• National database including Bucknell grows to 711 schools
• Rev. Dugan serving as interim Bucknell chaplain
• Web site redesign launched
• Markowitz opens Jazz at Bucknell
• Bison athletics events highlights

• Concannon to discuss Yoko Ono works
• Daryl Sherman to open Janet Weis Cabaret Jazz Series
• Governor delivers $9 million grant
• Alumni Affinity program marks anniversary
• Bucknell grads top salary study

• Service to remember Charlie Pollock to be held today
• Bucknell grad to compete in the Olympics
• New BU ID card is multipurpose card
• Bucknell receives grant for Susquehanna River project

August 2008 News

• National database including Bucknell grows to 711 schools
  U-CAN, a voluntary consumer information initiative that includes Bucknell University and is coordinated by National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU), has grown to 711 institutions.
• Rev. Dugan serving as interim Bucknell chaplain
  The Rev. Timothy Dugan is serving as Bucknell's interim university chaplain. Dugan began his duties Aug. 22.
• Web site redesign launched
  Bucknell University has today launched its new University and athletics Web sites, featuring comprehensive new designs, expanded video and photography elements and improved navigation between and throughout both sites.
• Markowitz opens Jazz at Bucknell
  Jazz at Bucknell will host a performance by the Phil Markowitz Trio on Sept. 3 at 8:30 p.m. in Bucknell Hall at Bucknell University.
• Bison athletics events highlights
  Highlight of upcoming althetics events and news.
• Concannon to discuss Yoko Ono works
  Kevin Concannon will give the talk, "Yoko Ono: Imagining Peace 1966-2008," on Friday, Aug. 29, at 5 p.m. in the Gallery Theatre of the Elaine Langone Center at Bucknell.
• Daryl Sherman to open Janet Weis Cabaret Jazz Series
  

  Jazz pianist and vocalist Daryl Sherman will perform classic piano jazz on Wednesday, Aug. 27, at 8 p.m. in the Rooke Recital Hall of the Weis Music Building at Bucknell University. The free concert is the first event in the fall semester's Janet Weis Cabaret Jazz Series.

• Governor delivers $9 million grant
  

  Gov. Ed Rendell on Wednesday announced the grant -- the region's largest ever -- to support the Lewisburg Core Community Initiative, a joint venture between Bucknell, the borough and others aimed at enhancing the downtown and the neighborhood connecting it to campus. || Watch Video

• Alumni Affinity program marks anniversary
  

  Launched a year ago, the Alumni Affinity program at Bucknell University has blossomed from a single pilot program to a robust collection of networks.

• Bucknell grads top salary study
  

  Graduates of Bucknell have the highest earning potential in the nation, a new research survey has revealed. || Related coverage: The Wall Street Journal  || View slideshow.

• Service to remember Charlie Pollock to be held today
  

   A memorial service for Charlie Pollock, vice president for external relations at Bucknell University, will be held today, Aug. 7, at 1 p.m. in Rooke Chapel at Bucknell. The service will be simulcast in Trout  Auditorium. || Additional coverage: The Daily Item
  

• Bucknell grad to compete in the Olympics
  

  J.R. Holden, a 1998 Bucknell graduate and star basketball player, will be playing for Team Russia at the Olympic Games in Beijing.

• New BU ID card is multipurpose card
  

  Bucknell University has rolled out the new BU ID, a multipurpose identification card that may be used for a wide range of campus services.

• Bucknell receives grant for Susquehanna River project
  

  Bucknell University has received a $16,000 seed grant from the John Ben Snow Memorial Trust to fund an interdisciplinary environmental humanities program focusing on the Susquehanna River’s rich history and ecology.