On this project, I worked with Terence Monks, Ph.D., head of the University of Arizona Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology. My job was to design an attractive, fast-loading website that combines the natural beauty of the Tucson area with information on his lab’s research and training opportunities.
The nature photos used were from the University of […]

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Here are a few of the many accomplishments of Leon E. Barstow, Ph.D.:

Created the world’s first commercial DNA synthesizer, which is now in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institution.
Developed and commercialized new products with sales totaling $200 million.
Raised more than $35 million in capital for several small businesses.
Managed the removal of a dangerous chemical […]

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Looking for something a bit more interesting than the white background that’s currently gracing your current website? How about something lively and different that will make your pages totally unreadable? After all, you didn’t want those pesky visitors reading your copy anyway.
In the spirit of giving that has made the Internet what it is, I […]

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Late last year, I worked with the University of Arizona Herbarium on a website makeover. The new site is up and running, so log on and learn about the Herbarium’s research collection of over 400,000 dried plant specimens.
Much of the UA Herbarium collection comes from the Sonoran Desert region and adjacent areas of the arid […]

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ChromDB.org is home to an internationally renowned database for DNA researchers. Based at the University of Arizona’s BIO5 Institute, ChromDB includes information on more than 11,000 proteins from plants, animals, fungi, and other organisms.
The website’s research team wanted a new look and logo for the site. Since this is a database-driven site, its pages are […]

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Got a call from Dee Schiavelli earlier this week. Dee is a consultant who helps lawyers, accountants and other professional providers develop effective marketing strategies for their practices.
I helped Dee build her website last year, and she needed some training in how to update it. So, yesterday afternoon, we did a telephone training session. During […]

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When I was a first-grader I had a fabulous teacher. I owe my love of reading to that lady, because she taught me how.
Toward the end of the school year, she made an announcement that disappointed the whole class. She said that she wasn’t coming back in the fall because she was going to have […]

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Quite often, identity design is a team sport. Take, for example, the creation of a new identity for the Tucson chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC).
In 2006, IABC-Tucson set about the task of redesigning its logo, which was incorporated into the chapter’s new website. The new logo was created by Julie Ray, […]

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American students aren’t the only ones dropping out of school. Their teachers are leaving too. Poor working conditions and low pay are the oft-cited reasons. The dropout problem among science teachers is especially critical because they are hard to replace.
The Science Teaching as a Profession (STP) project is working to elevate the status of secondary […]

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