From Delegate to Leader at the National High School Model UN
Lizi Tevdorashvili returns as a mentor, encouraging Georgian students to network and enjoy the experience.
Lizi Tevdorashvili returns as a mentor, encouraging Georgian students to network and enjoy the experience.
On January 29th, Lehigh University and the UN hosted a Town Hall featuring Annalena Baerbock and attended by 500 NGOs.
Dan Coviello's UN career began at Lehigh University, focusing on youth empowerment and sustainable development.
Building on its new ECOSOC status, Lehigh University has launched an innovative faculty fellowship program designed to deepen its engagement with the United Nations.
Lehigh University celebrated the 80th anniversary of the UN and 21 years of its UN Partnership with a globally themed event showcasing student involvement, international culture, and the university’s expanding global impact.
Lehigh University senior Vitalii Martyniak interned with the Ban Ki-moon Foundation in New York, conducting research on climate change, armed conflict, and food insecurity in Ukraine through the Lehigh University-United Nations Partnership.
UNEP Director Jamil Ahmad urged Lehigh students to address the “Triple Planetary Crisis” and highlighted the university’s growing role in global environmental advocacy.
The new accreditation expands on a remarkable 20-year partnership between Lehigh University and the United Nations.
Lehigh University student Timmy Dillard was selected for a prestigious United Nations internship, marking the 61st consecutive Lehigh student to earn a U.N. placement through the LU/UN Partnership.
Lehigh students awarded Canada’s UN Mission Platinum certification for sustainability, highlighting the university’s global role in environmental diplomacy.
Isabelle Canadine, a Lehigh student and member of the Seldovia Village Tribe, became the first from her university to attend the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, where she advocated for Indigenous-focused substance abuse policy reform.
The Student Senate has granted new student organizations on campus the right to affiliate with one of the United Nations' seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Ten clubs have already aligned with an SDG, and a permanent committee will be formed.
Lehigh students discussed UNICEF with Ms. Catherine Russell and Ambassador James Kariuki. Russell addressed budget cuts affecting UNICEF's mission. Ambassador Kariuki talked about UN Security Council reform. Students appreciated learning about global issues through LU/UN Partnership events.
Lehigh University students attended the International Day of Remembrance, focusing on racial justice and human rights, inspiring them to integrate global perspectives into their work.
Lehigh University students participated in the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, presenting on gender equality, women’s empowerment, and global policy initiatives through the university’s UN partnership.
Elissa Miolene, a former United Nations Youth Representative and Lehigh alum, has always viewed the world through a storytelling lens. Now a global development reporter for Devex, the leading news outlet for the global development community, she has found what she calls “this sweet spot of writing and telling stories about the things that I was interested in.”