Are Large Powerball Jackpots Here to Stay?
Tonight’s Powerball jackpot is a “mere” $40 million after Wednesday’s record $1.5 billion jackpot finally produced a winner (three winning tickets, actually). That means the …
Bucknell in the News
Archive for the Faculty & Staff Achievements & Awards Category
Bucknell Professor Publishes Paper on Geomorphic Response to Tropical Storm Lee
Bucknell University professor Craig Kochel, geology and environmental geosciences and Benjamin Hayes, Director of the Bucknell Center for Sustainability & the Environment’s Watershed …
Bucknell Professor Quoted in Story on Latest Powerball Craze
The record Powerball jackpot, which has its numbers drawn tonight, has been one of the stories of the week in the U.S. media, if not …
Prof. Zhiqun Zhu Quoted in Syndicated Story on International Trade with China
Bucknell University professor Zhiqun Zhu, political science and international relations and the John D. MacArthur Chair of East Asian Politics, was recently interviewed for …
Bucknell Professor Wins Award for Recent Paper
Professor Matthew Slater, philosophy, has been named the winner of the 2015 Popper Prize from the British Journal for the Philosophy of Science …
Bucknell Professor Recipient of 2015 Kern Family Foundation Faculty Award
Professor Charles Kim, mechanical engineering, is the recipient of the 2015 Outstanding Faculty Award from the Kern Family Foundation for his accomplishments in …
Can Older Adults be a Resource for Combatting Climate Change?
Former Bucknell University Provost Mick Smyer, who is currently taking a sabbatical from the university as he prepares for a fellowship, recently had an article …
Are Babies Smarter Than We Thought?
Professor Regina Gazes ’04, psychology and the Animal Behavior Program, is a co-author of a new recently published paper, detailing a study that …
Aging Population Could Drive Obama’s Climate Change Policies
CNN
Bucknell Provost Mick Smyer says President Obama should tap into the voting power of adults aged 60-plus to push forward with his climate change …
Beiler Receives Teaching Award
Professor Michelle Beiler, civil and environmental engineering, received the 2015 ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineering) ExCEEd New Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award.
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Faculty and Students Co-author Phage Hunters Paper
eLife
Professors Marie Pizzorno and Emily Stowe, biology, and three Bucknell students are co-authors on a Phage Hunters program paper published in the April 28 …
Professor Michelle Beiler Awarded American Association of University Women Fellowship
Professor Michelle Beiler, civil & environmental engineering, has been awarded an American Fellow Publication Grant by the American Association of University Women. American Fellowships support …
New Appointment for Education Professor
Professor Abe Feuerstein, education, was appointed director of the Writing Program and chair of the Composition Council, effective with the fall 2015 semester. His term …
Professor Gorkin Awarded for Distinguished Teaching
Professor Pamela Gorkin, mathematics, has won the 2015 Crawford Award for Distinguished Teaching from the Eastern PA and Delaware section of the Mathematics Association
… Gary Steiner Honored With John William Miller Research Fellowship
Gary Steiner, the John Howard Harris Professor of Philosophy, has received the John William Miller Research Fellowship to fund his research and a book-length work …
Clingham, Morris Honored With Cook Awards
Two English professors, Gregory Clingham and Saundra Morris, have received Cook Awards, enabling them to travel and do research at the Cape of Good Hope …
For a Graying Nation, Immigration Reform Makes Sense
Patriot-News
Provost Michael Smyer, professor of psychology, and sociology professor Elizabeth Durden suggest immigrants and their families can provide a sustained workforce for the United …
Meinke Selected As Debate Panelist
WVIA
Bucknell University Professor Scott Meinke, political science, was a panelist for the WVIA Pennsylvania 10th congressional district debate on Oct. 28, 2014. …
Shields to Receive National Award
George Shields, dean of Bucknell University’s College of Arts & Sciences, will receive The American Chemical Society’s Award for Research at an Undergraduate Institution. …
Bucknell Researchers Awarded Grant to Save America’s Bats
Professors DeeAnn Reeder and Ken Field, biology, have earned a grant of nearly $350,000 from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to study white-nose syndrome, …
Maguet Honored with Burma-Bucknell Award
Kathryn Maguet, executive director of the Weis Center for the Performing Arts at Bucknell University, has been honored with the Burma-Bucknell Award. …
VP for Library & Information Technology Param Bedi Honored
CRN Magazine has named Param Bedi, vice president for library & information technology, one of the top 20 most innovative midmarket CIOs. …