Beth Potier

Beth Potier's Articles

  • Great Bay

    Keeping Great Bay Great

    Across the disciplines and decades, ʤ research has helped understand and improve this valuable resource.
  • Abigail D'Ambrosia

    Warming Earth, Shrinking Mammals

    A graduate student's findings from 50 million years ago give insight into future impacts of climate change.
  • ʤInnovation

    The Innovators

    Fostering a culture of entrepreneurship and contributing to economic development, ʤInnovation has been making waves.
  • Rocket launching

    Better (Space) Weather Forecasts

    State-of-the-art space weather instruments developed by ʤ researchers are heading into space.
  • ʤ professor Pete Pekins in a meadow

    Tracking Moose

    Pete Pekins is leading a study on the dwindling moose populationand the rise of the winter tick.
  • Liz Burakowski

    White Gold

    Elizabeth Burakowski has co-authored a study from the organization Protect Our Winters.
  • Larry Mayer sits on the edge of a dock in front of a research vessel

    National Academy Honor

    Larry Mayerhas been elected to theNational Academy of Engineering.
  • Underwater photo of orange tunicates, or sea squirts

    Here Come the Sea Squirts!

    Warmer ocean temperatures will accelerate the reproduction in invasive tunicates.
  • Oyster River in autumn

    Stronger Storms Hamper Rivers' Clean-Up Powers

    New ʤ research aims to improve health of Great Bay Estuary.
  • Montage photos of trees with their root systems

    Getting to the Root of the Matter

    Study by graduate student finds roots comprise almost a third of total tree biomass.
  • Mount Etna eruption

    Eruption Clues

    ʤ researchers create a snapshot of volcano plumbing.
  • a moose in the mist

    Tracking a Population in Peril

    For the past four years, ʤ professorPete Pekins has been tracking the decline of ʤ’s moose population at the hands of the winter tick.
  • illustration of roads in a town flooding

    Road Scholars

    Researchers find rising seas could cause flooded roads in unexpected places on ʤ’s Seacoast.
  • A cyanobacterial bloom on the surface of a lake

    Researching Healthy Lakes

    ʤ researchers will examinehow lake water quality in the Northeast’s temperate forests changed over the past three decades.
  • Graduate student Allison Leach in front of a research poster

    Grad Honors

    A ʤ doctoral student hasreceived AASHE'sCampus Sustainability Research Award.
  • J. Brent Loy and Brian Calder of ʤ

    Innovator Winner

    Brian Calder has beennamed Innovator of the Year.
  • Overhead view of forest in snow, with square patches of bare ground

    Warming Soils, Warming Earth

    In Science paper, ʤ researchers describe a new feedback loop that could accelerate global warming.
  • Nathan Schwadron, professor of physics at ʤ

    Communications Breakdown?

    Nathan Schwadron explores the effects of radiation from solar winds on Earth.
  • Landscape view of forest with mountains in distance

    Woodland Woes

    New England has been losing forestland to development at a rate of 65 acres per day, according to report co-authored by John Aber.
  • Biaxial tester, used in advanced manufacturing

    Advancing Manufacturing

    With new NSF grant, ʤ will address ʤ's workforce needs.
  • A view of students at ʤ

    Academic Consequences

    New ʤ research has found that campus sexual violence significantly affects academics.
  • ʤ student tracking moose in ʤ's northern woods

    Tracking a Troubled Icon

    The iconic moose is in decline. Here's what ʤ researchers are doing about it.
  • ʤ's Flow Physics Facility Wind Tunnel

    Win(d)-Win Proposition

    Nike’s “Breaking2” running project tapped ʤ’s Flow Physics Facility.
  • illustration of people rolling out a path from a building to the city
  • Large computerized instrument, a sorting flow cytometer

    Cell Sorter

    Need your cells sorted? TheUniversity Instrumentation Center’snew sorting flow cytometer can help.
  • Icebreaker Healy in Arctic

    Northwest Passage

    For two days in March, ʤ will be the epicenter for discussions about how New England will respond to changes in the Arctic.
  • map of ocean floor

    Prize on the Bottom of the Sea

    A team of ʤ-trained hydrographers are in the running for the$7 million Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE.
  • ʤ graduate and NASA eclipse spokesperson C. Alex Young

