Catherine Arnold

This university communications article is about a weekend MBA student's work co-founding a medical technology company.

The University of Maryland (UMD) Fischell Department of Bioengineering (BIOE) received word in March that a team of female researchers will receive the inaugural Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC) award to assemble an educational program to break down research barriers for students traditionally underrepresented in STEM.
Granted by a panel from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), only one MARC award can be given to a college campus, further distinguishing the efforts of this te...

Waving his hand, Hamilton Chang, ’93, imitates the new, innovative pitching machine that uses software to duplicate and simulate the signature spin of any one pitcher. This new software can prepare batters to face any particular pitcher, and measure players’ baseball IQ: if they can see the spin and arc of the ball and how they react to the ball. This allows players to work on their weaknesses for weeks and then to prepare them for a specific pitcher they might face, says Chang.
“If you’re a ...

In the oasis town of Shoshone, California, a rare superbloom—when winter and spring rains and warmth supercharge the wildflowers—has transformed the valley floor into a field of yellow. “The willows are budding out, there is a fresh smell of spring,” says Susan Sorrells ’68, looking out from her patio at five mountain ranges, a 7,000-foot peak and last spring’s blooming valley.
Back in 1910, when a different kind of yellow—gold, that is—continued to attract miners to these rugged desert hills...

In the oasis town of Shoshone, California, a rare superbloom—when winter and spring rains and warmth supercharge the wildflowers—has transformed the valley floor into a field of yellow. “The willows are budding out, there is a fresh smell of spring,” says Susan Sorrells ’68, looking out from her patio at five mountain ranges, a 7,000-foot peak and last spring’s blooming valley.
Back in 1910, when a different kind of yellow—gold, that is—continued to attract miners to these rugged desert hills...

Parasites are not just picked up in hot, distant countries. The technologists at ARUP Laboratories’ Parasitology and Fecal Testing (PAFT) Lab see creepers in samples all the time—because they are everywhere.
At least 14 percent of the U.S. population has been exposed to Toxocara, the parasitic roundworms found in dogs’ and cats’ intestines, according to the Centers for Disease Control (...

Waco has more than doubled its solar generation capacity in just two years—and the city is now home to 5.8 megawatts of solar capacity total, around 41 watts per person from that type of renewable energy, according to an organization called Environment Texas Research & Policy Center. A July 2022 Texas Monthly article reported that solar “bailed out” the Texas power grid in a summer of record-breaking heat. What’s the future in energy for Waco and the state?
That’s a question we can decide, sa...

For a large academic nonprofit healthcare system's planned giving newsletter that I helped assemble three times a year, this article is about a former transplant patient's impulse to give back.

For a large academic nonprofit healthcare system's planned giving newsletter that I helped assemble three times a year, this article is about an otolaryngologist (throat doctor)'s career supporting opera singers and impulse to give back.

Article for the planned giving newsletter of a large academic nonprofit healthcare system's philanthropic foundation, about a donor's inspiration to give.

University of Maryland bioengineers have established an approach that could treat large tumors in a targeted way that decreases the need for chemotherapy and other highly invasive approaches like surgery.

As an infrastructure engineer at Meta, the technology company formerly known as Facebook, Abhishikta Pandit’s team is building augmented and virtual reality (ARVR) platforms that could open new experiences and opportunities for individuals with disabilities.

After a period of pandemic slowdown, individuals in business are seeking new ways to connect with others. That link could be–literally–walkways, according to a paper.

After getting stuck in China, graduating PhD student pivoted research to help test for the COVID-19 virus without nasal swabs.