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Jasmine Minhas '22 smiles for the camera

Student Story

Jasmine Minhas ’22, French, Political Science and History

Jasmine Minhas '22 chose Bucknell because she wanted to continue her brand of activism in college, one summarized by her personal motto: "less talk and more action."

Portrait of Ryan Bremer '22 on Bucknell's campus

Student Story

Ryan Bremer ’22, Film/Media Studies and History

With a penchant for visual analysis, Ryan Bremer '22 is applying the skills he's honed in film and history courses to a hands-on historical maps project.

Portrait of student Nicole Reddig

Student Story

Nicole Reddig ’22, Education and Political Science

Nicole Reddig '22's curiosity led her to Bucknell, where the education and political science double-major is researching ways to improve teacher retention.

Portrait of student Jon Hayes in Herbarium

Student Story

Jonathan Hayes ’21, Biology

Pennsylvania native and lifetime outdoorsman Jonathan Hayes '21 is pouring his passion for wildlife into a plant genetics project with real-world impact.

Alana Fisher ’24 poses for the camera

Student Story

Alana Fisher ’24, Sociology

Alana Fisher '24 chose Bucknell because she wants to go beyond just studying racism, police brutality and anti-Semitism. She wants to do something about those pernicious problems.

Two construction workers guide a beam into place on top of the building. American and Bucknell University flags hang from the beam.

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Management and Art & Art History Building Passes Significant Milestone

With the completion of the building's framework, the future of management and liberal arts education comes one step closer at Bucknell. 

A laptop showing a video call between Missy Gutkowski, director of the Center for Experiential Learning in the Freeman College of Management, and Tara Lahey '22.

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On-the-job, Online: Bucknell Helps Students Continue Internships Virtually

When the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted summer plans for students, Bucknell stepped in with innovative internship solutions.

Newspapers and laptop

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Cool Classes: Public Writing for Media

In a world that's overrun with information (and misinformation), Bucknell students learn to cut through the noise as they become authors rather than mere spectators.

Bucknell bat biologists and professors Ken Field and DeeAnn Reeder

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Bucknell Awarded NSF Grant to Study Bat Tolerance to Coronaviruses

Faculty and students to determine why bats have immune tolerance to coronavirus, research that could contribute to more effective human treatment.

Brantley Gasaway

Faculty Story

Brantley Gasaway, Religious Studies

Professor Brantley Gasaway, religious studies, places empathy and inquiry at the center of his courses on religion and American politics.

Scott Meinke poses for portrait in front of bookshelf

Faculty Story

Scott Meinke, Political Science

Professor Scott Meinke, political science, studies how systems of American government work and challenges his students to explore how they might be improved.

Hand reaching through hole in wall

News

Cool Classes: Zombies, From Slavery to Pandemics

Students use 20th-century zombie films as a lens to analyze topics ranging from slavery and colonialism to global pandemics.

Portrait of Robert Stockland

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National Science Foundation Grants to Fuel Student-Faculty Exploration

Thanks to grants from the National Science Foundation, Robert Stockland, chemistry, and Kelly Bickel, mathematics, will be working closely with students to navigate uncharted territory in their respective fields.

Emily Turner '22 outdoors

Student Story

Emily Turner ’22, Sociology

Turner is exploring sociology and public policy as a researcher on a collaborative project with Geisinger, a regional health care system in central Pennsylvania.

A photograph of a rat surrounded by corn kernels on the ground

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Cool Classes: Animals and Pandemics

Students explore the origins of COVID-19 and other pandemics, and how to prevent the "next big one."

2020 Fulbright Scholars

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Fulbright Grants Take Bucknellians Abroad

Three Bucknellians earned English teaching assistant awards through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, one of the world's most prestigious cultural exchange initiatives.

Goldwater winners (from left): Gari Eberly '21, Andrew Champlin '21, and Sara Butler '21

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Three Bucknell Students Named 2020 Goldwater Scholars

The Barry Goldwater Scholarship & Excellence in Education Foundation awards sophomores and juniors who intend to pursue research careers in mathematics, natural sciences or engineering.

Detail of Gamelan

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Virtual Instrument Helps Bucknell Gamelan Ensemble Play On

Students continued music lessons remotely thanks to an innovative tool developed by a Bucknell alumna: a virtual gamelan.

Photos of faculty who've received tenure or promotion: Anjalee Despande Hutchinson, Mike Krout, Terri Norton, Eric Martin, Ashli Baker, Craig Beal

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22 Bucknell Faculty Earn Tenure or Advance to Full Professor

The promotions recognize faculty teaching, scholarship and service.

Campus Theatre marquee reads, "Welcome to Bucknell!"

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Bucknell Students Produce Short Film and Collegiate Film Festival From Afar

Theatres across the country may be closed, but COVID-19 isn't stopping Bucknellians from making movie magic.