July 12th, 2019
So, Should We Continue to Recycle?
NPR’s Planet Money
America’s towns are slowly breaking up with recycling, and not just for economic reasons. But economists, like Bucknell economics professor, Thomas Kinnaman …
NPR’s Planet Money
America’s towns are slowly breaking up with recycling, and not just for economic reasons. But economists, like Bucknell economics professor, Thomas Kinnaman …
NPR’s Planet Money
Bucknell economics professor Thomas Kinnaman discusses the origins of recycling in this “Planet Money” episode. Interestingly enough, Kinnaman reports that it …
Trinidad Daily Express
Drawing from her research on marijuana and her own personal experiences, Judith Grisel, a Bucknell professor of psychology, provides a …
Next Avenue
People are asking if a president can be too old. Michael “Mick” Smyer, a Bucknell psychology professor, is co-author on this op-ed, …
Medium
Evan Peck, a Bucknell computer science professor, writes about the importance of providing greater access to undergraduates to attend professional conferences in this …
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 …
Forbes
People buy more healthy foods as their incomes increase. So better nutrition might be one of the salutary effects of a redistribution program like …
University Business
A growing number of colleges are purchasing cyber insurance. In fact, the global market is expected to reach $14 billion by 2022, according …
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 …
The Japan Times
When Xi Jinping makes his first visit to North Korea as China’s president Thursday, he’ll be broadcasting a message to the U.S. …
WVIA Public Media
Sarah Lower, a biology professor at Bucknell, shares the facts and the fascination with fireflies from her research in this “Keystone …
The Sydney Morning Herald
In her book, Never Enough: the Neuroscience of Experience and Addiction (released in Australia this month), Bucknell psychology and neuroscience professor …
Inside Higher Ed
This story reports that many common reading assignments this year, including Bucknell’s, focus on some of the nation’s most pressing issues. …
CNBC
As the United States and China remain deadlocked in a deepening dispute over trade and technology, some experts, including Bucknell political science and international …
Barron’s
Kyla Spence, a rising junior at Bucknell, had been leaning toward a career in investment banking, but after attending a symposium on wealth management …
The National Interest
President Trump is bent on “fixing” the problems between China and the United States, but Bucknell political science and international relations professor …
WBUR-FM
Yanjing Huang ’22 arrived at Bucknell last August, eight years after arriving in Boston as an immigrant from China. She tells her journey from …
Pennlive
History professor David Del Testa tells the tales of two Bucknellians who participated in D-Day, the greatest amphibious invasion of all time, in this …
BBC Radio
This segment offers perspective on waiting in music, literature and art. It includes literary comments by Harold Schweizer, a Bucknell English professor. …
The List
Human beings are naturally driven to flirt with those to whom we’re attracted, whether we realize it or not. This story reports that …
poets.org
A poem by G.C. Waldrep, an English professor and acting director of the Stadler Center for Poetry & Literary Arts, entitled “ …
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, …
Next Avenue
Graying Green founder, Bucknell psychology professor Michael “Mick” Smyer, says Older Americans Month needs a refresh in this op-ed. …
The Wall Street Journal
Among the commencement speakers at graduation ceremonies around the U.S. over the weekend, former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright was …
ABC News
ABC News streamed the Bucknell commencement address by former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright on both its website and Facebook page. It received …
Innovation Hub from WGBH & PRI
As a recovering addict and neuroscientist, Judy Grisel learned that she was especially vulnerable because she was genetically predisposed …
ABC “Late Night Live”
Whenever there’s bad news to deliver or something to hide, rather than just come out and say it, some try to …
Washington Examiner
A poll by the Bucknell Institute for Public Policy found that Americans are strongly divided by party on which side of the political …
WNEP-TV
This is National Small Business Week. This segment shows how officials from the Bucknell Small Business Development Center joined with small business owners and …
The Hill
Along with traditionally in-demand speakers like President Trump and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, this year’s crop of political commencement speakers, highlighted …
Inside Higher Ed
For decades, American society has reduced student success, or failure, to this number completely absent of any context, argue Bucknell’s Adam Piggott …
FOX News
Is college a worthy investment? In this opinion piece, Bucknell President John Bravman and Home Depot co-founder Ken Langone ’57 provide insight …
The Wall Street Journal
Women’s rights groups say violence against women has been met with indifference and impunity in Mexico. Pamela Neumann, a Latin American …
WITF-FM
The admissions scandal has invited scrutiny of the admission practices of the colleges themselves and how the process works. Bill Conley, vice president …
Voice of America Online
China is getting ready to welcome representatives from 150 nations, including senior leaders of 40 countries, to discuss its international infrastructure …
The Conversation
To better understand why companies turn to euphemisms rather than spill bad news with plain language, Bucknell Freeman College of Management professor Kate …
Christian Science Monitor
Could a return to a simpler kind of grocery store help us live more lightly on the planet? Thomas Kinnaman, an …
Inside Higher Ed
The national higher education media outlet reviews the book by Bucknell psychology and neuroscience professor Judy Grisel, Never Enough: The Neuroscience …
VOA News Online
One obstacle to a potential U.S.-China trade deal may be the threat it could pose to the ruling Communist Party of China. …
The Associated Press
The abuses of standardized testing in the college bribery scandal highlighted deeper concerns about the fairness of using SAT and ACT tests. …
The Washington Post
This op-ed, co-authored by Janice Traflet, Howard I. Scott research professor of management in Bucknell’s Freeman College of Management, …
Brain in the News, Dana Foundation blog
Judy Grisel, a Bucknell psychology and neuroscience professor, shared her compelling story of 25 years of addiction …
First Things
Alexander Riley, Bucknell sociology professor, offers a summary of the health and status of sociology in this op-ed. His conclusion: sociology …
The Citizens’ Voice
Uncovering historic channels is a key to managing rivers, Bucknell’s Ben Hayes told an audience at Nescopeck State Park on March 12 …
Forbes
Stars and their formation remain key to understanding everything we know about solar systems like ours. In this story, Bucknell physics and astronomy …
WITF-FM
Bucknell and Susquehanna Universities are collaborating on a project to draw attention to the problem of food insecurity and offer a local solution, one …
Pakistan Press International
Italy is expected to join China’s Belt and Road Initiative, or BRI, when Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives Thursday in Rome. Zhiqun …
Inside Higher Ed
Since the 2016 meeting of the National Association of College Admissions Counseling, a group of admission deans from more than a dozen …