Thursday, August 29th, 2019
LEWISBURG, Pa. — Today more than 44 million Americans have outstanding student loan debt of $1.5 trillion, making it one of the biggest consumer debt…
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Thursday, August 22nd, 2019
Class of 2023 Features 968 New Students, 28 Transfers from 31 States, D.C. and 42 Countries
LEWISBURG, Pa. – Bucknell University will open its 174th…
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Wednesday, August 21st, 2019
Proposed Project to be Built on Land Near Bucknell Golf Club Driving Range
LEWISBURG, Pa. — As part of its ongoing commitment to sustainability, Bucknell…
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Monday, July 22nd, 2019
Awarded Grant from Gov. Wolf’s Manufacturing PA Initiative for Expansion
LEWISBURG, Pa. – Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf recently awarded a $70,000 grant through the Manufacturing…
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Thursday, July 18th, 2019
LEWISBURG, Pa. – Bucknell University civil and environmental engineering professor Michelle Oswald Beiler is the recipient of the 2019 American Society of Civil Engineers Transportation…
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Wednesday, July 10th, 2019
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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Wednesday, June 19th, 2019
LEWISBURG, Pa. — The following are Bucknell University story ideas that may interest you during the summer.
PROVIDING FINANCING AUTHORITY – It’s taken financing to…
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Tuesday, June 18th, 2019
Plant Discovery Challenges Notion of Binary Sexuality
LEWISBURG, Pa. — A new species of bush tomato discovered in remote Australia provides a compelling example of…
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Thursday, June 6th, 2019
LEWISBURG, Pa. — Bucknell University announced a new partnership with Billy Casper Golf, a national leader in golf course management, to manage the University’s storied…
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Wednesday, June 5th, 2019
Camps, Conferences and Athletics Events Will Bring Visitors to Campus
LEWISBURG, Pa. — Bucknell University will host more than 40 summer events that will bring…
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Tuesday, May 28th, 2019
LEWISBURG, Pa. — Residents living near Bucknell University’s Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium should be aware that Saturday night’s Reunion Weekend Grand Finale festivities will include fireworks…
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Monday, July 1st, 2019
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing and the first steps on the moon, the Bucknell University Observatory presents an evening of music, moon watching and stargazing on the Malesardi Quad in the center of Bucknell’s campus. Observatory staff will have portable telescopes on the quad for views of the moon, Jupiter and Saturn. The free, public event will also feature music by blues guitarist Allan Combs II, as well as screening of NASA video from the Apollo missions.
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Wednesday, June 5th, 2019
Bucknell University will host more than 40 summer events that will bring more than 8,000 visitors to campus. These programs will run through Aug. 25.…
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Tuesday, May 28th, 2019
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and this summer, Bucknell’s Samek Art Museum is inviting anyone to contribute objects they consider to be beautiful to an exhibition. The free, public exhibition, entitled “Show & Tell,” will be on view at the Samek’s Downtown Gallery, 416 Market Street, from Tuesday, June 4 through Sunday, October 13. The gallery is open Tuesday through Sunday between 12 noon and 5 p.m.
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Tuesday, May 28th, 2019
Bucknell University will welcome alumni and family members to campus for its annual Reunion Weekend Thursday, May 30 through Sunday, June 2. Reunions will be celebrated for class years ending in 4 and 9, as well as all classes who graduated more than 50 years ago.
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Thursday, May 16th, 2019
Results Indicate the Public Skeptical About a Quick Resolution
LEWISBURG, Pa. — A new nationally representative survey from the Bucknell Institute for Public Policy (BIPP)…
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Monday, May 13th, 2019
Results Find Generational Divide on Severity of Anti-Semitism as a Problem
LEWISBURG, Pa. — A recent nationally representative survey from the Bucknell Institute for Public…
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Friday, May 10th, 2019
LEWISBURG, Pa. — The following are Bucknell University story ideas that may interest you in May.
CHASING FIREFLIES – The warming days of approaching summer…
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Thursday, April 25th, 2019
LEWISBURG, Pa. — Bucknell University will enter into a new collaboration with VIA Public Media and its award-winning public radio station and NPR affiliate, WVIA-FM…
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Thursday, April 11th, 2019
LEWISBURG, Pa. — The following are Bucknell University story ideas that may interest you in April.
SEEKING PLAYGROUND SAFETY – Kids are on playgrounds again…
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Wednesday, April 10th, 2019
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…
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Tuesday, April 2nd, 2019
Famed Climate Scientist, Columbia Professor Dr. James Hansen to Give Keynote
LEWISBURG, Pa. — Famed Columbia University climate scientist Dr. James Hansen, whose 1988 Congressional…
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Wednesday, March 27th, 2019
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…
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Monday, March 18th, 2019
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…
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Tuesday, March 5th, 2019
LEWISBURG, Pa. — The following are Bucknell University story ideas that may interest you in March.
GETTING ‘SMART’ ON HEALING — Bucknell College of Engineering…
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