Wednesday, April 10th, 2019
Bucknell to Host Neuroscience Summit on Addiction
Four Leading Addiction Researchers to Join Bucknell’s Grisel at Campus Theatre
LEWISBURG, Pa. — The United States is grappling with one of its worst-ever drug crises. According to the Centers…
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Tuesday, April 2nd, 2019
Bucknell to Explore Ecology, Human Rights at Sustainability Symposium
Famed Climate Scientist, Columbia Professor Dr. James Hansen to Give Keynote
LEWISBURG, Pa. — Famed Columbia University climate scientist Dr. James Hansen, whose 1988 Congressional testimony on climate change helped…
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Wednesday, March 27th, 2019
Bucknell Among Peace Corps’ 2019 Top Volunteer-Producing Schools
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Peace Corps announced last week that Bucknell University ranked No. 6 among small schools on the agency’s list of top volunteer-producing colleges and universities in 2019. There…
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Monday, March 18th, 2019
Bucknell Freeman College of Management Receives AACSB Accreditation
Accreditation Is Endorsement of the College’s Excellence in Business Education
Bucknell University’s Freeman College of Management has received accreditation in business from AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business)…
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Monday, March 4th, 2019
U.S. Olympic Gymnast Aly Raisman to Speak at Bucknell’s Sojka Pavilion
LEWISBURG, Pa. — Aly Raisman — team captain of two gold medal-winning U.S. Olympic women’s gymnastics teams and a 2018 recipient of ESPN’s Arthur Ashe Courage Award on behalf of…
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2019
Founder of the FBI’s National Art Crime Team to Present Bucknell’s Samek Distinguished Lecture
LEWISBURG, Pa. — Robert Wittman, founder of the FBI’s National Art Crime Team and best-selling author, will present “Art Crime in the 21st Century” at Bucknell University’s Samek Distinguished Lecture…
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Tuesday, January 29th, 2019
Bucknell Poll Finds Trump Trouble for Republicans, Particularly with Young Voters
LEWISBURG, Pa. — The record-long government shutdown dropped President Trump’s approval rating to its lowest level in more than a year at 34 percent according to the latest survey by…
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Monday, January 28th, 2019
Bucknell’s Johnson-Cramer Named Bentley’s Dean of Business and the McCallum Graduate School
WALTHAM, Mass. — Michael Johnson-Cramer, the founding director and former interim dean of the Freeman College of Management at Bucknell University, has been named as the new Dean of Business…
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Wednesday, January 16th, 2019
Bucknell Institute for Public Policy Polling Finds Both Parties Wary of Trump Twitter
Democrats, Independents and Some Republicans Say President’s Use of Twitter Has Negative Impact
LEWISBURG, Pa. — Donald Trump has used Twitter like no other U.S. President to let the world…
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Thursday, January 3rd, 2019
Bucknell Martin Luther King Jr. Week to Examine ‘Facing Change’
Bucknell University’s 2019 Martin Luther King Jr. Week will feature five prominent scholars who will recall Dr. King’s legacy while discussing the “Facing Change” theme during a week-long series of…
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Tuesday, December 18th, 2018
Bucknell Researchers Studying Alaska’s Wrangell Volcanoes
Volcanoes Are Some of the World’s Largest but Have Been Scientific Engimas
LEWISBURG, Pa. – Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano captivated the world’s fascination this spring and summer when eruptions spewed lava,…
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Wednesday, October 24th, 2018
Bucknell to Host 13th Annual Susquehanna River Symposium
LEWISBURG, Pa. — Bucknell University will host the 13th Annual Susquehanna River Symposium, “Science, Conservation, & Heritage,” on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 26 and 27 in the Elaine Langone Center.…
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Tuesday, October 16th, 2018
Bucknell Professor Collaborates on Breakthrough Firefly Genome Project
New Paper Sheds Light on Firefly Bioluminescence
LEWISBURG, Pa. — Fireflies and their fascinating luminous courtships have been the subject of childhood wonder and inspired scientific curiosity for centuries. Now,…
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Friday, October 5th, 2018
Bucknell to Present ‘The ’60s at 50’ Symposium
Sociologist, Author Todd Gitlin to Kick Off Public Discussions Oct. 18
The year 1968 has become symbolic for the tumultuous period of conflict and change that marked American society during…
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Monday, September 24th, 2018
Bucknell Student Lectureship Series to Host Josh Peck Oct. 2
LEWISBURG, Pa. – The Bucknell University Student Lectureship Series will host former Nickelodeon teen star, actor, comedian and YouTube personality Josh Peck on Tuesday, Oct. 2 at 7 p.m. in…
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Monday, September 24th, 2018
Bucknell Supports Largest Higher Education Sustainability Conference
PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Bucknell University will serve as a host sponsor for the 2018 Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) Conference & Expo in Pittsburgh, Pa.…
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Wednesday, August 29th, 2018
Bucknell’s Smyer Receives Awards from American Psychological Association
LEWISBURG, Pa. — Bucknell University Professor of Psychology Mick Smyer was the recipient of two awards at the 2018 American Psychological Association (APA) Convention this month. He received the M.…
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Monday, August 13th, 2018
Bucknell to Open 173rd Academic Year with Aug. 19 Convocation
Class of 2022 among one of the largest in University history with 976 new students
LEWISBURG, Pa. – Bucknell University will welcome one of its largest incoming classes when it…
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Thursday, June 28th, 2018
Bucknell Survey Finds Key Trump States to be More Skeptical of Free Trade
LEWISBURG, Pa. — A recent Bucknell Institute for Public Policy (BIPP) national survey reveals that despite improving attitudes toward free trade nationally, citizens in the six states that Donald Trump…
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Tuesday, 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…
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Tuesday, 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…
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Monday, 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…
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Tuesday, 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…
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Thursday, 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…
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Thursday, 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…
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