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Bucknell Biology Professors Awarded $2.9 Million Grant to Study African Bats, Viruses
Professors DeeAnn Reeder and Ken Field to study bats in Uganda to understand deadly disease spillovers to humans.

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Bucknell Among Top Producers of Fulbright U.S. Student Awards
Four Bucknell students received Fulbright awards in 2019-20 competition, ranking the University among the top 40 baccalaureate institutions.

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A Culture of Innovation: University Innovation Fellows Create New Experiences and Enhance Old Ones
Refusing to stand on the past, four students seek outside-the-box ways to enhance the Bucknell experience.

Faculty Story
Nina Banks, Economics
Professor Nina Banks is rebuilding a long-overlooked historical body of work by early women economists.

Faculty Story
DeeAnn Reeder, Biology
Bucknell University Professor DeeAnn Reeder, biology, is an authority on infectious disease ecology, including the white-nose disease that has devastated North American bat populations.

Faculty Story
Anna Baker, Psychology
As the leader of Bucknell's Pediatric Behavioral Health Lab, psychology professor Anna Baker ensures that undergraduates have a direct hand in research that yields crucial insights on the link between chronic illness and anxiety.

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Bucknell’s Cassidy Confirms Effectiveness of COVID Vaccination Plans in Study
The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences study shows vaccinating the oldest population first saves more lives and more potential years of life.

Alumni Story
Audra Wilson ’94, International Relations and Spanish
Audra Wilson '94, who majored in international relations and Spanish, is president and CEO of the Shriver Center on Poverty Law.

Alumni Story
Gissell Botero Rodriguez ’19, Neuroscience
With tenacious research skills, natural curiosity and tireless compassion, Gissell Botero Rodriguez '19 helps develop the best treatment plan for cancer patients with the most complicated cases.

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Curbing Climate Change: Bucknell Student Team Creates Action Plans to Limit Local Greenhouse Gas Emissions
In the ever-evolving fight against global climate change, two passionate students are bringing solutions to neighbors in Bucknell’s backyard.

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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.

Alumni Story
Casey Barber ’00, Art History and English
Writer and illustrator Casey Barber ’00 turned her passion for flavor into a career as a food writer, illustrator and photographer.

Alumni Story
Brianna Clarke-Schwelm ’11, Religious Studies
A study abroad experience during her junior year inspired Brianna Clarke-Schwelm's work to advance public health, global development and women's empowerment.

Faculty Story
Sarah Lower, Biology
Professor Sarah Lower, biology, studies the connections between the genetics of fireflies and the history of their evolution in different environments.

Alumni Story
Brian Stolarz ’95, Political Science and English
Brian Stolarz '95's decade-long journey to exonerate a death-row inmate is one of the remarkable true stories featured in a Netflix docuseries on criminal justice.

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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.

Student Story
Bethany Fitch ’23, Theatre and Environmental Studies
Entwining her passions for environmental studies and theatre, Bethany Fitch '23 is sparking community conversations about climate change through a storytelling project on the ferocity of floods.

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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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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.