New Natural Park Opening Spurs Discovery of New Plant Species
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 …
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 …
Bucknell University Professor Chris Martine, biology, and the Burpee Chair in Plant Genetics & Research, has been selected to receive the 2016 Dennis M. …
James Luterman ’90, a Bucknell University alumnus, was recently appointed senior vice president, research & development at OvaScience, a global fertility company that focuses on …
Associated Press
Professor Ken Field, biology, and his work were recently mentioned in an article showing that describes how some hibernation spots for bats …
Jason Cantley, a Burpee post doctoral fellow at Bucknell University in the Department of Biology, is the lead author of a new study that …
Bucknell University professor Chris Martine, biology, and the Burpee Chair of Plant Genetics & Research, is the lead author of a new study …
Professor DeeAnn Reeder, biology, is a co-leader of a new study by Fauna & Flora International that has photographed a critically endangered elephant …
Stone Hearth News
Professor Mark Haussmann, biology, says his research “will be important for predicting how early adversity impacts human health and how changing environmental …
Washington Post
Professor Ken Field, biology, says he hopes his research is a positive step toward finding a way to strengthen the immune system of …
Huffington Post
Professor Chris Martine, biology, and his lab group named a new species of bush tomato Solanum watneyi after Mark Watney, the main character …
Radio Miraya
Professor DeeAnn Reeder, biology, launched a photography project that will help record what animals are living in South Sudan, and could discover some …
Nature
Professor and ecoimmunologist Ken Field says a vaccine to inoculate bats against white-nose syndrome depends upon triggering the animals’ immune systems to destroy the …
eLife
Professors Marie Pizzorno and Emily Stowe, biology, and three Bucknell students are co-authors on a Phage Hunters program paper published in the April 28 …
Men’s Health
Bucknell Professor Mark Haussmann, biology, shared the secret of why some birds live longer in the June 2015 issue. …
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Professor Matt McTammany, biology and environmental studies, is studying the ecosystem of the Susquehanna River watershed and how it’s affected by sedimentation from Marcellus …
Naturally Speaking
Professor Mark Haussmann, biology, discussed his research into the physiological and ecological factors underlying aging in animals. …
My Chicago Botanic
Professor Chris Martine, biology, has coined a new word for people who, blind to the nature around them, walk head down thumb-typing …
The New York Times
Thomas Lilley, a post-doc fellow from Finland, is working in the Bucknell bat lab to help wild bats acclimate to captivity …
LA Times
A study by Bucknell University Professor Steve Jordan, biology, along with scientists at U.S. Geological Survey and the University of Montana, is the …
WFSB TV
The Hartford, Conn., network caught up with Bucknell biology major Greg Barron, Class of 2011, as he studies medicine at UConn Medical …
Huffington Post Science
Bucknell University Professor Chris Martine, biology, explains why he’s proud to be called a “botanist,” and challenges misconceptions about the field. …
Public Radio International
DeeAnn Reeder, biology, discusses bush meat hunting, deforestation and other issues related to emerging infectious diseases such as Ebola.
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The Philadelphia Inquirer
Bucknell researcher and Professor DeeAnn Reeder, biology, discusses the role bats play in spreading diseases with huge destructive potential, such as Ebola …
Morgan Roche ’15 won best undergraduate poster in genetics at the Botany 2014 conference.
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Bucknell University junior Sophia Reeder is one of 40 undergraduate students accepted into the 2014 Harvard Stem Cell Institute Internship Program, which provides participants …
Professors DeeAnn Reeder and Ken Field, biology, have earned a grant of nearly $350,000 from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to study white-nose syndrome, …