Lehigh U. Appoints a Vice Provost for Creative Inquiry

As he prepares to move from one position with an unusual, opaque title, to another, Khanjan Mehta says both jobs boil down to teaching students to apply theory and knowledge to solve problems out in the world. Both, he says, also involve helping students attain such skills as being able to think independently and learn from failures.  As founding director of the humanitarian- engineering and social-entrepreneurship program at Pennsylvania State University, Mr. Mehta, an assistant professor of engineering design, has encouraged students to develop engineering solutions to development challenges around the world.  At the end of this year, he will become the inaugural vice provost for creative inquiry at Lehigh University, which is also in Pennsylvania.