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Taking Flight: Bat Virus Research Leads Bucknell Researchers to Uganda This Spring
Following a successful pilot study at Bucknell, biology professors DeeAnn Reeder and Ken Field plan to travel with students to study African bats' immune responses to the Ebola virus.

Marion Duval ’25, Cell Biology/Biochemistry
At Bucknell, Marion Duval '25 is taking on one of the world's most threatening biological challenges, antibiotic resistance, through her lab research.

Bucknell Study: Bush Tomato Fools Bees With ‘Fake’ Female Pollen
The Australian plant is able to attract bees for necessary pollination to female flowers despite offering less-nutritious pollen than its male counterparts.

Georgia Corbett ’24, Mathematics
Bucknell's flexible liberal arts approach has given Georgia Corbett '24 the chance to nurture her lifelong passion for dance while pursuing hands-on mathematics research.

Bucknell Student Vocal Group Beyond Unison Opens Rockettes’ Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular
A cappella student group opened the Saturday, Nov. 20, 5 p.m. show.

Bucknell Professor, Students Part of NSF Award to Search for Dark Matter
$245,750 award empowers Bucknell and two other undergraduate institutions to search for dark matter through atomic magnetometer networks.

Ian Herdt ’22, Computer Science
Ian Herdt '22, a computer science major from Mount Airy, Md., is designing software that will use artificial intelligence to write snippets of music, potentially helping songwriters overcome writer's block.

Peace-building Grant Funds Bucknellian’s Homegrown Economic Development Program
With the help of a $10,000 grant from Davis Projects for Peace, Chanzé Ashsan '22 developed an entrepreneurial training program to combat economic insecurity in her home country of Pakistan.

Bucknell Awarded NSF Grant to Study Faculty Gender, Race, Ethnicity Barriers
The $271,000 award will fund a two-year self-assessment to identify systemic inequities and advancement barriers among faculty.

Bucknell's Williams Plans #BlackBotanistsWeek2021, Wins Peter Raven Award for Plant Science Outreach
Five Bucknell students also will receive national plant sciences awards at this week’s Annual Botany Conference.

Boati Motau ’25, Biology
After representing South Africa in the Tokyo Olympics, seasoned water polo player Boati Motau '25 brings her winning skills — and pre-med ambitions — to Bucknell.

Bucknell Students, Grads Awarded Four 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.

Manya Saaraswat ’19, Biology
Biology major and aspiring doctor Manya Saaraswat '19 uses the beauty pageant stage to advocate for equity in children's health care worldwide.

Blueprinting the Manufacturing Boom: Economics Study Draws Pandemic Insights From Rural Pennsylvania
In a year that tested nearly every facet of U.S. infrastructure, Bucknell’s backyard served as a compelling case study for economics research exploring the revitalization of rural America post-pandemic.

Bucknell’s Lower, Collins Awarded NSF Grant to Study ‘Dark’ Fireflies
The research will focus on chemical signal evolution in fireflies.

Bucknell, Susquehanna Earn NSF Award for State-of-the-art Mass Spectrometer
The $391,000 grant purchased equipment that will benefit advanced research at all Susquehanna Valley institutions.

Advancing Clinical Creativity: Bucknell Neuroscience Major Receives Prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship
Awarded to only 25 U.S. applicants annually, the scholarship will provide William Snyder '21 full funding to pursue a Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge.

Bucknell Biology Professors Awarded $2.9 Million Grant to Study African Bats, Viruses
Professors DeeAnn Reeder and Ken Field to study bats in Uganda to understand deadly disease spillovers to humans.

DeeAnn Reeder, Biology
Bucknell University Professor DeeAnn Reeder, biology, is an authority on infectious disease ecology, including the white-nose disease that has devastated North American bat populations.

Bucknell’s Cassidy Confirms Effectiveness of COVID Vaccination Plans in Study
The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences study shows vaccinating the oldest population first saves more lives and more potential years of life.