August 29th, 2018
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The New York Times
Mick Smyer, a psychology professor at Bucknell and a fellow in civic innovation at the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design …
The New York Times
Mick Smyer, a psychology professor at Bucknell and a fellow in civic innovation at the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design …
WITF-FM
Bill Conley, vice president for enrollment management at Bucknell, participated in a panel of four admissions professionals discussing the latest admissions trends on …
The Daily Item
Bucknell University President John Bravman told the school’s second-largest incoming class to find a way to change the world. That was his …
The Daily Item
This story features student researchers from Bucknell and Susquehanna University who are collecting and analyzing samples from the Susquehanna River. The students’ …
The Salt Lake Tribune
This story describes views of the #MeToo movement in the state of Utah based on people’s identified political leanings. A recent …
WITF-FM
This segment discusses the new Food Residential College beginning at Bucknell this fall. Geoff Schneider, an economics professor and one of the founders …
The Daily Item
The Bucknell University Class of 2017 broke the school’s record for highest mean starting salary. This story breaks down the numbers from …
The Daily Item/CHNI News
This story discusses the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy and the impact their deaths had on the political …
WPSU/WHYY
This story reports on a study by the Bucknell Institute for Public Policy that counts Pennsylvania as one of the states where residents are …
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 …
Bridge
Judy Grisel, a professor of psychology and neuroscience at Bucknell, contributed to this story, which assesses the health benefits and risks involved with …
Healthline
This story explains how the Cherokee Nation plans to screen thousands for the hepatitis C virus. Judy Grisel, a professor of psychology and …
Medill News Service/USA Today
This story examines the rising tensions between China and the U.S. over the South China Sea. Zhiqun Zhu, …
Chicago Tribune
This story reports on an April survey from the Bucknell Institute for Public Policy that found that 64 percent of respondents thought men …
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 …
The Daily Item
This story reports that the Pennsylvania Small Business Development Center Network honored Dennis Hummer, manager of StartUp Lewisburg and a Bucknell Small …
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Bucknell’s Tom Solomon, a physics professor; and Adam Piggott, a mathematics professor; wrote an op-ed in The Washington …
Food Management
Due to Bucknell’s sustainability/waste diversion push on campus, research monkeys and baboons can now enjoy bits of fresh produce that would have otherwise …
The Press of Atlantic City
In New Jersey, desperation for marijuana revenue might lead lawmakers to take hasty and unreasonable risks with public health. This …
University Business
This article discusses how mobile-friendly platforms and social media are fueling donations at higher education institutions. Tasha Williams, Bucknell’s senior assistant director of …
WPGM Radio
This radio segment discusses how Bucknell is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its animal behavior program. Psychology professors and animal behavior researchers …
Money
Over the past month, a slew of high-profile commencement speakers have dispensed valuable pieces of advice they gleaned from their own careers. This article …
The Washington Post
In this op-ed, physics and astronomy professor Tom Solomon and mathematics professor Adam Piggott discuss society’s unhealthy infatuation with grade point averages …
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, …
Press Enterprise
From athletic camps to academic classes, there are about 40 events planned this summer on the Bucknell campus. This story discusses what …
The Daily Item
Pennsylvania experts, including Zhiqun Zhu, professor of political science and international relations at Bucknell, agree in this story that there are …
The Globe and Mail
In this op-ed, Zhiqun Zhu, a Bucknell professor of political science and international relations, discusses what lies ahead …
USA Today
This story reports that Riley Roussell, the 7-year-old son of Bucknell women’s basketball coach Aaron Roussell, penned a letter to NBA Commissioner Adam …
Houston Chronicle
This story reports that several polls, including one by the Bucknell Institute for Public Policy, show that perceptions of new immigrants in …
Moneyish
Financial analyst and best-selling author Jim Cramer P’18, host of CNBC’s Mad Money and co-host of Squawk on the Street, made this round-up …
The Daily Item
Danville native Kevin Mathes knew somewhere around his sophomore or junior year at Bucknell University that he wanted to someday be the …
The Washington Post
Judy Grisel, a professor of psychology and neuroscience at Bucknell where she is a practicing neuroscientist, assesses the current debate over …
Vox
President Donald Trump’s Thursday morning decision to cancel the summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un came as a surprise to many — …
The Daily Item
This story pays tribute to Pulitzer Prize-winning author Philip Roth, who returned annually to Lewisburg to reminisce with his favorite Bucknell professor …
WNEP-TV
Pulitzer prize winning novelist Philip Roth died Tuesday night from congestive heart failure at the age of 85. This piece profiles how Roth is …
The Globe and Mail
In this op-ed, Zhiqun Zhu, professor of political science and international relations at Bucknell, assesses the historic meeting between …
The New York Times
This story pays tribute to Philip Roth, a 1954 Bucknell graduate who was the prolific, protean and often blackly comic novelist …
Politico
This column reports that the percentage of people who think new immigrants make positive economic and cultural contributions climbed under President Trump, according to …
WNEP-TV
In this segment, Beth Capaldi, associate professor of biology and animal behavior at Bucknell, examines reasons why bee colonies are suffering higher …
The Daily Item
Medical advice offered via a letter sent in 1812 to Thomas Jefferson from a friend in Italy has been discovered by a …
CNBC
This story reports that CNBC “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer delivered a commencement speech to students at Bucknell University urging the 2018 graduating class …
Yahoo! Finance
“College is not an on-ramp to the HOV success lane.” This story reports that’s how CNBC star and former hedge fund manager Jim …
WITF-FM
Immigration is a hot issue in the political landscape and a divisive topic in communities around the country. How do Americans feel about immigration …
Newsweek
Public perceptions of new immigrants in the U.S. have improved “across all measures” since President Donald Trump took office in January 2017, according to …
Psychology Today
In his latest “The Mate Market” blog, Bucknell psychology professor T. Joel Wade discusses how eyes can play a major role in …
The Associated Press
In this story about the Cherokee Nation’s fight to eliminate hepatitis C, Bucknell psychology and neuroscience professor Judy Grisel discussed how a …