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Sami Wurm ’22, Computer Science and Music Composition
With support from a Presidential Fellowship, Sami Wurm '22 uses technology to further her passion for performance.
Guiding Their Future: New Mentorship Program Pairs First-year Engineering Majors With Students Who’ve Taken the Journey Before
The Garman Guides Program, a new peer-mentoring initiative in the College of Engineering, helps students make the most of their college experience from their first weeks at Bucknell.
Christina Sfedu ’12, Electrical Engineering
Christina Sfedu ’12 helps aerospace companies navigate new frontiers.
Jaden Lee ’22, Mechanical Engineering
From designing innovative furniture to singing with Bucknell music ensembles, Jaden Lee follows where his curiosity leads.
Engineering Faculty & Staff Go Above and Beyond to Help Senior Design Students Deliver
A coordinated effort by engineering faculty and staff to ship materials to students ensured senior design teams could continue partnering with corporate clients remotely.
Graduating SBDC Consultants Leave Lasting Legacy on Area Small Business
Three new graduates served as business, engineering design counsel to local business startups.
Caitlin D’Ambrosio ’21, Chemical Engineering
From a first-year research experience to an internship with Tesla, Caitlin D’Ambrosio is taking a hands-on approach to exploring her future.
‘A Human Connection’: Bucknell-Geisinger Research Initiative Supports Efforts to More Quickly Diagnose Childhood Infections, Prevent Strokes
Two new grants pair medical professionals with Bucknell faculty and students to advance treatment solutions.
Craig Beal ’05, Mechanical Engineering
Drivers can't tell what hazards might be lurking around the next corner. Bucknell Professor Craig Beal '05, mechanical engineering, wants to fix that.
Empowering Purpose: Grant Seeks to Uncover Most Powerful Bucknell Experiences
With support from the Kern Family Foundation, Bucknell aims to help students identify and access transformative experiences.
Three Bucknell Students Named 2020 Goldwater Scholars
The Barry Goldwater Scholarship & Excellence in Education Foundation awards sophomores and juniors who intend to pursue research careers in mathematics, natural sciences or engineering.
Graham Heckert ’23, Mechanical Engineering
A ride in an electric car changed Graham Heckert ’23's life. Now he's in the driver's seat.
22 Bucknell Faculty Earn Tenure or Advance to Full Professor
The promotions recognize faculty teaching, scholarship and service.
Bucknell Engineers Create PPE for Local Hospitals
Face shields, reusable masks are among the devices engineering students and faculty are developing to protect caregivers on the front line of the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis.
Bucknell Faculty Get Creative as Remote Learning Begins
Professors go the extra mile to support students and make themselves available as Bucknell transitions to remote learning for the spring 2020 semester.
Through Bucknell’s Externship Program, Students Get Inside Look at Life on the Job
Bucknell’s Center for Career Advancement connects students with employers for externships, one- to two-day job-shadowing experiences that can shape a student's future.
Jennifer Bower Dawson ’03, Mechanical Engineering
As her company deploys some of the first completely driverless vehicles to traverse American roadways, Jennifer Bower Dawson '03 is watching out for the public's safety.
2019 BizPitch Winner Designs Product to Help Visually Impaired ‘Simply See’
Rebecca Rosenberg '20 transformed her struggle with vision problems into an innovative assistive technology
Student-Faculty Research Finds First Evidence of Carbon Monoxide in E-cigarettes
The student-initiated study adds a new dimension to the debate surrounding the safety of the devices.
A Bright Idea: Bucknell Student, Professor Make Homework Safer for Refugee Students
When Shehryar Asif '21 and Professor Amal Kabalan learned that refugee students in Lebanon weren’t able to safely complete their schoolwork after dark, they delivered a simple but innovative solution.