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Bucknell Astronomers Discover Binary Planetary System
Bucknell’s Katelyn Allers and Blake Pantoja joined an international team that used NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to discover planetary companions 450 million light-years from Earth.
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Bucknell Sets Spring Reopening Plan
Classes will begin Feb. 1 as planned. Students will need two negative COVID-19 test results prior to arrival and will take a weekly test through the first month.
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Bucknell Student Helps Develop Popular Online Holiday Shopping Tool
Emma Arrighini ’21 is co-founder and marketing lead on a Google Chrome extension, Octoshop, which helps parents locate and purchase the most elusive holiday gifts.
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Here or Anywhere: Five New Ways to Explore Bucknell
In 2020, Bucknell introduced a suite of options designed to help prospective students and their families learn more about our unique approach to living and learning.
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Professor Emily Martin Sings on One of Year’s Best Classical Recordings
Recorded at Bucknell’s Rooke Recital Hall, the album Let Evening Come: American Songs Old & New (Albany Records) featuring lyric soprano and Professor Emily Martin makes The Chicago Tribune’s ‘"Best Classical Recordings" list.
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Maximum Impact: Professor-student Team Uncovers Engineering Applications in Bighorn Sheep Horns
Horns help 150-pound sheep absorb more than 750 pounds of force. Professor Benjamin Wheatley and Jake Schaefer ’24 are asking how we might adapt these animals' protective properties to design everything from better sneakers to safer cars.
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Bucknell Students Are Making the Most of Their Extended Winter Break
With a winter break more than twice the normal length, Bucknell students are maximizing their extra time through impactful research projects, selfless volunteer work, lifelong hobbies and résumé-building internships.
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Bringing Life Back: Bucknell Researchers Work to Cure Impaired Pennsylvania Waterways
By revitalizing deforested agricultural streams in Bucknell’s backyard, biology students hope to improve water health in the Susquehanna River Valley and beyond.
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Beyond Mentorship: Bucknell Tutors Offer K–12 Students a Lifeline in a Chaotic Time
United We Learn, a new student-driven online tutoring program, helps elementary through high school students set goals and create custom plans to succeed.
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A Successful Semester, On Campus
Bucknell completes in-person fall semester through careful planning, testing and adherence to behavioral public safety measures.
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Bucknell Professor and Student Seek to Turn Ag Plastic Into Biofuel
Professor Deborah Sills, civil & environmental engineering, and Riley Doyle ’22 join researchers from Cornell and Israel on $300,000 research grant.
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Bucknell Launches New Councils to Advance Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Bucknell's charge toward an inclusive and anti-racist campus community continues with the development of DEI councils in Bucknell’s three colleges, as well as in seven administrative departments across the University.
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Bucknell Joins Liberal Arts Colleges Racial Equity Leadership Alliance as Inaugural Member
The 51 alliance member institutions will share strategies and leverage resources to make an impact on racial equity in higher education.
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The Show Goes On: Students Share Performance Skills and Passions With the World in Weis Center Sessions
Video series gives students a unique outlet to showcase their creativity while advancing the center's mission of bringing arts and culture to the Bucknell community and beyond.
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Bucknell SBDC Partnering on New Danville Business Incubator
Startup Danville to focus on healthcare and technology innovations.
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At Bucknell’s Outdoor Dance Festival, All the Campus Is a Stage
With indoor dance showcases off the docket, students and faculty in Bucknell's theatre & dance department devised a first-of-its-kind Outdoor Dance Festival with performances in 11 locations across campus.
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Bucknell Launches College Admissions Insider Podcast
Get a glimpse behind the curtain of college admissions in a new show produced by Bucknell’s Office of Communications.
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Bucknell Fellows Help Peers Navigate Pivotal Election Amid Global Pandemic
In an election year like never before, three Bucknell student fellows are helping students navigate a high-stakes and highly complicated voting landscape.
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Virtual Campus Tour Empowers Students to Explore Bucknell Anytime, From Anywhere
With the pandemic preventing families from visiting every college on their list, Bucknell University's new virtual campus tour is an ideal way to explore the University anytime, from anywhere.
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Bucknell Delays Spring Semester Opening to Feb. 1
The two-week delay and elimination of spring break are in effort to protect the health and safety of the campus and surrounding community.