    ʤ Grad Is Point Person on Eclipse Comms

    C. Alex Young '01G is talking about the eclipse. A lot.
  • Image of a total solar eclipse
  • SEM image of volcanic ash

    Smart Ash

    New ʤ research will help scientists measure, and thus predict the movement of, tiny particles like ash from volcanic eruptions.
  • Corinna Jenkins Tucker

    Sibling Studies

    Corinna Jenkins Tucker aims to understand the role of conflict in sibling relationships.
  • Jennifer Miksis-Olds

    Good Listener

    Jennifer Miksis-Olds has made a career out of listening to some of the Earth’s most curious creatures.
  • Thompson Hall at ʤ from the front

    CoRE Strength

    “Universities have departments but the world has problems,” goes the old adage. ʤ’s new annual Collaborative Research Excellence (CoRE) initiative, supported by the Office of the Provost and the...
  • Louise Griffin standing in front of Patriots 5 Super Bowl trophies

    Griffin Wins Patriots Community Award

    Louise Griffin was honored at Gillette Stadium recentlyfor her leadership of the Zack’s Team Foundation, which addresses the issue of substance abuse.
  • Scott Ollinger, professor of ecosystem ecology at ʤ

    On High with Scott Ollinger

    Scott Ollinger, professor of ecosystem ecology, understands our changing climate by studying the forests AND the trees.
  • ʤ associate professor of anthropology Meghan Howey

    Meghan Howey Digs Durham

    On the edge of Great Bay, Meghan Howey, associate professor of anthropology, digs for clues to ʤ's early — and violent — past.
  • Flooded road with hazard sign in front

    Road Scholars

    Rising groundwater can flood roads up to two miles from the ocean, new research from ʤ has found.
  • Michael Thompson

    Rising Star

    Michael Thompson received the Rising Star of Excellence award at a conference in Denver recently.
  • ʤ researcher Matt MacManes

    Birdbrained

    At their core, the findings of recent research led by Matt MacManes seem obvious: Males and females are different. Yet the work disrupts a long-held gender bias within experimental science.
  • Underwater shot of reddish seaweed

    Ocean Invasives

    ʤ researchers looked at seaweed populations during the last 30 years in the Gulf of Maine.
  • Qiaoyan Yu

    CAREER Boost

    Two ʤ assistant professors, Marko Knezevic of mechanical engineering and Qiaoyan Yu of electrical and computer engineering, have received prestigious Faculty Early Career Development Program, or...
  • Graphic of globe with data radiating out

    Broadband Grants

    ʤ’sBroadband Center of Excellencehas awarded two grants to ʤ researchers.
  • ʤ PhD student Drummond Biles

    Winning at Brevity

    How do you describe years of research inlay terms and in just three minutes? ʤ graduate students have the answer.
  • Senator Jeanne Shaheen addresses ʤ faculty researchers in Huddleston Hall

    Supporting Research and Economic Development

    U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen met with ʤ faculty and student researchers in Durhamlast week.
  • Disability Data

    Disability Data

    This past November,4,405,000 people with disabilities in the U.S.had jobs. That’s 300,000, or four percent, more people with disabilities who worked than in November 2015, but still just 31.1 percent...
  • Disability Data

    Disability Data

    This past November, 4,405,000 people with disabilities in the U.S. had jobs. That’s 300,000, or 4 percent, more people with disabilities who worked than in November 2015, but still just 31.1 percent...
  • ʤ graduate student at Graduate Research Conference

    Spotlight on Graduate Research

    ʤ graduate students took the spotlight last week during the Graduate Research Conference.
  • Regenerating Tissue, Revitalizing Industry

    Regenerating Tissue, Revitalizing Industry

    In December, ʤ was tapped to play a leading role in a major national public-private institute that aims to launch an industry, headquartered in ʤ, that will develop bioengineered human...
  • Elena Long

    Forging a Path for LGBT Physicists

    Elena Long, a postdoctoral researcher in ʤ’s physics department, made news twice in the final months of 2016. First, the Department of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility...
  • Project O.A.S.I.S.

    Engineering an Oasis

    Growing up in India, Sid Nigam ’16 saw plenty of food insecurity and malnutrition. At ʤ, the mechanical engineering student channeled a passion for sustainable, affordable food into a project that...
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