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Founded in 1846, Bucknell University is primarily a liberal arts university in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. Its colors are orange and blue.
Bucknell University has a College of Arts and Sciences, College of Engineering, and School of Management.
Bucknell University is a member of the Patriot League. For many years its most famous alumnus was almost certainly Christy Mathewson, the star pitcher for the New York Giants baseball team in the first decades of the 20th century.
The campus of Bucknell University sits along the Susquehanna River. The university maintains a golf course.