Tuesday, September 10th, 2019
Getting Creative with Discovery Names
The Smithsonian
Scientists have recently developed a penchant for making the discovery of a new species a creative naming moment. This story reflects back to …
The Smithsonian
Scientists have recently developed a penchant for making the discovery of a new species a creative naming moment. This story reflects back to …
The New York Times
Tristan Stayton, an evolutionary biologist at Bucknell who studies the structural properties of turtle shells, is among the paleontologists in …
Science Friday
Scientists are learning that fireflies are vulnerable to habitat loss, pesticides and light pollution. In this segment, Bucknell biology professor Sarah Lower …
The Associated Press
South Sudan is trying to rebuild its six national parks and 13 game reserves following a five-year civil war. DeeAnn Reeder, …
Forbes
As detailed in this story, Bucknell and the NGO Fauna & Flora have teamed up with Zooniverse, the South Sudan Wildlife Service …
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
After more than a decade of efforts to curb the spread of the deadly white-nose syndrome in American bats, it appears as if …
The New York Times
Bucknell biology professor Chris Martine, the David Burpee Chair in Plant Genetics & Research; and postdoctoral fellow Angela McDonnell were …
Popular Science
Chris Martine, a biology scientist at Bucknell, has been studying nightshades in the Australian Monsoon Tropics for 20 years. Even so, this …
WVIA Public Media
Sarah Lower, a biology professor at Bucknell, shares the facts and the fascination with fireflies from her research in this “Keystone …
Scientific American
Fireflies are magical, but there’s a dark side to those flickering spots of light, including, in some cases, “kleptoparasitism.” So wrote Cheyenne McKinley, …
BBC Science in Action
This podcast explores how biology professor and David Burpee Chair in Plant Genetics Chris Martine thought he was tweeting a nice …
PhytoKeys
The botanical journal PhytoKeys celebrated its 100th issue with a story listing the five most famous species that were highlighted in the journal. Two …
Susquehanna Life Magazine
The magazine’s Life Around The River Summer 2018 column has a brief piece about how Bucknell student researchers and Chris Martine, …
WNEP-TV
In this segment, Beth Capaldi, associate professor of biology and animal behavior at Bucknell, examines reasons why bee colonies are suffering higher …
OZY
This article explains how a team of researchers, including Professor of Biology DeeAnn Reeder, captured images of animals on the brink of extinction …
Quartz
Professor of Biology and David Burpee Chair in Plant Genetics and Research Chris Martine thought he was tweeting a nice photo of a common …
IFL Science!
Professor of Biology and David Burpee Chair in Plant Genetics and Research Chris Martine and his team of researchers were featured in this …
The Daily Item
Professor of Biology and David Burpee Chair in Plant Genetics and Research Chris Martine recently led a team of researchers who discovered …
WBRE-TV
This video segment highlights Chris Martine, professor of biology and the David Burpee Chair in Plant Genetics and Research, and his team of …
Newsradio 1070, WKOK-AM
In this “Sunrise” segment, biology professor Chris Martine discusses the unexpected discovery of the globally imperiled Heuchera alba species that he …
In Defense of Plants
There are far too many plants in this world that get little to no attention, including a group of milkweed relatives …
Psychology Today
In his “The Mate Market” blog, Bucknell psychology professor T. Joel Wade examines what determines men and women’s self-esteem, providing new insights …
The Daily Item
Christopher Martine, a biology professor who is David Burpee chair of plant genetics research, is profiled in this story for featuring …
Pittsburgh City Paper
There may be some hope for bat populations in Pennsylvania that have been devastated by white nose disease. Professor DeeAnn Reeder, …
Science Daily
The opening of a new national park in Australia led to the discovery of a previously uncategorized species of wild tomato by Professor …
Two Bucknell students, Emma Frawley ’17 and Nic Diaz ’17, were the sole winners of a top research prize from one of North America’s leading …
The Philadelphia Inquirer
The Bush Tomato, a plant species first described by Bucknell Professor Chris Martine, biology, was one of only two plants named to …
Huffington Post
Professor Chris Martine, biology, recently wrote a column in which he encouraged his fellow scientists to engage in and embrace more self-promotion, …
Jonathan Johnson ’00, a Bucknell University graduate, recently became a member of the Schulman Study Group, a distinguished and select group of prominent orthodontists …
President Barack Obama recently announced the appointment of Kenneth J. Schutz ’76, a Bucknell University graduate, to the National Museum and Library Services Board, an …
Emma Frawley ’17 was one of five Bucknell University students that attended the 2016 Pennsylvania Botany Symposium held in State College last month, and one …
Professor Chris Martine, biology, was recently one of two guests for an interview on Viewpoints Radio about teaching science to kids. Martine spoke about …
Jackie Lundblad ’81, a graduate of Bucknell University, was recently appointed vice president of strategic planning at Ensemble Real Estate Solutions, a company that provides …
Richard Pfeifer ’73, a Bucknell University alumnus, was recently named the director of preclinical development at AVROBIO, Inc. a clinical-stage biotechnology company that develops gene …
A team of Bucknell faculty and alumnae recently published a paper in the Northern Territory Naturalist, an academic journal from Australia. The entry details …
In Good Tilth
Professor Chris Martine, biology, spoke about his efforts to engage the public in his work with plants in a recent article …
Scientific American
Professor DeeAnn Reeder, biology, was quoted in an article in the November issue of Scientific American that details how some beetles have …
Christopher Hartnett ’83, a graduate of Bucknell University, was recently named senior director of process development at Assembly Biosciences, a biotechnology company developing oral therapeutics …
Dr. Valerie Weil, MD ’87, was recently named the chief operating officer at the University of the Sciences Philadelphia (USP). She comes to USP from …
Professor Chris Martine, biology, recently received a Passion in Science Award from New England Biolabs, Inc. Initiated in 2014, these awards recognize those within …
The North Carolina Sea Grant and North Carolina Space Grant recently awarded one of two inaugural graduate research fellowships to Lindsey Smart ’07, a Bucknell …
Alice Butler ’16 and Meghan Garanich ’16, two recent Bucknell University graduates, were honored at the international Botany 2016 conference held July 30 to Aug. …
Native Plant News
Professor Chris Martine, biology, and the biology education program at Bucknell were recently highlighted in a feature story about how biology …
Jeffrey Simkins ’13, a graduate of Bucknell University, was recently awarded a prestigious National Science Foundation research fellowship. Currently a doctoral student at Montana State, …
The Pennsylvania Osteopathic Family Physicians Society (POFPS) recently presented the Raymond J. Saloom, D.O., Memorial Award to Christopher Olson, D.O. ’73, a Bucknell University graduate. …
Michele Harrington ’78, a Bucknell University alumna, recently joined Imperial Capital as a managing director in New York. She will be a part of the …
Four students who this year worked in the lab of Professor Chris Martine, biology, have received awards from four different organizations.
Alice Butler ’16 and …
USA Today
Professor DeeAnn Reeder, biology, was quoted in a recent story about the retirement of circus elephants from the Ringling Brother and Barnum & …
Science Daily
Professor Chris Martine, biology, and the Burpee Chair in Plant Genetics & Research, teamed up with a class of seventh graders from …
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