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The Faculty Colloquium, Bucknell's oldest speaker series, kicks off its new year on Tuesday, Sept. 11 at 5:15 p.m. with a free, public presentation by Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Philip Asare entitled "Embedding Computing in the Physical World: What If, When and How?" in the Gallery Theatre, Elaine Langone Center.

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The Bucknell Piano Series and Jazz@Bucknell join forces for the first time, presenting pianist John Salmon in a free concert at Rooke Recital Hall, located in the Sigfried Weis Music Building, on Monday, Sept. 24 at 7:30 p.m.

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The Center for Race, Ethnicity & Gender will present a screening of the film Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World on Tuesday, Oct. 2…

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History professor Yang Wei, the Donahue Chair of East Asian History at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, will deliver a free, public lecture on Tuesday, Oct. 2 at 7:30 p.m., in the Gallery Theater on the 3rd floor of the Elaine Langone Center. The lecture is entitled "Institutional Innovations and Political Decay in 17th-Century China" and is hosted by The China Institute at Bucknell University.

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Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will speak with audiences at Bucknell University and more than 95 locations across the United States during the 12th…

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Michelle Harris, professor, Africana studies/social welfare at the University at Albany, State University of New York, will deliver a free, public speech entitled “Contemporary Indigeneity…

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Todd Gitlin, an American sociologist, political writer, novelist and cultural commentator will kick off the lecture series “The ’60s at 50: Reflections on America a…

Continue reading Oct. 18: Sociologist, Author Todd Gitlin to Kick Off ‘The ’60s at 50’ Lecture Series »

On Thursday, October 18, the Nrityagram Dance Ensemble will perform on the Weis Center for the Performing Arts stage at 7:30 p.m. One of the…

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The Bucknell Department of Theatre & Dance will present their first Mainstage performance of the year, Antigone by Sophocles, translated by Anne Carson, Oct. 19-22. The Friday, Saturday and Monday performances will take place at 7:30 p.m., while the Sunday performance is at 2 p.m. All performances will be held in the Harvey M. Powers Theatre, which is located in Coleman Hall. Tickets are $12 for adults and $7 for seniors and may be purchased online, or at the theatre prior to the show.

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The Bucknell University Choir and Camerata will present their free, public Homecoming Concert on Saturday, Oct. 20 at 7:30 p.m. in the Rooke Recital Hall, located in the Sigfried Weis Music Building.

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The Bucknell University Small Business Development Center (SBDC) will host the BizPitch 2018 finals on Tuesday, Nov. 13, at 5:30 p.m. in the Terrace Room,…

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Bucknell's Stadler Center for Poetry & Literary Arts will present renowned poet, essayist, professor of classics and translator Anne Carson as its 2018–19 Sojka Visiting Poet. She will present her performance piece "A Lecture on the History of Skywriting," with collaborator Robert Currie, on Tuesday, Nov. 13, at 7 p.m. in the Weis Center for Performing Arts. Book sales in the Wes Center Atrium will precede the reading. Carson will also engage in a Q&A on Antigonick, her recent version of the Sophocles’ Antigone, with Bucknell English professor G.C. Waldrep and classics professor Stephanie Larson on Wednesday, Nov. 14 at 12 noon in the Elaine Langone Center Forum. Time will be allotted for audience questions. Please note that locations for these events have changed to reflect expected audience sizes. Both events are free and open to the public.

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The Jazz@Bucknell performance by the Manuel Valera Trio scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 15, at 7:30 p.m. in Bucknell Hall has been postponed due to Thursday’s…

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Mark Moyar, director of the Office of Civilian-Military Cooperation, USAID and author of Triumph Forsaken: The Vietnam War 1954-1965 will give a free, public talk on Tuesday, Nov. 27, at 7 p.m. in Bucknell Hall. This event is part of a speaker series hosted by the Department of Sociology & Anthropology. The talk is part of “The ’60s at 50: Reflections on America a Half-Century Later,” a symposium dedicated to a reconsideration of the political, social and cultural legacy of the American 1960s.

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The Bucknell University Gamelan Ensemble will present a free, public concert in the Weis Center Atrium Lobby on Tuesday, Nov. 27, at 7:30 p.m.

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Bucknell University English professors Paula Closson Buck and G.C. Waldrep will present a free poetry reading on Thursday, Nov. 29,  at 7 p.m. in Bucknell Hall as part of the 2018-19 Stadler Center for Poetry & Literary Arts Writers Series.

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Bucknell's annual Christmas Candelight Services will be held in Rooke Chapel on Friday, Nov. 30; Sunday, Dec. 2, and Tuesday, Dec. 4, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are required and free of charge. They are made available on a first-come, first-served basis via myBucknell or at any campus box office location.

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The Bucknell Department of Theatre & Dance will present its annual Fall Dance Concert on Friday, Nov. 30, and Saturday, Dec. 1 at 7:30 p.m. in the Harvey M. Powers Theatre, located in Coleman Hall. Tickets are $12 for adults and $7 for students and senior citizens. They can be purchased online at bucknell.edu/boxoffice, any Campus Box Office location, or at the theatre an hour before the show.

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The Bucknell Jazz Band will perform a free, public concert in the Weis Center for the Performing Arts on Monday, Dec. 3, at 7:30 p.m.

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Bucknell University’s 2019 Martin Luther King Jr. Week will feature five prominent scholars who will recall Dr. King’s legacy while discussing the "Continuous Struggle" theme during a week-long series of public events Jan. 21-27.

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Piano soloist, collaborator and educator Liza Stepanova will perform a concert as part of the Bucknell Piano Series on Monday, Feb. 4, at 7:30 p.m. in the Rooke Recital Hall, located in the Sigfried Weis Music Building. This performance is free and open to the public.

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The 2018-19 Stadler Center for Poetry and Literary Arts Poet-in-Residence, Brenda Hillman, will give a free, public reading on Tuesday, Feb. 5 at 7 p.m. in Bucknell Hall.

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Author June Carbone, Robina Chair in Law, Science, and Technology at the Minnesota Law School, will present a free, public talk on Thursday, Feb. 14, in Bucknell Hall as part of Bucknell's year long “The ’60s at 50: Reflections on America a Half-Century Later” symposium. The series is dedicated to a reconsideration of the political, social and cultural legacy of the American 1960s.

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The Bucknell University Orchestra will present a free, public concert in the Weis Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, Feb. 23, at 7:30 p.m.

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Mariana Ortega, associate professor of philosophy and women’s, gender, and sexuality studies at Penn State University, will present Bucknell's annual Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Gender and the Department of Women's & Gender Studies distinguished lecture on Tuesday, Feb. 26 at 7 p.m. in the Elaine Langone Center's Forum (Room 272). Ortega's free, public lecture -- entitled "To(o) Queer the Artist: An Aesthesis of Self-Making" -- will be followed by a reception in the ELC Center Room (256) in which her artwork will be on display.

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