Thursday, September 21st, 2017
The telescopes of the Bucknell Observatory will be open to Bucknell families and the community on Friday, Sept. 22, from 8:30-11 p.m. during the University’s Family Weekend. The event is free.
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Thursday, September 21st, 2017
Bucknell will host its annual Family Weekend Sept. 22-24, offering numerous activities for Bucknell students and their families. Events will focus on the academics, arts, athletics and student activities. Programming begins Friday afternoon and runs through Sunday morning.
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Wednesday, September 20th, 2017
Jay Wright '83, head coach of the Villanova University men's basketball team for the last 15 years, will return to campus to participate in the Walling Speaker Series on Thursday, Sept. 21, at 7 p.m. in Trout Auditorium. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Admission is free.
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Thursday, October 12th, 2017
The Department of Music and the Stadler Center of Poetry will present "Falling Still" — a program featuring works for cello and piano, inspired by the writings of Katherine Min, on Sunday, Oct. 15 at 4 p.m. at Rooke Recital Hall.
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Wednesday, October 11th, 2017
Join Bucknell University's student chapter of the American Chemical Society for a Halloween chemistry show on Tuesday, Oct. 17, in the outside amphitheater at McDonnell Hall. Kids tables open at 6:15 p.m. and the main show will begin at 7 p.m.
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Wednesday, October 18th, 2017
Rich Robbins, Bucknell associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and certified parapsychologist, will give an annual talk, "Ghosts and Hauntings: Decide for Yourself," on Tuesday, Oct. 24, at 7 p.m. in Trout Auditorium in the Vaughan Literature Building. Robbins will introduce theories of what ghosts and other related phenomena are, offer a discussion of evidence for and against the existence of ghosts, including alleged ghost photos and examples of electronic voice phenomena, and provide an introduction to ghost hunting and identification of local "hot spots."
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Wednesday, October 18th, 2017
The Bolshevik Revolution Symposium -- a two-day symposium to mark the 100th anniversary of the October Revolution, the coming to power of the Bolsheviks in Russia in October 1917 -- will be held on Wednesday-Thursday, Nov. 1-2. There will be three public lectures, each with Q&A. The Nov. 1 lecture will take place at 7 p.m., with lectures on Nov. 2 scheduled for noon and 5 p.m.
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Monday, October 30th, 2017
More than 600 alumni and their families are expected to return to the Bucknell University campus to participate in Homecoming Weekend Friday-Sunday, Nov. 3-5. The annual celebration will feature several public events.
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Thursday, November 2nd, 2017
LEWISBURG, Pa. – “Peoples of the Susquehanna,” an original documentary film produced by Bucknell University and WVIA Public Media, will premiere locally on Wednesday, Nov.…
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Tuesday, October 31st, 2017
“Peoples of the Susquehanna,” an original documentary film produced by Bucknell University and WVIA Public Media, will premiere locally on Wednesday, Nov. 8 at 7 p.m. at the Campus Theatre, 413 Market Street. The one-hour program examines the history, cultures and traditions of the Native Americans of the Susquehanna River watershed. The half-hour Bucknell student documentary, “The Coopers and Conservation at the Headwaters of the Susquehanna,” will also be shown immediately after the WVIA production. Tickets will be sold at theatre box office the night of the show.
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Thursday, November 9th, 2017
The Bucknell University Orchestra will perform "Symphonic Treasures of Russia" during a free concert in the Weis Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, Nov. 11 at 7:30 p.m. The orchestra is under the direction of Christopher Para, conductor.
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Wednesday, December 13th, 2017
Bucknell University’s 2018 Martin Luther King Jr. Week will feature five prominent scholars who will recall Dr. King’s legacy while providing “Critical Reflections on Current Struggles” during a week-long series of public events Jan. 15-21. All events are free and open to the public, although RSVP is required for luncheon discussions to griot@bucknell.edu.
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Friday, January 12th, 2018
"Feathers of Fire: A Persian Epic," a shadow-puppet play, will be presented on Saturday, Jan. 20 at 2 p.m. at the Weis Center for the Performing Arts. There will be a free pre-performance talk with the artists on Friday, Jan. 19 from noon-1 p.m. in the Weis Center Atrium Lobby. Tickets for the performance can be purchased online at Bucknell.edu/BoxOffice or by calling 570-577-1000.
