Wednesday, January 19th, 2022
Media Tip Sheet: Bucknell’s January Story Ideas
LEWISBURG, Pa. — These are Bucknell University story ideas that may interest you for the rest of January, now that faculty are back for the…
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Friday, April 2nd, 2021
Bucknell Student-led Art Auction with the State Correctional Institute at Coal Township to Benefit Transitions of PA
LEWISBURG, Pa. — An art auction inspired by Bucknell University’s Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program with the State Correctional Institute at Coal Township is being conducted…
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Monday, August 26th, 2019
Sept. 24: Author of The Color of Law to Present Lecture
Bucknell’s education department will present Richard Rothstein, the author of The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, for…
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Monday, October 7th, 2019
Nov. 2-9: Bucknell to Host ‘Dayeinu! Beyond Survival There is Hope’
Bucknell University will host Dayeinu! Beyond Survival There is Hope Nov. 2-9 — a week of free, public workshops, lectures, films and musical performances that…
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Friday, February 7th, 2020
Feb. 12: Pioneering Economist Hamilton to Discuss ‘A New Vision Beyond Neoliberalism’ in Griot Talk
Darrick Hamilton, executive director of the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at The Ohio State University, will present a free, public…
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Wednesday, July 10th, 2019
Tyler Candelora ’19 to Use Fulbright to Teach English, Study Coal Towns in Argentina
To say recent Bucknell graduate Tyler Candelora ’19 has a personal connection to coal would be an understatement. A native of Coal Township, Pa., his grandfather, Peter Murphy, was an Irish coal miner who died of black lung, and Candelora himself has worked in the industry for his father, David, who owned a coal delivery truck.
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Thursday, February 7th, 2019
Media Tip Sheet: Bucknell Story Ideas for February
LEWISBURG, Pa. — The following are Bucknell University story ideas that may interest you in February.
A SECOND SUMMIT — President Trump announced in his…
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Thursday, November 1st, 2018
Media Tip Sheet: Bucknell Story Ideas for November
LEWISBURG, Pa. – The following are Bucknell University story ideas that may interest you in November.
PAIN & POLITICS – The economy has been brutal…
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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…
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Tuesday, October 2nd, 2018
Oct. 18: Sociologist, Author Todd Gitlin to Kick Off ‘The ’60s at 50’ Lecture Series
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…
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Tuesday, October 23rd, 2018
Nov. 8: Author of ‘The Dumbest Generation’ to Speak for ‘The ’60s at 50’ Symposium
Mark Bauerlein, an English professor at Emory University and author of The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future (Or, Don't Trust Anyone Under 30): How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future (Or, Don't Trust Anyone Under 30) will present a free, public talk on Thursday, Nov. 8, at 7 p.m. in Bucknell Hall as part of "The ’60s at 50: Reflections on America a Half-Century Later."
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Monday, November 5th, 2018
Nov. 27: Vietnam War Book Author Mark Moyar to Present Talk
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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Tuesday, November 6th, 2018
Nov. 28: ‘’60s at 50’ Symposium to Screen ‘We Were Soldiers’
Bucknell University's “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, will present a screening of the 2002 film We Were Soldiers on Wednesday, Nov. 28, at 7 p.m. in the Campus Theatre, 413 Market Street in downtown Lewisburg.
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Thursday, March 7th, 2019
March 19: Borders and Immigration Panel Discussion Hosted by The Samek Art Museum
The Samek Art Museum will host a panel discussion among four scholars focusing on questions surrounding immigration and migration and the effect they have on the human condition on Tuesday, March 19 at 6 p.m. in the Gallery Theatre, third floor, Elaine Langone Center. This panel is free and hosted in connection with the current exhibition Border Cantos | Sonic Border on display now at the Samek Art Museum’s Campus Gallery, which is just down the hall from the Gallery Theatre.
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Friday, March 8th, 2019
March 28: Author Glenn Loury to Speak at ‘The ’60s at 50’ Symposium
Author and racial inequality and social policy scholar Glenn Loury will give a free, public talk on Thursday, March 28 at 7 p.m. in Bucknell…
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