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Evelyn Bliss stands on the lower level of a stadium wearing a blue Bucknell shirt and a bronze medal around her neck.

Evelyn Bliss '27, Biology

Evelyn Bliss '27 has thrived in Bucknell's supportive academic and athletic environment; the javelin thrower competed in the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials and earned a bronze medal at the U20 World Championships.

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Bucknell Researchers Predict Next NFL Scorigami in New Paper

The computer science researchers found that 32-26 has the highest probability of being the next NFL scorigami in their paper, to be presented at the Winter Simulation Conference.

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Bucknell Professors DeeAnn Reeder, Ken Field Featured in August National Geographic Cover Story

The biology professors have their Uganda research on bats and Ebola featured in the story, including photos.

Kona Glenn is wearing an orange and blue rowing uniform and a pink Bucknell baseball cap as she smiles and carries a boat along a riverbank.

Kona Glenn '25, Computer Science & Engineering and Applied Mathematics

Kona Glenn '25 found her perfect fit at Bucknell, where she found a supportive community that encouraged her to pursue both engineering and rowing.

Michael Hardyway '25 wears an orange Bucknell shirt and holds a football as he smiles in Christy Mathewson Memorial Stadium.

Michael Hardyway '25, Environmental Studies

At Bucknell, Michael Hardyway '25 has thrived as a walk-on quarterback while also conducting research that furthers campus sustainability initiatives.

Sam Gutekunst is wearing a blue shirt and tan pants and stands and smiles on campus with sunlight shining through green leaves behind him.

Sam Gutekunst, Mathematics and Computer Science

Sam Gutekunst, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Assistant Professor of Data Science, provides students with hands-on experiences that help them understand, apply and appreciate the significance of data science.

Marion Duval '25 poses outdoors

Bucknell Students Named as National Science Foundation Fellows and Goldwater Scholars

Six Bucknellians have been awarded two of the most prestigious fellowships and scholarships in higher education: National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships and Barry Goldwater Scholarships.

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Bucknell's Lower Co-authors Study Finding Climate Change's Impact on Firefly Population

The new meta-analysis uses data from the citizen science program Firefly Watch and machine learning models to evaluate factors impacting firefly populations.

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Bucknell Class Plans Educational Eclipse Excursion to Texas

A class of 13 students will join faculty and staff in the Addison, Texas trip to conduct eclipse corona research, also presenting to students at the Greenhill School.

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Professor Rajesh Kumar is helping students uncover and understand the potential biases of biometrics.

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Bucknell’s Reeder Co-authors Paper Disputing Bats' Role in Human Disease

The Bucknell biology professor co-authors the comprehensive review of previous scholarly literature, which was published today in ‘Biology Letters.’

Jacquelyn Awigena-Cook '05 looks on as Brianna Bolorin '24 holds lab equipment in a lab.

Brianna Bolorin '24, Cell Biology/Biochemistry

Brianna Bolorin '24 is gaining valuable hands-on lab experience while conducting research that has the potential to advance biomedical therapies.

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Chemistry Club Annual Halloween Show Turns Chemists into Performers

Chemistry Club students organized this year’s Oct. 24 show, which will feature fire-breathing pumpkins, foamy explosions and more spooky science.

Professor Olivia Boerman and Connor Kozick '26 are wearing white lab coats and purple gloves in a lab setting.

A Summer of Discovery

More than 250 Bucknell students are spending their summer conducting experiments, delving into archives and exploring creative questions to make meaningful discoveries.

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Bucknell's Reeder Panelist in Cornell Webinar on Preventing the Next Pandemic

The noted bat researcher will present in the June 26 webinar on zoonotic spillover from bats to humans and ecological countermeasures that can stop it.

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Bucknell's Villadsen Co-discovers Space Radiation Belt

Professor Jackie Villadsen is a co-author in a breakthrough Nature paper documenting the first images of a radiation belt observed outside of our solar system and the first from a brown dwarf.

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Meet Bucknell's Newest National Science Foundation Fellows and Goldwater Scholars

Eight Bucknellians have been awarded two of the most prestigious fellowships and scholarships in higher education: National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships and Barry Goldwater Scholarships.

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Bucknell Study Finds Impact of Prenatal Stress on Offspring Stress Response

Professor Mark Haussmann’s biology lab conducted the study, which was published last week in Scientific Reports - Nature.

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Bucknell Professor Makes Celestial Discovery from 12 Light-years Away

Professor Jackie Villadsen is co-author of the first paper to document bursts of radio waves from a star known to host a close-in planet, suggesting the planet may have an Earth-like magnetic field.

Professor Jackie Villadsen stands next to a large telescope on Bucknell's campus and smiles.

Jackie Villadsen, Physics & Astronomy

Professor Jackie Villadsen, physics & astronomy, is helping to answer one of science’s burning questions: Are there Earth-like planets in far-off solar systems?