Hands-on Experiences Help Electrical & Computer Engineering Majors Find the Art in Engineering
It was on an October afternoon in her junior year when Hayley Reiner '20 first experienced the art in engineering.
Madeleine Albright is Bucknell’s 2019 Commencement Speaker
Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright — a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, in 2012 — will deliver the keynote address at Bucknell University's 169th Commencement on Sunday, May 19.
Cool Classes: Art of Chinese Water Sleeve
With precision and grace, a group of young women leap, twirl and glide in unison across the studio floor. They swoop through a flowing dance designed to mimic the movement of water, yards of white silk streaming from the sleeves of their jackets.
Service-Learning Trip Teams Bucknell Students With South African Nonprofits
Many American travelers would consider visiting South Africa a wonderful opportunity, if only to see iconic sights like Table Mountain. For students who join the Bucknell in South Africa service-learning trip, that experience is deepened by the chance to work with social services agencies in Cape Town.
Cool Classes: General Chemistry
When Quinn Grossman '19 steps into his General Chemistry lab, he knows exactly what he needs to do. That's because the neuroscience major from Sewell, N.J., has been there before — not in real life, but in virtual reality.
Bucknell Student DJ Forms Connections Through Music
Growing up, Karah James '21 fell in love with music, including a genre called soca from her father's native Trinidad, where the energetic sounds are the backdrop to dances at parties and Carnival.
Cool Classes: Observational Astrophysics
On a clear night, the stars above Bucknell's campus shine brightly enough to make anyone marvel, but they're especially awe-inspiring for students in the observational astrophysics class taught by Professor Katelyn Allers, physics & astronomy.
Management Course Challenges Students to Create Websites for Real Clients
Sam Blount '20 had never built a website before she and a team of fellow students tackled that task in a class — on behalf of a real client.
Cool Classes: Materials Science
To make great stuff, sometimes you have to break stuff. UNIV 264, a course in materials science taught by Professor Tim Raymond, chemical engineering, takes this maxim to the extreme.
A Year of Achievement, Expansion and Exploration
It's been a year of big announcements and even bigger achievements for Bucknell University.
Bucknell Students Roll Out Project to Benefit Area Residents in Need of Transportation
Brock Hower '20, Abby Iaconis '20 and Jackson McCune '20 could have written final papers to fulfill the requirements of their Global Supply Chain Management course.
Bucknell Students’ Winning Photos Capture a World of Experiences
For India native Yash Mittal '19, coming to Bucknell was a "big jump" that led to even larger leaps. Last year, the computer science & engineering major studied abroad in Edinburgh, Scotland, where he took a few unexpected turns on the dance floor — and a lot of photos.
Undergraduate Researchers Help Shape Bucknell Philosophy Course
Conor Moore '20 was the kind of high school student who read environmental science articles for fun, so majoring in environmental studies at Bucknell was a natural choice. What he couldn't have predicted was the first-year philosophy course that inspired him to add a second major in that discipline — or the opportunity to help shape a new class that marries his two interests.