Kyle Bagenstose

2 weeks ago | delawarecurrents.org | Kyle Bagenstose

Several wastewater treatment operators on the Delaware River are pushing back against pending U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulations that would improve dissolved oxygen levels in a troubled 38-mile stretch of the Delaware River between Philadelphia, Pa., and Wilmington, Del. The proposed rules to upgrade the treatment plants amount to a multi-billion-dollar proposition that has been at least 12 years in the making.

3 weeks ago | inquirer.com | Kyle Bagenstose

On any given day, Philadelphia hums with the energy of a modern metropolis. Visitors move through the city’s thoroughfares by foot, train, trolley, and car to tour historic sites and experience world-class cultural destinations. Along the way, they cross paths with the students, professionals, and long-time residents who call the city home. Everywhere, Temple University alumni are helping make it all run. And some are creating an impact shortly after graduation.

4 weeks ago | hiddencityphila.org | Kyle Bagenstose

The Catholic doctrine of the Assumption of Mary holds that at the end of her life, Jesus’ mother was taken into heaven, both body and soul, sparing her the earthly indignity of interment and decay. Will the historic Philadelphia church christened in her honor, , also be saved from physical demise? An answer may soon be forthcoming.

1 month ago | cancertodaymag.org | Kyle Bagenstose

BEFORE PURSUING A CAREER in medicine, Jessica Burlile was a multi-instrumentalist who received a degree in music. Now chief radiation oncology resident at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, Burlile’s background has left her particularly attuned to the pain and challenges faced by musicians undergoing cancer treatments. “I have encountered other musicians who told me that they had to stop playing and teaching during their cancer treatments,” Burlile says.

2 months ago | atmos.earth | Kyle Bagenstose

Breaking down the massive waste streams of the world’s most commonplace items: plastics, clothes, food, and electronics. 77% of plastic goes to waste every year. 18% ends up in mismanaged waste streams such as illegal dump sites or land and ocean litter.