Writing
A curated selection of articles I’ve authored spanning science journalism, institutional storytelling, and feature writing.
Science writing
New study invites those who support loved ones with memory loss to test caregiver platform
Brains vs. bytes: Study compares diagnoses made by AI and clinicians
Meireles to illuminate centuries of biodiversity data with $1M award from NSF
Helping landowners thwart ticks by weeding out invasive plants
Economic contribution of snowmobiling slid last winter, study finds
More volunteers are logging in online, study finds
Retirees should invest bolder as they grow older, study finds
Spring into science with return of Maine Big Night
UMaine study reveals how to turn the tide on scallop-rearing challenges
Ocean color changes illuminate impacts of climate change
Volunteer Community Scientists Key to Pioneering Tick Study, Discover Magazine
UMaine partners with Maine farm to study PFAS
Study unravels the impact of rockweed harvest at the bed-scale
UMaine researchers testing lobster shells to thwart potato soil pathogens
UMaine testing natural control for berry-eating pest
UMaine pilots affordable well design for farms
Study finds wild blueberry extracts influence blood vessel formation
Citizen-science project initiated at UMaine applied in National Parks nationwide
As ash borer barrels through North American forests, scientists and tribes team up to make a stand
Institutional storytelling
UMaine students showcase innovation, research and creativity at annual symposium
For Maine’s visionaries, students and early adopters, record investment generates opportunities
UMaine amplifies biomedical research with expanded zebrafish lab (This tiny fish makes an outsized impact on biomedical research – a lead-in to tie a subsequently published podcast about the lab to the full story)
Renewed NIH grant to expand UMaine’s impact on biotech workforce
The Franco American experience is at play in new University of Maine Press publication by Abby Paige
UMaine Institute of Medicine partners with VA Maine to advance services, research statewide
UMaine’s impact across the state highlighted in week-long celebration
Maine’s first research satellite enters orbit
Forest-based economy, jobs focus of new university-nonprofit partnership
Cutting-edge tech powers creativity at the Innovative Media Research and Commercialization Center
Maine’s approach to igniting curiosity about research featured at national conference
UMaine center amplifies the power of environmental genetics
UMaine granted $650K to study climate change impacts on wild blueberries from USDA NIFA
Plants take root at the Wyman’s Wild Blueberry Research and Innovation Center
Wyman’s gift to establish first-of-its-kind wild blueberry research field at UMaine
From hatch to catch, industry and UMaine scientists collaborate on lobster research
New partnership balances bird habitat with farming at UMaine
Human interest stories
Illuminated performance, Ruixin Niu harmonizes classical music with digital age
Pat Ledlie: Moss community scientist and UMaine supporter
UMaine professor Brian McGill receives top German research award
Emily Filiberti: Making international bird connections
Porter awarded Honorary Life Membership by the Potato Association of America
Amy Engler Booth: an audiologist who cares without bounds
Maura Philippone: Recent grad wants to help people find their true voices
Jacquelyn Gill speaks for science
When it comes to ecology, Brian McGill thinks big
Jaksa named 2020 recipient of Outstanding Teaching Award
Forestry alum Thröstur Eysteinsson on transforming Iceland’s landscapes
Championing innovation: Helping scientific entrepreneurs break into the business of biotechnology
