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Student guide in Samek Gallery

Cool Classes: Museums, Galleries, Curators

In this art history course, students develop the skills used by art administrators, educators, conservators, curators and fundraisers.

Jenna Marek

Jenna Marek ’21, Studio Art

Student-athlete Jenna Marek '21 unleashes her competitive fire on the soccer field, her creativity in the art studio and her passion for helping others in her pre-health classes.

The sun shining through The Grove in summer

Cool Classes: Environmental Humanities

This course starts not in the classroom but outside, in Bucknell's Grove — a stand of trees as old as the University itself — in a perfect introduction to a new field of inquiry, the 'environmental humanities.'

Robert Rosenberg teaching a class

Cool Classes: Comedy & Satire Workshop

We have so many talented, funny students at Bucknell, and over the years I've taught students from theatre, improv and stand-up groups who naturally wrote in a comic mode.

Chinese watersleeve dancers

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.

Student in chemistry lab

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.

Bertrand Library with stars behind it at night

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.

Student leads a group discussion in class

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.

Cool Classes: History of Sexuality

Biology Major Tap-dances Her Way Through Bucknell

Cool Classes: Comic Book Histories of the Middle East

History is really just an accumulation of good stories. I created this class because I wanted to introduce students to these histories while also understanding a few overarching things about history as a field of study.

Erica Delsandro wears a yellow sweater over a pink dress and smiles on campus with sunlight shining through trees behind her.

Erica Delsandro, Women’s & Gender Studies

Professor Erica Delsandro , women's & gender studies, routinely shakes up her students' understanding of social constructs such as race, gender and sexuality — often by helping them view the world through the lens of literature produced in the late-19th and early-20th centuries.

Cool Classes: Remaking Public Education

Cool Classes: The Globalization Debate

Portrait of Thomas Kinnaman

Thomas Kinnaman, Economics

Professor Thomas Kinnaman, economics, isn’t afraid to challenge prevailing beliefs about environmental issues and policies, even if the data contradicts popular pro-environmental opinion.

The Buzz at Bucknell: ‘Bee Dome’ Arises on Campus

Cool Class: Body/Language

Bucknell Professor Lauded for Science Evangelism

Summer of Discovery Gives Students Head Start in Sciences

International Student Stretches Boundaries With Bucknell’s Early Music Ensemble