Catherine Arnold
Journalist, content marketer
Digital storyteller and editor with focus on environment, agriculture, health, urbanism, higher education, advocacy, science. Experience writing and editing blog articles, social media.
bioe.umd.edu
UMD Research Team Makes Strides in Immunotherapy of Cancer
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.
colorado.edu
Embedded systems grad finds success as augmented and virtual reality engineer
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.
carlsonschool.umn.edu
New bridges build connections for startups
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.
colorado.edu
As pandemic spread, ‘I couldn’t just sit around’
After getting stuck in China, graduating PhD student pivoted research to help test for the COVID-19 virus without nasal swabs.
magazine.rice.edu
A crystal-clear path
Imagine arriving in North America at 2 years old, then returning to your birthplace years later to discover you’d been drawn back not only to learn your heritage, but also to find sharp, bright crystal planes thrust from the earth by volcanic processes that flooded magma into an area the size of Oregon and Washington combined.
chicagobooth.edu
Scripting an arts business
In a time of devices and digital apps, Zeeshan Farooq, ’13, favors handwriting.
Article for University of Chicago Booth about a grad with a side business in calligraphy arts.
nursing.umaryland.edu
Getting physical as we age
For the University of Maryland School of Nursing's alumni magazine, I wrote about researcher Barbara Resnick work in preventing strength loss among individuals over 65.
The Alcalde
Meet the alumna solving conservation problems at Houston’s arboretum
Magazine-style article for University of Texas' alumni magazine Alcalde, about a major city arboretum's work in native-plant restoration to absorb flood waters, and effects they saw during Hurricane Harvey.
The Alcalde
Inside the McDonald Observatory’s mission to preserve the darkest skies in West Texas
Magazine-style short article for University of Texas' magazine Alcalde, about a space observatory's work with industry to decrease light pollution in their area.
idexxcurrents.com
Topping Up Groundwater Increases Testing Needs
To make up for increased dry years, regions around the world that typically source drinking water from rivers and other surfaces are topping up groundwater, says Helen Dahlke, a hydrologist and professor at University of California, Davis. Also known as water banking, topping up water consists of water management methods that recharge an aquifer using either surface or underground recharge techniques.
magazine.washington.edu
Starring role for data sleuths
Article for University of Washington Magazine about astronomy and data collection of information from deep in the galaxy.
factor.niehs.nih.gov
Scientific Journeys: From clinical subject to disease researcher
Former NIEHS postdoctoral fellow Katherine Burns, Ph.D., is studying the role of white blood cells in initiating endometriosis. After having her own serious case of that disease misdiagnosed until college, she is looking for ways to diagnose it without invasive surgery.
University of Florida News
Researchers develop a test to quickly detect COVID variants
University of Florida researchers have invented a test that can determine within 10-15 minutes whether patients test positive for COVID and, if so, which of the five known variants of concern they have.
aruplab.com
Top 10 ways one life science laboratory helps our environment
In this article, I wrote about sustainability and design at one life science laboratory.