Tanushri Sundar

Bio

I am a recent graduate of Brown University, where I concentrated in computer science and cognitive science. I have always dreamed of becoming a writer, and my love for STEM is encouraged by my undergraduate work and professional engineering experience. At Brown, I sought opportunities at the intersection of science and storytelling. I covered science news for The Brown Daily Herald, did research in social decision making and computational cognition, and worked as a teaching assistant across three departments. Last year, I continued exploring science journalism as a ProPublica Diversity Scholar and the Asian American Journalists Association and Microsoft Data Visualization Fellow. My favorite hobbies are painting, hiking, and playing chess. In my reporting, I want to inspire curiosity in local readers. I'm so grateful for the opportunity to join the Idaho Statesman this summer!

Clips

• AAAS fellowship brings science reporter to the Idaho Statesman news team

• The thigh bone of a tyrannosaur was found in Idaho — and it’s tinier than you think

• Avian flu in Idaho sends Zoo Boise’s birds into quarantine. Here’s what we know

• After inventing tech to aid food banks, Idaho kids are finalists in U.S. STEM competition

• Constellation prize: NASA-funded astronomy expert coming to educate Idaho stargazers

• Big data on a little bird: What 30 years of Idaho research says about declining raptor

• Idaho dairy is worth billions of dollars. Here’s why it could be in trouble this summer

• Is Idaho’s historic prison haunted? 150 years later, the search for answers continues

• Agricultural pesticides and cancer? Idaho researchers hope to better understand link

• Zoo Boise says it may have the oldest spider monkey in the world. He just turned 60

• Get ready for hottest days of 2022 yet. When we’ll see triple digits, and for how long

• Chinook salmon habitat in Central Idaho is in trouble, scientists say. Why it matters

• Rural Idaho is vulnerable to cyber attacks. Here’s how Boise State is building defenses

• Idaho’s sand dunes are a lot like Mars. Here’s how scientists simulated a space mission

• Idaho officials found a massive ‘elk boneyard’ with at least 15 skulls. What happened?

• Worried about energy use during heat waves? Idaho Power explains rising demand

• With Idaho summer heat, expect more mosquitoes — and with them, West Nile virus

• Idaho Power ready to shut off service in high-risk areas if wildfire seasons worsen

• Not swarms of locusts — they’re Mormon crickets. Why experts fear their rise in Idaho

• Is extinction coming for Monarch butterflies? Why Idaho’s state insect needs protection

• Ada deputies find body in Lucky Peak Lake. Coroner ID’s teenager who fell off jet ski

• Over 14,000 Boise customers experienced a morning power outage. The culprit? A squirrel

• Arson caused LDS church fire in Southwest Boise, sheriff’s office says. What we know

• Shots fired in Boise on Friday; Idaho man arrested and charged with felony

• Hemp is now legal in Idaho. This Ketchum company wants to build houses with it

• These tiny rabbits in the Northwest near extinction. Can a relative in Idaho help?

• ‘If they can’t make it, none of them will.’ These Idaho salmon may hold key to survival

• Idaho National Laboratory ‘leads the way,’ chosen to host new nuclear reactor

• Boise-area wellness centers use oxygen devices authorities deem unsafe. What we found