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Bucknell Engineering Team to Aid Gilson Snow in Water Sports Development

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…

Bucknell’s Beiler Receives ASCE Transportation & Development Institute Outstanding Younger Member Award

LEWISBURG, Pa. – Bucknell University civil and environmental engineering professor Michelle Oswald Beiler is the recipient of the 2019 American Society of Civil Engineers Transportation…

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.

Bucknell Researchers Identify New Sexually Diverse Bush Tomato Species

Plant Discovery Challenges Notion of Binary Sexuality LEWISBURG, Pa. — A new species of bush tomato discovered in remote Australia provides a compelling example of…

Billy Casper Golf Selected to Manage Bucknell Golf Club

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…

Bucknell to Host More Than 8,000 This Summer

Camps, Conferences and Athletics Events Will Bring Visitors to Campus LEWISBURG, Pa. — Bucknell University will host more than 40 summer events that will bring…

Bucknell Poll Finds Americans Optimistic About U.S.-China Trade War Outcome

Results Indicate the Public Skeptical About a Quick Resolution LEWISBURG, Pa. — A new nationally representative survey from the Bucknell Institute for Public Policy (BIPP)…

Bucknell Poll Finds Americans See Anti-Semitism Problem, Divided on What It Is

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…

Bucknell, VIA Public Media Announce New Collaboration

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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Bucknell Engineering Team to Aid Gilson Snow in Water Sports Development

Bucknell’s Beiler Receives ASCE Transportation & Development Institute Outstanding Younger Member Award

Tyler Candelora ’19 to Use Fulbright to Teach English, Study Coal Towns in Argentina

Bucknell Researchers Identify New Sexually Diverse Bush Tomato Species

Billy Casper Golf Selected to Manage Bucknell Golf Club

Bucknell to Host More Than 8,000 This Summer

Bucknell Poll Finds Americans Optimistic About U.S.-China Trade War Outcome

Bucknell Poll Finds Americans See Anti-Semitism Problem, Divided on What It Is

Bucknell, VIA Public Media Announce New Collaboration

Bucknell to Host Neuroscience Summit on Addiction

Bucknell to Explore Ecology, Human Rights at Sustainability Symposium

Bucknell Among Peace Corps’ 2019 Top Volunteer-Producing Schools

Bucknell Freeman College of Management Receives AACSB Accreditation

U.S. Olympic Gymnast Aly Raisman to Speak at Bucknell’s Sojka Pavilion

Founder of the FBI’s National Art Crime Team to Present Bucknell’s Samek Distinguished Lecture

Bucknell Poll Finds Trump Trouble for Republicans, Particularly with Young Voters

Bucknell’s Johnson-Cramer Named Bentley’s Dean of Business and the McCallum Graduate School

Bucknell Institute for Public Policy Polling Finds Both Parties Wary of Trump Twitter

Bucknell Martin Luther King Jr. Week to Examine ‘Facing Change’

Bucknell Researchers Studying Alaska’s Wrangell Volcanoes

Bucknell to Host 13th Annual Susquehanna River Symposium

Bucknell Professor Collaborates on Breakthrough Firefly Genome Project

Bucknell to Present ‘The ’60s at 50’ Symposium

Bucknell Student Lectureship Series to Host Josh Peck Oct. 2

Bucknell Supports Largest Higher Education Sustainability Conference

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