Education

This week, Zhiqun Zhu, an associate professor of political science and international relations and the MacArthur Chair of East Asian Politics, is asked about U.S.-China relations.

Nobel Peace Prize-winner Jody Williams started small when she set out to organize an international campaign to ban landmines. She told a Bucknell Forum audience that she built a strategy to wear down local, state, national and international officials through faxes and letters and by invoking peer pressure, until finally one country signed on and then another.

Dental hygiene students and faculty from Penn College teamed with volunteer dental hygienists and dentists to provide free oral screenings, sealants, fluoride treatments and education for 55 children as part of the Pennsylvania Dental Hygienists’ As more»

A student initiative to help alleviate poverty in a war-torn African country has morphed into hands-on learning and real-life design projects for two groups of Bucknell engineering students.

An award-winning research presentation by Bucknell senior Nicole Marchetto shows that black guillemots choose their mate based on the brightness of their red feet, in turn improving the chances of healthier offspring.

An assistant professor of hospitality management/culinary arts at Penn College recently presented a workshop at the Pennsylvania Tourism and Lodging Association’s annual Food and Beverage Conference. more»

Abbygale J. Willow, a nursing major from Thompsontown, is the Student Government Association's latest Student of the Month at Penn College. more»

Unbeaten and, for the first time ever, ranked No. 25 in the nation, the Penn College men's volleyball team hosts top-ranked Messiah College at 7 p.m. Thursday at Bardo Gymnasium on East Third Street. The Wildcats (9-0 overall) never have beaten Messiah (4-0), which won the National Intramural-Recreation Sports Association Division II Champion in 2008. more»

MANSFIELD, PA— ‘Keystone Kares,” a day of community service in the Mansfield, Wellsboro and Blossburg areas, will be held on Saturday, April 17.
Mansfield University students will show their appreciation to the surrounding community by completing service projects such as yard work, window washing and minor painting for community members and businesses.
Any area residents or business owners that more»

Penn College’s School of Health Sciences will host a 5K Run/Walk on April 17 to raise scholarship funds for students enrolled in health sciences majors at the college. Faculty and staff from the School of Health Sciences are organizing the event. more»

Bucknell University students will host an Empty Bowls project meal of soup and bread on March 9 in Walls Lounge of the Elaine Langone Center. A minimum donation of $10 purchases a hand-made bowl that participants may keep. Proceeds from the event benefit the Community Harvest Meal in Milton

MANSFIELD, PA—The Mansfieldians, conducted by Vincent Lawrence, will present a concert of sacred and secular music at St. James Episcopal Church in Mansfield on Sunday, March 21 at 3 p.m.
The concert is free and open to the public. It will be followed by a reception.
The program will include a performance of J. S. more»

February's top stories featured amazing students, teacher-scholars and a talk by environmental activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

The Observatory at Bucknell University will host an Open House on Friday, March 5, from 7 to 9 p.m.

A number of Penn College offices again are encouraging students to make wise, safe decisions during Spring Break. In a party atmosphere from 5-6:30 p.m. Tuesday in Penn’s Inn (CC, second floor), information will be provided regarding alcohol, safe sex, highway safety, safe sun exposure and other considerations for students traveling over break – and leaving their classes and inhibitions behind. more»

The massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake that rocked Chile Saturday, Feb. 27, registered loud and clear at Bucknell University's seismic station in Carnegie Hall.

Four Bucknell University civil and environmental engineering students traveled to Tumaipa, a village in Suriname, South America, in January to design a water project.

This week, we ask Phil Haynes, jazz artist in residence at Bucknell University, about the legacy of Duke Ellington, who was born 110 years ago.

The Jazz at Bucknell First Wednesdays series continues with "Improvisations on and compositions for violin and piano" by Mark Feldman and Sylvie Courvoisier on March 3 at 8:30 p.m. in Bucknell Hall at Bucknell University.

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