May 22nd, 2018
May 31-June 3: Bucknell to Host Reunion Weekend
Bucknell University will welcome more than 2,300 alumni and family members to campus for its annual Reunion Weekend May 31 to June 3. Reunions will be celebrated for class years…
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May 15th, 2018
Bucknell Study Confirms Women Want Intimacy While Men Want Sexual Access
Study Finds Both Genders Desire Emotional Accessibility in Long-Term Relationships
LEWISBURG, Pa. — A new Bucknell University study confirms a common belief in relationships — women desire emotional intimacy from…
May 15th, 2018
Bucknell Survey Finds Americans’ Views on New Immigrants Have Improved Significantly Since Trump Became President
LEWISBURG, Pa. – President Trump’s harder stance on immigration may be at odds with Americans’ significantly improved perceptions of new immigrants since he became President, according to a recent Bucknell…
May 14th, 2018
Bucknell Professor’s Research Reveals Letter to Thomas Jefferson
Lisa Perrone, Italian studies, discovered the unmailed note from Filippo Mazzei in a Florence library
LEWISBURG, Pa. — When Professor Lisa Perrone, Italian studies, traveled to Florence, Italy, to research…
April 17th, 2018
Bucknell Researchers Discover Globally Imperiled Wildflower on Nearby Cliffs
Biology professor and students discover rare Heuchera alba while rappelling Shikellamy Bluffs
LEWISBURG, Pa. – While rappelling the nearby 350-foot Shikellamy Bluffs hunting for an endangered plant last summer (Jason…
April 5th, 2018
New Bucknell Survey Finds Americans Deeply Divided by #MeToo
Results show Democratic women and Republican men far apart on the #MeToo Movement
LEWISBURG, Pa. – A new Bucknell University survey reveals that six months after the #MeToo movement first…
April 2nd, 2018
Media Tip Sheet: Bucknell Story Ideas for April
LEWISBURG, Pa. — The following are story ideas that may interest you from Bucknell University in April.
COAL REGION REVITALIZATION: Since 2015, Bucknell’s interdisciplinary Coal Region Field Station has connected…
March 22nd, 2018
Bucknell Study: ‘Send pics’—How Men and Women Use Snapchat differently
New research from a team at Bucknell University suggests that men and women use Snapchat differently. It comes as no surprise that the difference involves sex.
In a survey of…
March 22nd, 2018
Comedian and Author Chelsea Handler to Speak on Social Activism April 3
LEWISBURG, Pa. – Comedian and author Chelsea Handler will participate in a fireside chat on social activism on Tuesday, April 3, at 7 p.m. in Bucknell University’s Weis Center for…
March 5th, 2018
Media Tip Sheet: Bucknell Story Ideas for March
LEWISBURG, Pa. — The following are story and photo ideas that may interest you from Bucknell University in March.
CELEBRATING NEW BUSINESS: Wednesday, March 21 is the second annual Small…