Innovate Bucknell
Innovate Bucknell is a series of engaging educational and networking opportunities for students, faculty, alumni, parents and friends to celebrate and share their interest, passion and knowledge in entrepreneurship and innovation at every stage of life and career.
Upcoming Events
Join the conversation of like-minded Bucknellians who foster the entrepreneurial spirit. Bucknell University is hosting the first-ever Innovate Entrepreneurship Summit in New York City.
The event will include two tracks of sessions that will offer insight from field experts on how to grow your business with intention and impact. The keynote speaker and panelists will be announced soon!
This one-day summit is designed for Bucknell students – all majors and class years – to learn from and engage with leaders and innovators in the Silicon Valley area.
The summit, to be held at Menlo Country Club, Woodside, Calif., will be followed by an offsite reception until 6:30 p.m.
See more details and sign up here by December 10th
Contact the student leaders with questions:
Kat McDonald '20, Markets, Innovation and Design Major, kgm010@bucknell.edu
or
Molly Teresi 21, Psychology Major, mkt006@bucknell.eduOpen to all Bucknell majors and class years.
Applications due December 2 on the BRIDGE.
For the second year, Freeman College of Management is offering a spring break experience for students – across all majors and class years – who are interested in data analytics, technology and innovation to travel to Silicon Valley and San Francisco, California. Students will have the opportunity to learn about organizations and from professionals who work in these areas, particularly those who surround themselves with data to make business decisions. During the day, the students will visit with alumni and employers and participate in a number of cultural and networking events in the evenings.
Interested students should apply on the BRIDGE by Dec. 2 with a resume and a statement of interest under Silicon Valley Trip AND complete this Google form: https://forms.gle/utd9jb8wio9d6mUJ8.
The cost is $1,300 per student with financial aid available.
Contact Missy Gutkowski, Director of Experiential Programs, Freeman College of Management at mmg019@bucknell.edu with questions.
Speakers to be announced soon!
Recent Events
Named one of the "smartest people in technology" by Fortune, serial entrepreneur Marc Lore '93 returns to campus to discuss the current state and future of ecommerce and his keys to business success — which includes radical transparency, gamification and financial savviness. Marc graduated from Bucknell in 1993 with a bachelor of arts in business management and economics. Discussion to be moderated by President John C. Bravman.
Marc Lore '93 Bucknellian story
Presented by the Center for Career Advancement, our inaugural Industry Spotlight series features healthcare industry experts. This student learning experience will feature workshops, and panel and roundtable discussions highlighting the following speakers:
Lori Lehman, Ph.D, '79, Vice President, Gilead Sciences
Lauren Hughes '02, Director of Development, Breastcancer.org
Paul Booth '92, Section Head, Biomedical Systems, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Scott Afzal '04, President, Audacious Inquiry
Sarah Haflett '01, Director and Research Leader, Health Research Institute, PwC
Professor Dan Cavanagh, Founding Director, Ciffolillo Healthcare Technology Inventors Program at Bucknell University
Dr. Catherine O'Neil, Bucknell University Student Health Medical Director
Dr. Robert Doms '81, M '81, Pathologist-in-Chief, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Laura Crawn '00, Senior Director, Government Programs Market Strategy and Support, Express Scripts
Laura Jenkins '88, Genetics Counselor, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Dr. John Comerci '84, Surgical Oncologist, Director of Gynecologic Oncology, UPMC Passavant Hospital, Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Tejal Raichura '09, Manager, Innovations and Research, Center for Telehealth, Geisinger Health SystemOne of the most daunting tasks facing an investor is the voluminous data available for analysis. Some of these data are structured and normalized, but a large body of data is available in the form of text such as SEC filings, news, tweets and more. Professor Kate Suslava, accounting, explores the evolution of the analysis of text in finance and accounting.
Held each fall, Bucknell's annual BizPitch Competition gives students the opportunity to launch their own enterprise from right here on campus, with help from entrepreneurship experts, with a panel of alumni judges.
Data pushes and pulls our lives in both visible and invisible ways. Professor Evan Peck, computer science, explores how to both see and communicate data to empower people.
Bucknellian, attorney, and advocate Kathy Vizas ’79 will be joined by Dan Berelowitz, CEO and Founder of Spring Impact, and Devin Hibbard, CEO and Founder of Street Business School, for a discussion on social entrepreneurship, global leadership and commercial franchising principles they've successfully applied to the social sector.