November 30th, 2016
Danny Buraczeski ’70 Profiled in Dallas Morning News
Danny Buraczeski ’70, a Bucknell University graduate, was recently featured in an article in the Dallas Morning News. A professor at Southern Methodist University, …
Danny Buraczeski ’70, a Bucknell University graduate, was recently featured in an article in the Dallas Morning News. A professor at Southern Methodist University, …
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Last week, about 200 people attended an event at Bucknell University that was part of the Coal Collections series. This talk featured Bucknell faculty …
Professor Nate Siegel, mechanical engineering, was part of a team lauded with an R&D 100 Award from R&D Magazine. Aspiring to be the “Oscars …
South China Morning Post
Professor Zhiqun Zhu, political science and international relations, was quoted in an article in a Chinese newspaper that looks at …
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Though it didn’t get the national attention of the presidential election, the election in Pennsylvania for a U.S. Senate seat received plenty of …
Last month, a story on the work of Professor Richard Henne-Ochoa, education, and two of his students in helping revitalize the Lakota language went …
Anne Putnam ’00, a Bucknell University alumna, was recently promoted to senior vice president at Fenimore Asset Management, the investment advisor to FAM Funds. She …
Scott Messing ’90, a graduate of Bucknell University, was recently promoted to CEO of Youth For Understanding USA, a nonprofit, international education organization that runs …
Wes Koontz ’99, a Bucknell University alumnus, was recently promoted to vice president at the Mid-America Real Estate Corporation. He moves into this new role …
Richard Reinhart, director and chief curator of the Samek Art Museum and Downtown Art Gallery at Bucknell University, recently gave a guest lecture at …
Janine Glathar, a digital pedagogy & scholarship specialist for global information systems (GIS) at Bucknell University, was recently featured in an article on the ESRI …
Professor Philip Asare, electrical & computer engineering, Loriana Demirciyan ’20 and Caitlin Mahoney ’19 were part of a team that put together and presented …
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Leah Murphy ’17 is spending this academic year working at an intern for the Bucknell place studies program. As a big part of her …
A team of Bucknell faculty and alumnae recently published a paper in the Northern Territory Naturalist, an academic journal from Australia. The entry details …
News-Item
Last week, Bucknell University held the latest event in its Coal Collections series, which featured a series of student, faculty and community speakers detailing …
Michael Cattano ’89, a Bucknell University graduate, recently joined the Stifel Financial Corporation as a managing director, where he will partner with a colleague to …
The trade website food-management.com recently featured Bucknell’s food service department, specifically, the University’s addition of more healthy options. A recent story on the Bucknell website …
Cynthia Liutkus-Pierce ’98, a Bucknell University alumna and professor of geology at Appalachian State University, was recently featured in the High Country Press, a …
Christian Science Monitor
During this sometimes divisive and often polarized political season, it is something as simple and timeless as books that can help bridge …
Montreal Gazette
Professor Meenakshi Ponnuswami, English, recently wrote an op-ed that gives thanks to her elementary school librarian in Montreal for helping blossom her …
Michael Tonge ’12, a Bucknell University alumnus, was recently highlighted in Jet Magazine’s Creative’s Spotlight, a weekly feature highlighting African-American “creatives making trailblazing moves.” Tonge …

The website Niche.com recently came out with its 2017 Best Colleges in America rankings, and Bucknell is ranked No. 58 on that list, as well …
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 …
The new Graham Building was highlighted on Philly.com recently. It notes that the new building on the Bucknell campus isn’t the first such structure in …
Matt Griffin ’02, a Bucknell University alumnus and the senior manager of new media communications at the University of Pennsylvania, was recently featured in an …
WUWF Radio
Earlier this month, Professor Jason Leddington, philosophy, was a guest speaker at the University of West Florida’s Experience UWF Downtown Lecture Series, …
The Bucknell Catholic Campus Ministry was recently featured in an article on the Harrisburg Diocese website. The piece details some of the activities of the …
Business Insider decided to use the data from PayScale’s latest College Salary Report to determine which school’s engineering students earn the most money after graduation. …
Moderna Therapeutics, a clinical stage biotechnology company, recently appointed Annie Seibold Drapeau ’88, a Bucknell University alumna, its chief human resources officer. Seibold Drapeau comes …
Doug Rotatori ’82, a Bucknell University graduate, was recently added to the board of trustees of New Jersey SEEDS, a nonprofit that provides educational opportunities …
Elizabeth Avery ’86, a Bucknell University alumna, was recently named the president of SNAC International, the the snack industry’s trade association, which represents snack manufacturers …
John Bachman ’78, a Bucknell University alumnus, was recently elected to the board of directors at WEX Inc., a leading provider of corporate payment solutions. …
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 …
J. Charles Levergood ’83, a graduate of Bucknell University, recently joined Hill International as senior vice president in charge of business development for the Americas …
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Last week, as part of the year-long Coal Collections series, the Weis Center hosted the first noon lecture presentation. This talk featured Professors Mary …
Jason Sundberg ’98, a Bucknell University alumnus and the founder and CEO of Ambition Products LLC, has invented an interesting new gadget —a universal cooking …
Roger Adsett ’91, a Bucknell University graduate, was recently appointed chief commercial officer at Insmed, Inc., a global biopharmaceutical company. Adsett comes to Insmed from …

The 2016-17 PayScale 2016-17 salary report is out, and just as in a few other third-party salary reports over the last year (such as those …
The Globe & Mail
Professor Anthony Stewart, English, a native of Canada and author of the book Visitor: My Life in Canada, was …
Jim Steele ’77, a Bucknell University graduate, was recently appointed to the Board of Directors of Intralinks Holdings, Inc., a secure content collaboration company. Steele …
Philadelphia Inquirer
Bill Conley, vice president for enrollment management and Param Bedi, vice president for library and information technology at Bucknell University, co-wrote …
Business Insider
Professor Jack Gallimore, physics & astronomy, was quoted in a recent article that picks up on a National Radio Astronomy Observatory press …
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 …
Amanda Tierney ’95, a Bucknell University graduate, was recently appointed executive vice president of network connectivity at Zayo Group Holdings, Inc., a global leader in …
A.J. Scordio ’09, a Bucknell University graduate, was the subject of a recent feature story in the Port Washington News. A native of Port …
Brenna Lemieux ’07, a Bucknell University alumna, was recently featured in the Chicago Tribune’s Inside Job, a series of first-person accounts of what it is …
Grace Shelton ’84, a Bucknell University graduate, recently assumed charge as the U.S. Consul General in Karachi, Pakistan. She most recently was the director of …
Professor Chris Martine, biology, recently received a Passion in Science Award from New England Biolabs, Inc. Initiated in 2014, these awards recognize those within …
CNBC
Professor Thomas Kinnaman, economics, was asked to review a recent Institute for Energy Research report, from which Donald Trump has quoted numerical …