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Bucknell Recognizes Outstanding Faculty
Six faculty members from across Bucknell's three colleges are honored with awards for their dedication to teaching and scholarship.

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Bucknell Study: Crowds Have an Impact on Soccer Action on Field
Bucknell husband and wife economics professors publish study finding goals, yellow cards and penalty kicks increase the more fans are in the stadium.

Student Story
Matt McMullen '24, Geography
A valuable research internship prompted Matt McMullen '24 to explore a new interest — and possible future — in urban planning and landscape architecture.

Student Story
Henry Martin '25, Psychology and Spanish
Building upon his yearslong interest in psychology, Henry Martin '25 is seeking to unlock insights into human behavior by studying the mammals that most closely resemble us.

Faculty Story
Matías Vernengo, Economics
Professor Matías Vernengo helps students understand modern-day global challenges through the lens of economics.

Faculty Story
Nina Banks, Economics
Professor Nina Banks is rebuilding a long-overlooked historical body of work by early women economists.
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Bucknell Poll: Most Americans Believe Economy to Be Worse Than Reports Indicate
The national survey found more than half of respondents believed official statistics underestimated inflation and unemployment rates.

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Bucknell Students Examine Environmental Impacts of Coal Mining in Shamokin, Pa.
Through the lens of an environmentally damaged creek, a Bucknell environmental ethnography course explored the deep connections between the environment and people of a coal region community.

Student Story
Gabby Diaz '25, Education and Political Science
It didn't take Gabby Diaz '25 long to find belonging at Bucknell. She started making connections right away through the Latine Alliance for Community and Opportunity for Students, one of Bucknell's 200 student clubs.

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Bucknellians Awarded Record Seven NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Grants
The five-year fellowship includes three years of financial support including an annual stipend of $34,000 and a cost of education allowance of $12,000 to the institution.

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Google Award Fuels Bucknell Study on Prison Decision-making
Bucknell researchers will use the $60,000 award to compare data about 280,000 individuals incarcerated in Pennsylvania over the last 30 years with the realities the imprisoned describe.

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Bucknell University Named Top Producer of Fulbright U.S. Scholars
Bucknell is one of only four baccalaureate institutions to receive three prestigious ‘scholar’ awards. Bucknell’s scholars are currently pursuing their research in alignment with the Fulbright mission of enhancing mutual understanding in Cyprus, Costa Rica, and Australia.

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With GIS, Bucknell Geography Students Learn to Convey Complex Stories Through Visually Rich Maps
At Bucknell, geography students learn GIS skills as undergrads, using real-world data to create maps that convey information in a new way and uncover storylines others might have missed.

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Bucknell Study: College Counseling Website LGBTQ+ ‘Friendliness’ Relates to State’s Hate Crime, Nondiscrimination Protections
The study analyzing more than 212 college counseling center websites was published in the Journal of College Counseling.

Student Story
Quentin Andrews ’24, Economics and English
Quentin Andrews '24, an economics and English double-major from Washington, D.C., is analyzing the trove of plays, documentaries and texts that emerged from Black Arts Movement of the '60s and '70s.

Student Story
Paris Gallagher ’23, Religious Studies and Political Science
The deeper Paris Gallagher '23 digs into her religious studies major, the more connections she finds to diverse disciplines across Bucknell's College of Arts & Sciences.

Alumni Story
Angelica Crisi ’01, Sociology
Angelica Crisi '01 uses the lessons she learned in Bucknell sociology courses and the corner office to help businesses enhance diversity, equity and inclusion.

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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Bucknell Poll Finds Support for Voter ID Laws, Supreme Court Term Limits
The national survey considers ideas about fundamental changes to the way politics and elections are run in the U.S.

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Jacob Feuerstein ’22 Named a 2021 Key Into Public Service Scholar
The Phi Beta Kappa Society program connects arts and sciences students with Phi Beta Kappa scholarship and public sector opportunities