As Rhode Island strives to build healthier communities, one of the most complex and challenging areas of public. health is the prevention of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), acquired immune deficiency syndrome. (AIDS) and other sexually-transmitted diseases (STDs), such as syphilis, gonorrhea, and chlamydia. Despite. decades of efforts to reduce the burden of HIV and STDs in Rhode Island, these diseases remain a persistent public. health problem, especially among many vulnerable and marginalized populations.
Lehigh University is an American private research university located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. It was established in 1865 by businessman Asa Packer and has grown to include studies in a wide variety of disciplines. Its undergraduate programs have been coeducational since the 1971â72 academic year.
Lehigh's 2006 student-athlete graduation rate of 97% ranked 12th among all 326 NCAA Division I institutions. In 2002, it won the inaugural USA Today /NCAA Foundation Award for having the nation's top graduation rate of all Division I institutions.