Lehigh Valley
Metropolitan Statistical Area in the United States
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| July 2024 | Two campus buildings (Second Single Brethren's House and Widows' House) were inscribed as part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. |
| July 26 2024 | Moravian Church Settlements—Bethlehem became the 26th UNESCO World Heritage site in the United States, representing the outstanding universal value of historic Moravian settlements alongside Gracehill (Northern Ireland), Herrnhut (Germany), and Christiansfeld (Denmark). |
| 2021 | Elevated from a college to a university status. |
| July 1 2021 | Officially changed name from Moravian College to Moravian University after receiving approval from the Pennsylvania Department of Education. |
| August 21 2020 | Lehigh's College of Health opens, becoming the first in the world to offer undergraduate, graduate, and executive degrees in population health. |
| 2017 | The Sally Breidegam Miksiewicz Center for Health Sciences was opened at 1107 Main Street, providing a 55,000-square-foot facility for undergraduate and graduate health science programs. |
| 2016 | John Makuvek Field was installed and opened behind the Haupert Union Building, featuring a synthetic-turf field for field hockey, lacrosse, and soccer teams. |
| 2014 | Lehigh opened the Stabler Campus. |
| May 2012 | Lehigh University received a significant land donation of 755 acres from the Donald B. and Dorothy L. Stabler Foundation in Upper Saucon Township, Pennsylvania, expanding the university's total campus size to 2,350 acres. |
| March 16 2012 | Lehigh's basketball team achieves a historic NCAA tournament upset, defeating #2 seed Duke Blue Devils 75-70 as a #15 seed, with CJ McCollum scoring 30 points. |
| 2010 | Alice P. Gast was named a science envoy by Hillary Clinton. |
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