solving, a Possible Selective Disadvantage

For a long time, hybridization—when distinct species mate and produce offspring—was thought to be a mistake. Yet, advancements in genomic testing tools have revealed naturally occurring hybridization as a fairly common phenomenon—with a role in natural selection, in some cases.

Student Registration and Full-Time Status

Schedule Limitations

All graduate students using Lehigh University resources must be registered. No graduate student may register for more than 16 credits per semester. However, students must have advisor approval of their schedule and in most cases no more than 12 credits will be recommended. University employees may register for, at most, two courses per semester with appropriate approval. The maximum registration in a summer session is two concurrent courses and no more than 14 summer credits. Half-time graduate student employees of the university (e.g.

Graduate Student Petitions

Any Lehigh student or applicant for student status, faculty or staff member, or applicant for faculty or staff positions has the right to make a complaint of discrimination. In cases involving harassment, the complaint should be filed in accordance with Lehigh’s Policy on Harassment, which specifies procedures for both informal and formal resolution. Other complaints of discrimination should be made to any of the following people:

Tresolini Law Lecture Focuses on Early Days of the Republic

Political historian, journalist, elections analyst and National Review contributor Jay Cost delivered this year’s Tresolini Lecture earlier this month, regaling his audience with an engaging analysis of the early days of the Republic. In a talk titled “James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and the Struggle for Republican Government,’” Cost shared his nuanced understanding of the challenge of creating a new American government, and the men who shaped it.

REDIRECT FOR Faculty Meeting Minutes

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REDIRECT FOR Information for Department Chairs, Program Directors, & Coordinators

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Lehigh to Host Hip Hop Expo in Mid-April

Lehigh professors Kashi Johnson and Monica R. Miller have co-curated the HiiiPOWEREd Cypher, a hip hop-based, multi-day “arts and humanities experience” that is being hosted and funded by the Africana Studies Public Humanities Initiatives Program Endowment Fund. It will run from April 12-21.

Q&A: How Recent Wage Laws Could Impact Tipped Workers

In December of 2017, the Department of Labor proposed a rollback of an Obama-era federal wage law banning “tip-pooling,” which forces workers to share tips with non-tipped employees and business owners.

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