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Alumni of the Graduate Program in Science Writing are represented in almost every genre and outlet of science writing - magazines, newspapers, webzines, blogs, books, television and film. Our Twitter and Facebook feeds are updated frequently with program news, and news stories and blog posts by our alumni. The sampling below is updated several times a year.

Awards
Megan Ogilvie '04, Candian Science Writer's Associaion 2010 Science in Society Journalism Award
Anne-Marie Corley '09, 2010 Fulbright Fellowship
Stephen Ornes '06, 2009 Association of Health Care Journalists Award (Third Place)
Jennifer Frazer '04, 2007 AAAS Science Journalism Award
Phil McKenna '06, 2007 Middlebury Fellowship
Erico Guizzo '03
, PRSA 2006 Excellence in Technology Journalism Award

Blogs

Genevieve Wanucha '09 at the Blood Sugar Blog
Andrew Moseman '08 at Discover Magazine's 80 Beats 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
Emily Anthes at the PLOS Wonderland 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

Brain Interrupted
The Scientist , July 2010
Megan Scudellari
The Life of the Brain: Beginnings
Toronto Star, July, 2010
Megan Ogilvie '04
The Government Has an Online Identity Program for You
Technology Review, July 2010
Erica Naone '07
Danger-Sensing Driver's Seat
Technology Review, July 2010
Anne-Marie Corley, '09
Fabricating a Multi-Functional Fiber
Technology Review, July 2010
Katherine Bourzac, '04
Frozen Secrets
Boston Globe, July, 2010
Carolyn Johnson '04
Star Power
Watershed Post , July 2010
Lissa Harris, '08
Can you hear me now?
Science News , April 2010
Elizabeth Quill '07
A 10-Cent Blood-Type Test
Technology Revew , June 2010
Katharine Gammon '07
Pioneer Aquanaut: How Not to Clean Up an Oil Spill
NewScientist, July 2010
Phil McKenna '06
The Plot Thickens: Missing Iranian Nuclear Scientist Turns Up in DC
Discover 80 Beats Blog , July 2010
Andrew Moseman '08
Acts of Green
PBS NOVA, April 2010
Rachel VanCott '08
Using Nature to Protect Plants
Singapore Straits-Times, July 2010
Grace Chua '08
Cosmic Matters: Keck Observatory in the Commnity
Hawaii 24/7 , July 2010
Ashley Yeager '08
Clues to Neuroblastoma
CR Magazine , Winter 2009
Jocelyn Rice '07
Jellyfish Romance
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, 2008
B. Christine Hoekenga '07
The Little Black Piezoelectric Dress
The Atlantic Monthly, June 2010
Ada Brunstein '07
Technology Review, July 2010
Kevin Bullis '05
Good Blog, June, 2010
Emily Anthes '06
Invation of the Robot Babies
IEEE Spectrum Automaton Blog , July 2010
Erico Guizzo '03
Swarming: From Simple Models to Promising New Robotic Applications
SIAM News, November 2009
Michelle Sipics '06
The Drift Dweller
Wyoming Tribune-Eagle, August 2010
Jennifer Frazer , 04
Ebola Cured in Monkeys; Hope for Humans?
National Geographic News , June 2010
Amitabh Avashti, '04
Urban Resilience
Seed, February 2010
Maywa Montenegro, '03
The Psychology of Penalty Kicks
Psychology Today, July 2010
Matthew Hutson, '03