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Bucknell Students Named to Dean's List

Tue, 29 Jun 2021 13:42:27 -0400

Bucknell University has released the dean's list for outstanding academic achievement during the spring semester of the 2020-21 academic year. A student must earn a grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a scale of 4.0 to receive dean's list r...

Local Students Graduate from Bucknell University

Tue, 15 Jun 2021 15:15:38 -0400

Bucknell University presented degrees to over 800 graduates at Commencement on May 23, 2021. The University's 171st Commencement took place across three ceremonies spread throughout the day in Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium, allowin...

Local Students Graduate from Bucknell University

Tue, 15 Jun 2021 13:37:00 -0400

Gabe Gross '23, Markets, Innovation & Design

Tue, 15 Jun 2021 10:48:19 -0400

During a college tour at Bucknell, Gabe Gross '23 went out on a limb. He stepped away from his tour group and asked students who were not working as tour guides for their perspective on Bucknell. The answers he received helped make his college ...

Bucknell Students, Grads Awarded Four NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Grants

Wed, 09 Jun 2021 14:33:07 -0400

Bucknell University students and recent graduates have been awarded four National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRFP) grants to pursue research-based graduate studies in the sciences and engineering. New graduates...

Five Bucknell students win seven national research awards in botany

Fri, 04 Jun 2021 12:20:25 -0400

Bucknell undergraduates were recently announced as winners of three highly selective research-related awards in the plant sciences. The five Bucknellians are co-mentored by Dr. Chris Martine, David Burpee Professor, and Dr. Tanisha Williams, Bu...

A Safer Sushi Roll: Engineers Aid Companies and Entrepreneurs

Wed, 12 May 2021 11:38:14 -0400

The pandemic has made us aware of our health and safety in places we never thought about it before, from restaurants to trains to theatres. As a restaurateur in America's most populous city, Kevin Takarada '02 understands this phenomenon all to...

Four Years of Growth: Graduates Experienced the Acceleration of Management Education at Bucknell

Tue, 27 Apr 2021 10:27:16 -0400

Four years ago, Bucknell welcomed the first class of students to its newly established College of Management, which was officially launched as the University's third college in June 2017. The launch of the college brought fresh momentum...

Goldwater Scholarship Fuels Chemical Engineering Major's Drive for Discovery

Tue, 27 Apr 2021 09:49:55 -0400

In his high school chemistry class, Philip Onffroy '22 learned about distillation from textbooks and table-top experiments. When he set foot in a Bucknell chemical engineering lab, he saw immediately that he'd stepped onto another level.

Student Stories: Emily Bayuk '21

Wed, 31 Mar 2021 16:09:10 -0400

Growing up, Emily Bayuk '21 was fascinated with the way electricity whizzes around a circuit at lightning speed. She remembers getting a talking doll as a present and being much more interested in how its circuitry played a recording when she p...

From Bucknell to Frontiers of Medicine

Wed, 24 Feb 2021 10:36:24 -0500

All engineers solve problems. Some dare to tackle grand challenges. David Lundy '21, a chemical engineering and economics double major from Freehold, N.J., landed a coveted spot in the National Academy of Engineering's Grand Challenges ...

Curbing Climate Change: Bucknell Student Team Creates Action Plans to Limit Local Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Tue, 02 Feb 2021 13:30:30 -0500

In the increasingly complex and arduous fight against global climate change, Maggie Barton '21 believes in the power of bringing the battle back home. As an environmental studies major, she's centered her Bucknell experience on it, from project...

Bucknell Students Named to Dean's List

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 17:23:22 -0500

Bucknell University has released the dean's list for outstanding academic achievement during the fall semester of the 2020-21 academic year. A student must earn a grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a scale of 4.0 to receive dean's list rec...

Maximum Impact: Professor-student Team Uncovers Engineering Applications in Bighorn Sheep Horns

Fri, 08 Jan 2021 09:59:12 -0500

It's one of the most violent spectacles in the natural world: Two bighorn sheep square off at 10 paces, rear up on their hind legs and rush, dropping their heads at the last moment to crash their horns together with maximum impact. And then the...

Bucknell Students Are Making the Most of Their Extended Winter Break

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 11:32:04 -0500

After a semester like no other, Bucknell students have embarked on a winter break unlike any before. They left Bucknell as scheduled on Nov. 20 and will return for the first day of classes on Feb. 1, a schedule that creates a winter bre...

Bucknell Students Are Making the Most of Their Extended Winter Break

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 11:28:10 -0500

Bucknell Students Are Making the Most of Their Extended Winter Break

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 11:27:23 -0500

Bucknell Students Are Making the Most of Their Extended Winter Break

Tue, 05 Jan 2021 11:22:07 -0500

At Bucknell's Outdoor Dance Festival, All the Campus Is a Stage

Mon, 19 Oct 2020 12:47:28 -0400

Bucknell's latest pandemic pivots were performed with showstopping choreography, elegant grace and perfect synchronization - all while wearing sneakers and face coverings and staying at least 6 feet apart. With indoor dance showcases of...

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

Wed, 08 Jul 2020 09:16:03 -0400

Political science major Bess Murad '21 is working in the legal arena with support from the Bucknell Public Interest Program (BPIP), which provides a stipend for students who pursue an unpaid internship in the nonprofit or public service sector....

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

Wed, 08 Jul 2020 09:13:58 -0400

Rebecca Ofri '21 is on the job with the New Jersey Office of the Public Defender this summer. As a legal intern, she performs intake interviews for the office's mental health and drug court divisions, gathering facts from clients about ...

Bucknell's D'Ambrosio Interns at Tesla's Silicon Valley Headquarters

Mon, 06 Jul 2020 09:06:16 -0400

When she first came to Bucknell, Caitlin D'Ambrosio '21 couldn't have pictured that just three years later she'd be in Silicon Valley on an engineering internship with Tesla, Elon Musk's automotive and energy company. Her aspirations then were ...

Bucknell Students Named to Dean's List

Thu, 11 Jun 2020 11:55:40 -0400

Bucknell University has released the dean's list for outstanding academic achievement during the spring semester of the 2019-20 academic year. A student must earn a grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a scale of 4.0 to receive dean's list r...

Bucknell Students Named to Dean's List

Fri, 29 May 2020 10:50:03 -0400

Local Students Graduate from Bucknell University

Thu, 28 May 2020 11:55:43 -0400

Bucknell University presented degrees to over 800 graduates at Commencement on May 17, 2020.