Rachel Wayne
strategic and savvy storyteller
Rachel Wayne is a writer, content strategist, and anthropologist based in Orlando, Florida. After earning her master's in visual anthropology from the University of Florida, she turned her passion for studying human quirks into a versatile career in content marketing. She has worked with various businesses and nonprofits as a copywriter, brand storyteller, and publicist.
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Native Tongue
Article about an anthropologist's study of native Floridians' language and how it impacts the modern university's branding, for the University of Florida news channel
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Does Rosetta Stone Work?
Article about language researcher Gillian Lord for the University of Florida's college news channel
Technology Review
Molecular monitor
Feature article about oncology researcher Hadley Sikes and her innovative technique for tracking oxidation with biofluorescent markers.
Article commissioned by MIT for the MIT Technology Review
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The Deepest Well in the Universe
“There’s this childhood awe, with your jaw hanging open, this feeling of ‘Wow, look at that thing,’” says Stephen Eikenberry about his area of black holes and neutron stars — what he describes as the most extreme environments in the universe. “And the physics are poorly understood, so it’s a mystery as well.” Eikenberry, who holds a joint appointment in UF’s Departments of Astronomy and Physics, has dedicated his career to this mystery.
University of Florida News
Exploring Strange New Worlds: “Star Trek” Planet Vulcan Found
New planet could be Spock’s home world, astronomers say
Among the TV series Star Trek’s many charms are its rich universe of characters and planets. Now, the Dharma Planet Survey, in a new study led by University of Florida (UF) astronomer Jian Ge and team including Tennessee State University (TSU) astronomers Matthew Muterspaugh and Gregory Henry, has shown that science fiction may be a little less so; the Dharma project has discovered what may be Star Trek’s famed planet Vulcan.
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From Kinshasa to Gainesville
Feature article on Congolese graphic artists' role in West African culture and how they provide valuable insights to literary anthropologists
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We Are All Archie Carr’s Children
Archie Carr, a larger-than-life man who could summon a snapping turtle named Jasper at will, paved the way for the conservation of sea turtles around the world. Karen Bjorndal, his former graduate student, and Alan Bolten today direct the Archie Carr Center for Sea Turtle Research at UF, carrying on his life’s work and legacy. in many ways, the University of Florida saved the sea turtles.
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Lil’ Mosses
In the fall 2017 semester, 55 students in BOT 2010, an introductory botany course, worked on their green thumbs by growing fire moss (Ceratodon purpureus). The class included a mix of majors, and even those who weren’t budding botanists found something to love in the project.
Wyatt Strategy
Why Visual Content Resonates More
Whitepaper on how visual content helps improve brand presence and audience engagement
University of Florida News
Researchers identify immune profiles that place people at risk of dengue
For many viruses, contracting the pathogen can have a silver lining: The subsequent antibodies confer immunity against future infection.
Not so for dengue, a remarkably common and occasionally fatal mosquito-borne disease that affects between 50 million and 390 million people per year. Because it is often asymptomatic, tracking outbreaks is challenging. Now, researchers have developed new statistical methods to evaluate individuals' infection history and risk.
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How to Minimize Injuries During Patient Lifts and Transfers
Article about healthcare professionals' ergonomic needs and the role of good design in patient/clinical spaces, written for leading health furniture brand, Champion
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The Importance of Patient-Centered Design in Healthcare Furniture
Article about the rising influence on human-centric design on healthcare technology and furniture, created for leading patient seating brand, Champion.
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Ancient Mayan deforestation had long-term effects on watershed carbon cycles
The lowlands of Mexico and Guatemala experienced widespread deforestation by the Maya beginning about 4,000 years ago. The region has never fully recovered. Ancient Maya environmental impact provides a case study for the long-term effects of deforestation, and according to a new Nature Geoscience study published today, the implications for current tropical deforestation are far-reaching.
University of Florida News
Dengue immunity may buffer against Zika, study finds
In the epicenter of the Zika epidemic in northeast Brazil, 73 percent of people living in an urban slum in Salvador were infected in 2015, but a new study finds that those with immunity to dengue, a genetically similar virus, had a reduced risk of infection with Zika.