Bucknell in the Newshttp://www.bucknell.edu/x44318.xmlBucknell University media highlightsWVIA's Fiona Powell speaks with Joanie Madden of Cherish the Ladieshttp://www.wvia.org/radio/wvia-fm-programs/artscene20120515T15:30:00<p>WVIA-TV<br />"Bucknell University presents: An Irish Evening with Cherish the Ladies," an inaugural commencement concert being recorded by WVIA, begins at 7 p.m. May 18 at the Weis Center.</p>Bucknell's 2012 Commencement speaker: "Three things are important in life."http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20120511_Commencement_speakers_will_offer_advice__encouragement_to_2012_grads.html20120511T13:30:00<p><em>Philadelphia Inquirer</em><br />Pulitzer Prize winner Anna Quindlen shares some advice for graduates ahead of her speech at Bucknell's 2012 Commencement celebration.</p>From floods to greenwayhttp://wnep.com/2012/05/09/from-floods-to-greenway/20120510T12:25:00<p>WNEP-TV<br />Lewisburg is getting almost $3 million in state and federal funding to buy out flood- damaged properties, making way for a greenway corridor between Lewisburg and Bucknell. || Related coverage: <a href="http://pahomepage.com/fulltext?nxd_id=247212">WBRE-TV</a></p>Professor's research: many conservatives hold moderate viewshttp://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/ct-oped-0510-chapman-20120510,0,2187912.story20120510T12:50:00<p><em>Chicago Tribune</em><br />Research by political scientist Christopher Ellis has determined that only one out of every five professed conservatives actually favors conservative policies on both moral and social welfare issues.</p>Professor calls electronic devices 'external mind extensions'http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/07/health/memory-computers-brain/index.html20120507T18:50:00<p>CNN<br />Professors Joseph Tranquillo and John Hunter spoke about the tension between technology and memory at the Neuro-Humanities Entanglement Conference at Georgia Tech in April. || Related Bucknell Ask the Experts links: <a href="http://www.bucknell.edu/x68181.xml"></a> <a href="http://www.bucknell.edu/x68181.xml">Joseph Tranquillo</a>; <a href="http://www.bucknell.edu/x71767.xml">John Hunter</a></p>Alumnus actor set to add Sooner degreehttp://newsok.com/nigerian-american-actor-nyambi-nyambi-sooner-born-and-bred/article/367298120120507T18:50:00<p>NEWS-OK<br />Nyambi Nyambi, a 2001 graduate who plays Samuel on "Mike and Molly," is set to receive his second master's degree, this one in leadership administration from the University of Oklahoma.</p>Program seeks to boost retention of minority engineering studentshttp://www.jbhe.com/2012/05/bucknell-program-seeks-to-boost-retention-of-minority-engineering-students/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bucknell-program-seeks-to-boost-retention-of-minority-engineering-students20120507T18:45:00<p><em>The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education</em><br />Bucknell established the Engineering Success Alliance in 2010, a program designed to increase diversity among engineering majors. || Related links: <a href="http://money.cnn.com/video/news/2012/04/23/n-minority-scientists-engineers.cnnmoney/">CNN Money</a>; Bucknell <a href="http://www.bucknell.edu/x77423.xml">ESA news story</a></p>Prof emeritus leads geologists to Whale Backhttp://newsitem.com/news/rock-stars-visit-whaleback-1.1310295#axzz1uIKKapYF20120507T16:25:00<p><em>Shamokin News-Item</em><br />Ed Cotter, professor emeritus of geology, led an excursion of geologists from around the world to the Whale Back rock formation in Shamokin.</p>