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Boston University Pumpkin Drop

10/31/13 Boston, MA – Julie Williams, center, and Jessica Allan, right, moves a large pumpkin filled with paint together to a chute on the roof of Boston University Metcalf Science Center for physics professor Karl Ludwig, left, to push off. "I'm a rookie," said Ludwig. Photo by XiaoZhi Lim

For a photojournalism class that I took in fall 2013, I had to turn in a complete picture story every Monday. One of them was the annual Boston University Pumpkin Drop, held by the Boston University physics department. Staff and students fill some 40 pumpkins with paint and flour, and then push the pumpkins off… Continue reading Boston University Pumpkin Drop

Electrifying Wastewater: My first video for Bytesize Science!

Bruce E. Logan holds up a microbial fuel cell.

Video: Watch Professor Bruce Logan from Pennsylvania State University explain how microbial fuel cells, a device that can produce electricity from wastewater, work.

Compost For Better Boston Soils

This graphic was produced as part of a large-scale multimedia project, Boston Agriculture, for my Online Journalism class with classmates Poncie Rutsch and Matthew Hardcastle. With two more classmates, we created the website, Boston Agriculture, covering the expansion of urban agriculture in Boston in spring 2013. This graphic is part of the Nuts and Bolts… Continue reading Compost For Better Boston Soils

Urban Hydro Farmers: The Story Of Boston Teens Growing Green

Audio Slideshow: Two Boston teenagers, Leslie Bellamy from West Roxbury Academy and Roshanna Clark from Urban Science Academy in West Roxbury, share their experiences growing and selling hydroponic vegetables as part of College Bound at Boston College.

An interview with Dipul Patel

Another class assignment, this time a one-minute interview-style video of an expert explaining something that he/she is familiar with. My pick – Dipul Patel of ecoVent. Smartphones? Smart homes. from XiaoZhi Lim on Vimeo.

Rise and Shine at Haymarket

For one of my classes, I was assigned to head out in the morning before dawn and document how something gets set up. That was why, two Fridays ago, I pulled myself out of bed at 5 am to get to Haymarket at about 6.30am. Sadly, I was only there for ten minutes before someone… Continue reading Rise and Shine at Haymarket

Highlights from AAAS conference 2013 – Family Science Day

17 Feb 2013, Boston, MA - At the American Association for the Advancement of Science 2013 conference in Hynes Convention Center. Photo taken by XiaoZhi Lim

Sunday, Feb 17, was a Family Science Day at the AAAS conference. It was also a day that I had planned to be at talk after talk after talk, so I didn’t expect to get twenty minutes free after lunch to go walk around the Family Science Day exhibitions. Here’s what I saw in twenty… Continue reading Highlights from AAAS conference 2013 – Family Science Day