H. Bruce Rinker, Ph.D.

H. Bruce Rinker III, Ph.D. : In Memoriam

Bruce Rinker III, Ph.D., scientist, veteran science educator, conservationist, and explorer, passed to the Beyond on Sunday, January 7, 2024, at King’s Daughters Health and Rehabilitation Center in Staunton,...

H. BRUCE RINKER: Words That I’ve Lived By

During one of my morning meditation practices this week, I reflected on some of the...

H. BRUCE RINKER,P.h.D.: During These High Holy Days

This time of the year is filled annually with noisy festivals and twinkling lights, and...

H. Bruce Rinker: Oneing with the Lotus

As a scientist, I am intrigued by seemingly archaic words that regain a contemporary relevance...

H. BRUCE RINKER: Trump’s New Clothes

“The Emperor Has No Clothes” was a folktale published in 1837 by Hans Christian Anderson,...

H. BRUCE RINKER: Infernal News During Holy Week

During Holy Week 2019, as I continued to struggle with terminal brain cancer, I learned belatedly about the catastrophic fire at Notre Dame Cathedral...

H. BRUCE RINKER: Darwin: A Hero for Scientists and Lovers

For all of us, what a happy coincidence that Charles Darwin’s birthday (12 February) and St. Valentines’ Day (14 February) sit close to each...

H. BRUCE RINKER, Ph.D.: We Do What We Can

“Illness is the night-side of life,” Susan Sontag, 1978 According to the RMH Foundation, cancer outpaces national trends and kills more people in the Shenandoah...

BRUCE RINKER: A Pearl in The Brain

I am a cancer survivor. Every night for more than two restless years, I faced a nagging possibility of not waking to see another sunrise. In...

BRUCE RINKER: Fragmented Schooling

Mitchell Thomashow is an eminent science educator and writer who founded the Environmental Studies program at Antioch New England Graduate School in Keene, NH....

BRUCE RINKER: A Damn Butterfly Chaser

Who was Marjory Stoneman Douglas (1890-1998)? An author and conservationist well remembered for her famous 1947 book, “The Everglades: River of Grass.” The book...