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Recent News * Publications * Alumni News

Alumni of the Graduate Program in Science Writing represent almost every genre and outlet of science writing - magazines, newspapers, webzines, blogs, books, television and film. Below is a sampling of some recent work.

Blogs

Andrew Moseman '08 at the Big Think Blog
Matthew Hutson '03 at Psychology Today's Brainstorm Blog
Jennifer Frazer '04 at the Artful Amoeba
Kevin Bullis '05 at Technology Review's Potential Energy Blog

Books

Superdove: How the Pigeon took Manhattan...and the World
August 2008
Courtney Humphries '04
Rocks and Minerals (The Restless Earth)
October 2008
Selby Cull '06
Profiles in Mathematics: Sophie Germain
August 2008
Stephen Ornes, '06
Instant Egghead's Guide to the Mind
December 2008
Emily Anthes, '06

Newspaper and Magazine Articles

A Smart Phone Built on Web Tools
Technology Review, June 2009
Anne-Marie Corley, '09
 
 
Five-Dimensional Data Storage
Technology Review, May 2009
Katherine Bourzac, '04
Digital medical records push exposes potential side effects
Boston Globe, May 11, 2009
Carolyn Johnson '04
Cap and Trade Explained
Boston Phoenix, May 6, 2009
Lissa Harris, '08
 
 
 
 
Book Review: The Day We Found the Universe
Science News , May 2009
Elizabeth Quill '07
Archived Answers
Nature, March 2009
Katharine Gammon '07
Toxic newts lose war against 'super-immune' snakes
NewScientist, February 2009
Phil McKenna '06
Ancient Clovis Toolbox: Were Prehistoric Nomads DIYers?
Popular Mechanics, March 2009
Andrew Moseman '08
Powering Down
PBS NOVA, January 2009
Rachel VanCott
Tree Planting Takes Root
Singapore Straits-Times, November 2008
Grace Chua '08
One more step for private Moon mission
Nature, February 2009
Ashley Yeager '08
A Way Out of E-mail Overload
Technology Review, March 2009
Erica Naone '07
Blood Feuds
Nature Reports Stem Cells, March 2009
Megan Scudellari
Gene Therapy Returns (Some) Sight to (Some) Blind People
Discover, January 2009
Jocelyn Rice '07
Jellyfish Romance
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, 2008
B. Christine Hoekenga '07
Tiny Robot Walks Using Rat Heart Muscle
Discover, January 2008
Ada Brunstein '07
 
Technology Review, March 2009
Kevin Bullis '05
Boston Globe, February, 2009
Emily Anthes '06
The EE Gender Gap is Widening
IEEE Spectrum, December 2008
Erico Guizzo '03
Lung Provides Breathing Room Underwater
Boston Globe , July 2008
Michelle Sipics '06
Our Science Superheroes: the xy Men
Toronto Star, March, 2009
Megan Ogilvie '04
More Red Than Green
Wyoming Tribune-Eagle, June 2007
Jennifer Frazer , 04
Vegetable-based Drug Could Inhibit Melanoma
Penn State News Office , March 2009
Amitabh Avashti, '04
Scientists and Journalists Team up to Get the Story Right
Seed, January 2009
Maywa Montenegro, '03
Art: You Call That Art?
Psychology Today, October 2008
Matthew Hutson, '03