March 12th, 2020
Go Home? For Some Students It’s Not Easy
Inside Higher Ed
As colleges and universities move to clear their campuses of students and offer courses online to minimize the risk of exposure to …
Inside Higher Ed
As colleges and universities move to clear their campuses of students and offer courses online to minimize the risk of exposure to …
The Associated Press
This story assesses the very abnormal normal as the new United States comes to grip with stopping the spread of coronavirus. Experts, …
USA Today
Six leaders of elite colleges, including Bucknell President John Bravman, said in this story that the Varsity Blues scandal caused them to …
Inside Higher Ed
Jim Jump, author of this op-ed, writes that the future of college admissions is worrisome on many fronts. He cites Bill …
Forbes
The Peace Corps has just announced its 2020 rankings of the top volunteer-producing colleges and universities. This story reports that Bucknell tied with Allegheny …
TEDxPSU
In her recent Ted Talk at Penn State University, Bucknell psychology and neuroscience professor Judy Grisel took the audience through her journey through addiction …
The Guardian
This story reports that fireflies face a dim future because of habitat loss and light pollution. Experts, including Bucknell biology professor Sarah Lower …
PennLive.com
Final design of the southern section of the Central Susquehanna Valley Thruway is progressing on schedule, although the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation reports that …
WITF-FM
Valentine’s Day was an opportunity to take a closer look at love and relationships on this edition of “Smart Talk” with Bucknell psychology professor …
The Washington Post
Retailers are increasingly serving alcohol to woo shoppers, vying to create an experience they can’t get online. But Bucknell psychology and neuroscience …
Inside Higher Ed
A decade ago, Bucknell was among 700 other higher education institutions and groups that hired lobbyists in Washington. But in the years …
Forbes
This story reports that several colleges and universities are at the forefront of elevating character in admission and are actively seeking valid, tangible ways …
Silicon Republic
Bucknell psychology professor Bill Flack is profiled in this story for trying to better understand the factors that lead to the major issue …
WNEP-TV
Cadets from Bucknell University’s Bison Battalion ROTC stay in shape and build endurance to prepare their bodies for any situation. As this segment reports, …
Poets&Quants
“Satisfaction Guaranteed” is a staple in television ads, and it may also apply to Bucknell’s Freeman College of Management, which received the highest …
Williamsport Sun-Gazette
This story features a recent study by Bucknell researchers detailing the potentially harmful amount of carbon monoxide e-cigarettes can emit. …
VIA Public Media
Senior biomedical engineering student, Rebecca Rosenberg, is profiled in this edition of “Keystone Edition” for her startup company, ReBokeh, which will …
Wallethub
Karen McGrath, a finance professor in Bucknell’s Freeman College of Management, addresses the concept of a “free credit card” in this Q&A …
Yahoo News
Zhiqun Zhu, a Bucknell political science and international relations professor, said in this story that tensions over protests in Hong Kong and …
WNEP-TV
Rebecca Rosenberg, a senior biomedical engineering student at Bucknell, is profiled in this segment for developing smartphone technology which won the Bucknell Small Business …
VIA Public Media
In the wake of devastating fires in Australia, Bucknell biology professor Chris Martine, the David Burpee Professor in Plant Genetics & …
NJ.com
Suicide is an act that causes irreparable destruction and damage to the lives of so many. Bucknell junior neuroscience major Rebecca Epstein writes in …
WNEP-TV
Chris Martine, a biology professor at Bucknell, has seen the historic devastation from the Australian wildfires. Martine has been to Australia six times …
The Associated Press
For many of us, January is all about giving things up after our New Year’s resolutions. But the consensus among experts in …
USA Today
Emerging “cyborg” technology may offer an answer for treating the opioid epidemic by embedding microchips in the brains of addicts. But some experts, …
Outside
Judy Grisel, a psychology and neuroscience professor at Bucknell, is among the experts who provide tips in this story on how to make …
World Economic Forum
Judy Grisel, a psychology and neuroscience professor at Bucknell and noted researcher on addiction, will speak on the topic at the …
Newsweek
Incumbent Tsai Ing-wen successfully clinched a second term as president of Taiwan and in this op-ed, political science and international relations professor Zhiqun …
The Wall Street Journal
This story reports that the Sadie Collective seeks to provide support and resources specifically for black women in economics because they …
The Atlantic
In 2015, Jennifer Silva, a professor of sociology and anthropology at Bucknell, began interviewing people in the coal region of northeastern Pennsylvania …
Los Angeles Times
The new film 1917 tells the story of two men on a mission in World War I to save 1,600 British soldiers …
The Guardian
Psychology and neuroscience professor Judith Grisel points out in this op-ed that substance misuse is not a simple problem of brain chemistry. The …
South China Post
In a year which began with the 40th anniversary of official U.S.-China ties, the two countries appear to be spiralling towards a …
San Francisco Chronicle
Laura Charos ’20, a neuroscience major at Bucknell, contends in this op-ed that society should be taking steps toward legalizing psychedelics for …
Bored Panda
Getting to use your days off from work for a short holiday is great, but not every company encourages it. In this story …
WBBM Newsradio
Recreational marijuana may soon be legal in Illinois, but that doesn’t erase the fears that some have about the detrimental effects of cannabis. …
Daily Star
Pick-up lines tend to be cheesy, but some could get you to score huge points in that department. Luckily for women, this story …
Globe & Mail
Metal cans are worth recycling because it’s resource-heavy to make new ones, and metal is durable enough to be repurposed. But for …
WITF-FM
About 81% of white Evangelicals voted for President Trump in 2016 and polls of those who identify as Evangelical indicate the president continues to …
Swimming World
A destination for future engineers, doctors and financial titans, Bucknell has also lured accomplished water polo players for decades, as Bison success past …
Daily Mirror
They’re often perceived as cheesy, but a new study, profiled in this story, suggests that used in the right way, pickup lines …
The Patriot-News/Pennlive.com
This story reports on the group of Bucknell University chemical engineering and chemistry student and faculty researchers who published a study that found …
FOX 56
While doctors and vape shop owners go back and forth on the health safety of e-cigarettes, chemical engineering and chemistry students and professors …
History News Network
From the 1930s through the 1950s, Louis Adamic was one of the best known journalists and immigrant rights activists in the United …
WVIA-FM
Electrical & computer engineering professor Amal Kabalan is interviewed on this “Keystone Edition” segment about a solar backpack project she created with Shehryar Asif …
Mongabay
Illegal poaching and trade of the world’s most trafficked mammal — the pangolin — has been confirmed in South Sudan. DeeAnn Reeder, an …
The Chronicle of Social Change
Behavioral neuroscientist and Bucknell psychology professor Judith Grisel teamed with Paul DiLorenzo, a human service professional who served as Philadelphia’s …
Motherly
An experiment at Microsoft’s Japan headquarters over the summer found that with the office closed on Fridays, productivity actually rose by 40%. Bucknell Freeman …
WITF-FM
A recent Bucknell Institute for Public Policy poll asked 1,000 voters nationwide how they feel about colleges paying their athletes and about California’s new …