Events

Presenter: Katherine Parkin, Ph.D., Professor, Department of History and Anthropology; Jules Plangere, Jr., Endowed Chair in American Social History Organized crime played a role in the experience of many securing, providing, and paying for abortions before they were legalized. The high rates for the procedure made illegal abortion in the 1960s the third largest moneymaker for […]

Great Hall Auditorium Meet Vincent Forlenza Vincent Forlenza, chair of Lehigh Univeristy’s Board of Trustees, is a retired executive known for transforming Becton, Dickinson and Company from a medical supplies manufacturer into a global leader in medical devices, diagnostics, and life sciences. A Lehigh University alumnus with a bachelor’s in chemical engineering and an MBA […]

All aboard! By 1980, Yacht Rock artists ruled the charts with their mixture of jazz, R&B, and smooth production. Which artists picked up the torch from the 1970s artists, and how did sounds change? What led to the decline in popularity of the genre? This two-session virtual course, taught by Kit O’Toole, explores the origins and rise of Yacht Rock, the smooth R&B and jazz-inspired genre.