Website Design: UNI PSM Degree Programs
January 29th, 2010Late last year, I was asked to design a website for the Professional Science Master's Degree Programs at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Rapids.
UNI is one of nearly 90 institutions offering the PSM Degree. It's a graduate degree that allows students to pursue advanced training in science or mathematics, while simultaneously developing workplace skills highly valued by employers.
UNI offers PSMs in the following five areas:
- Applied Chemistry & Biochemistry
- Applied Physics
- Biotechnology
- Ecosystem Management
- Industrial Mathematics
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Graphic Design: No Desk Potatoes Logo
October 23rd, 2009On this project, I worked with University of Arizona researcher Donna M. Wolk, Ph.D., D(ABMM). This logo will be used on a wide variety of items and will be combined with various taglines.
No Desk Potatoes will be geared toward scientists and corporate types. The idea will be to not bury your mind in what comes naturally, but to challenge yourself outside your norm.
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Graphic Design: GermCats Logo
October 23rd, 2009On this project, I worked with University of Arizona faculty member Donna M. Wolk, Ph.D., D(ABMM). This logo is for a UA microbiology educational outreach program. The program's name is a play on the name of the UA school mascot, the Wildcat...
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Nature Photography: Ripening Persimmon
October 23rd, 2009This one's from a late July 2008 visit to the Gulf Coast of Mississippi. Great time to be there and see the persimmons ripening...
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Nature Photography: Big Sur Stream
October 23rd, 2009This photo's a true blast from the past. I took it back in 1981, while I was bicycling around the United States.
While heading down the California coast, I stopped for an overnight in a state park south of Big Sur. The park offered many things to explore, including giant redwoods that I couldn't begin to stretch my arms around. Then there was this icy cold stream...
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Website Redesign: Applied Biosciences PSM Degree Program
June 24th, 2009Earlier this year, I was asked to redesign the website of the University of Arizona Professional Science Master's Degree in Applied Biosciences. The site serves as a student recruiting tool, and it combines UA campus scenes with information on degree requirements, career opportunities, and application procedures.
Applied Biosciences PSM students can specialize in any area of the life sciences, drawing on the resources of over a dozen biological science departments in multiple colleges on the Tucson campus and Arizona Health Sciences Center.
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Website Design: University Online Course
January 13th, 2009Nutrigenomics draws on research in nutrition, genetics, and several other scientific fields. Although nutrigenomics is fairly new, there is a great demand for collaboration, training and education.
I just finished working with Randy Burd, Ph.D., who is on the faculties of the University of Arizona, University of Buffalo, and Thomas Jefferson University, on an online nutrigenomics course. This was a combination Web design and photography project. The fruits and vegetables were very cooperative -- and tasty -- photographic subjects.
The screenshot you see below is from the course's public website:
There also is another version that is part of the University of Arizona's online course system. Access is restricted to enrolled students.
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Website Design: Financial Investigations
August 8th, 2008Do you have some old stock certificates laying around the house? Well, don't throw them away! They could be worth a lot of money.
Stock Search International has helped investors recover millions of dollars from old stocks and bonds thought to be worthless. This Tucson-based company has been a Web design client since the late 1990s, and they recently returned for a website redesign.
This redesign wasn't as drastic as some I've done. What was needed was a recoding of the existing site so that it meets Web Standards. The new version downloads much faster than its predecessor, and that was one of our goals.
We also wanted to make the home page work for visitors who are in a hurry. In just a few seconds, they can see what Stock Search is and does, then choose from one of the company's three services:
- The Database of Companies No Longer Listed. This unique research tool features more than 40,000 fully updated reports and includes information on stock splits, stock dividends, name changes, mergers, acquisitions, availability of funds and contacts to initiate recoveries.
- Initiate New Research. You'll be in good hands with Stock Search because they track down 97% of the companies they investigate. In fact, their reports are recognized by both the Internal Revenue Service and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
- Historical Market Quotes. Stock Search provides historical stock market quotes to establish the cost basis of investments for tax purposes.
Although many site owners try to think of ways to keep visitors glued to their site, I think this is a losing battle. People have lots of other things to do besides spending hours on a website. It's up to us as Web designers to help visitors accomplish their goals as quickly as possible.
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Graphic Design: Professional Science Master’s Degree Program Logo
June 13th, 2008On this project, I worked with Sheila Tobias, a Tucson-based educational consultant who wrote the best-selling book, Overcoming Math Anxiety. Sheila collaborated with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to establish the Professional Science Master's degree program.
The Science Master's is an M.S. degree that prepares students for work in fields such as consulting, banking, insurance, research management, and technology transfer. There are currently more than 140 PSM programs offered at more than 70 institutions in 25 states and the District of Columbia.
The PSM logo was used on the ScienceMasters.com website (for which I provided design services during 2000-2005) and on PSM program websites. It was also used in a wide variety of printed materials, including brochures, stationery, postcards, tee shirts, mouse pads, and posters that were displayed at a Congressional reception on Capitol Hill.
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Website Design: University Research Laboratory
June 13th, 2008On 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 Arizona's in-house stock collection. I created the Monks Laboratory personnel collage from photos that were supplied by the lab.
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