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Wednesday, January 24th, 2018
he telescopes of the Bucknell Observatory will be open to Bucknell families and the community to view the sights of the night sky — including newborn stars, star clusters and our moon — during Family Night on Saturday, Jan. 27 from 6:30-9 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
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Friday, February 2nd, 2018
The Stadler Center for Poetry will welcome Bucknell's 2018 Poet-in-Residence Camille T. Dungy, author of four books of poetry, for a reading on Tuesday, Feb. 6, at 7 p.m. in Bucknell Hall. A reception and book-signing will follow the reading. All Stadler Center Writers Series events are free and open to the public.
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Monday, January 29th, 2018
Matthew Rojansky, director of the Kennan Institute at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C., will discuss "U.S.-Russia Conflict: The New Normal?" on Thursday, Feb. 8, at 7 p.m. in the Elaine Langone Center Forum. The free, public lecture is sponsored by the Bucknell Department of Political Science as part of its Second Annual National Security Forum.
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Friday, October 27th, 2017
The Samek Art Museum at Bucknell University hosts its latest exhibition by Sidney Mullis, "Who is Puberty and How Does She Hit?" now through Sunday, Feb 11 in its Downtown Gallery space, 416 Market Street, Lewisburg. Mullis will come to campus to participate in a roundtable conversation with Erica Delsandro, visiting assistant professor of women’s and gender studies at Bucknell, on Wednesday, Nov. 29 from 6-8 p.m. at Iron Front Cowork Space, 434 Market St., Suite 301, Lewisburg.
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Thursday, February 1st, 2018
Kris Trego, associate professor of classics & ancient Mediterranean studies and the 2017 recipient of the Class of 1956 Lectureship, will explore underwater archeology in her lecture on Tuesday, Feb. 13, at 7 p.m. in the Gallery Theatre, Elaine Langone Center. A reception in her honor will be held afterward in Arches Lounge.
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Thursday, February 1st, 2018
Percival Everett, a distinguished professor of English at the University of Southern California and author of nearly 30 books, will read from his novel, Erasure, and then lead conversation on Wednesday, Feb. 14, at 7 p.m. in the Gallery Theatre, Elaine Langone Center. His talk is co-sponsored by the English Department and made possible through the support of the University Lectureship Committee. It is part of the semester-long, interdisciplinary series "Erasure: Blackness and the Fight Against Invisibility," by the Griot Institute for Africana Studies.
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Wednesday, February 7th, 2018
Social justice activist and sexual assault survivor Tarana Burke, founder of what has become the #metoo movement for victims of sexual assault and harassment, will…
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Monday, February 12th, 2018
Dr. Richard Kiely, a senior fellow at Cornell University's Office of Engagement Initiatives and co-author of a forthcoming book on community-based global learning, will discuss “Cultivating Socially Responsible Global Citizens: The Role of Higher Education in Today’s International Climate,” on Monday, Feb. 19, at 7 p.m. in a free, public lecture in the Gallery Theater, Elaine Langone Center.
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Friday, February 23rd, 2018
The new documentary “Backpack Full of Cash” will be shown on Monday, Feb. 26 at 7 p.m. in the Gallery Theater on the top floor…
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Friday, February 23rd, 2018
Artist Fredman Barahona*Elyla Sinverguenza will present an LGBTQI+ artist/activist’s talk and reception on Monday, Feb. 26 at 4:30 p.m. in the Gallery Theater and Samek…
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2018
Keith F. Taylor, a professor of mathematics and statistics at Dalhousie University Halifax, Nova Scotia, will discuss the beautiful mathematics behind many of the modern algorithms used in signal and image processing on Wednesday, Feb. 28, at 7 p.m. in Academic West 108. Taylor's free, public talk, titled "The Wavelet Revolution," will focus on abstract mathematical theorems discovered and proven in the recent decades that have had, and continue to have, profound impacts on these technologies.
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Wednesday, February 7th, 2018
Dianne Modestini — the conservator who cleaned, restored and preserved Leonardo da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi," which became the world’s most expensive painting, selling for $450 million — will present Bucknell’s Samek Distinguished Lecture on Thursday, March 1 at 6 p.m. in the Elaine Langone Center (ELC) Forum. Her talk is free and open to the public.
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