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Caroline Hu
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science-inspired comics and illustration | asst biology professor at MassArt | former postdoc at Harvard OEB | she/her | opinions my own
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Caroline Hu @hudrewthis.bsky.social · Jul 27
Hi! My name is Caroline and I am an artist, biologist, and educator. Here because I love learning about new research and seeing people's art. ✨ #biology #sciart #comics #stemed
Comic page of my WIP graphic novel pitch 'Mighty Metamorphosis.' A chipmunk gets surprised when greeted from a cicada nymph living underground. My zine 'Portraits of Metamorphosis', flanked by a metamorphosis-themed cootie catcher and template minizine. Comic page from my WIP graphic novel 'The Little Scientist' showing the main character exploring collections of specimens. Cover illustration I did for The Biology of Genomes annual meeting. It depicts three groups of flowers that have variation in appearance due to different genomic mechanisms.
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"Nearly 200 attendees gather at MCPHS for the New England Graphic Medicine Summit to examine how visual storytelling makes illness and care more understandable."
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#GraphicMedicine #HealthHumanities
New England Graphic Medicine Summit Held | MCPHS News
Nearly 200 people gathered at MCPHS in Boston on Oct. 24 for the New England Graphic Medicine Summit, exploring how comics communicate illness and care.
www.mcphs.edu
November 18, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Capping off 2025 with two of my favorite comics festivals! See you at Nonfiction Comics Festival and @massmice.bsky.social .
Nonfiction Comics Festival Burlington, VT 11/15 Table 20b Speaking Event: Graphic Novel Collaboration Panel MICE Boston, MA 12/6 - 12/7 Table 10a Speaking Event: Science Comics Carousel
November 13, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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Join cartoonists Eleri Harris and Shay Sarah Mirk to celebrate the release of their book, Making Nonfiction Comics: A Guide for Graphic Narrative at Porter Square Books: Boston Edition. Finally, a guide into one of the most transformative ways of creating comics!
An open comic book features panels with a variety of colorful nondescript things happening and jumping off the pages. People are collaborating across some of the panels. A large title in a speech bubble shares, “Making Nonfiction Comics: A Guide for Graphic Narrative,” a new must-have from cartoonists Eleri Harris (top-left) and Shay Mirk (bottom-left).
November 12, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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Met my books for the first time. 'Who Discovered How to Breathe Underwater?: Jacques Cousteau' by @nedlazaruswolfe.bsky.social and me is out now! #unboxing
November 8, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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@nedlazaruswolfe.bsky.social and my book—Who Discovered How to Breathe Underwater?: Jacques Cousteau—comes out tomorrow!! 🤿🐟🌟

I plan to wake up, go vote in my local election, and maybe do an unboxing??
A page from my upcoming book. Jacques emerges from snorkeling and asks Philippe: "When does the new graphic novel about me, Jacques Cousteau, come out?" "The one by Ned Wolfe and Caroline Hu?" "Oui." "Tomorrow! 11/4"
November 3, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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Count down three days until #NEGM25!
Caroline's hand holding a NEGM25 Sticker above a table covered with copies of the same sticker. The sticker features the Phineas Gage skull logo design.
October 22, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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Tuesday, 10/28, join me and two other science storytellers at MIT Libraries for a panel on science storytelling and book arts. Registration link below.
libcal.mit.edu/calendar/eve...
Science Storytelling Through Book Arts: Panel Discussion
Join us for a presentation and panel discussion on science storytelling through book arts with artists Bo-Won Keum (Lecturer, MIT Architecture), Sarah Hulsey (PhD in Linguistics,...
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October 18, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Fanbase Press' @barbrajdillon.bsky.social Interviews @hudrewthis.bsky.social and Briana L. Martino on the 2025 New England Graphic Medicine Summit

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Fanbase Press Interviews Caroline Hu and Briana L. Martino on the 2025 New England Graphic Medicine Summit - Fanbasepress
In the following interview, Fanbase Press Editor-in-Chief Barbra Dillon talks with Caroline Hu (Visual artist, biologist, and educator - Massachusetts College
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September 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Back in stock! Prompted by @hudrewthis.bsky.social is an essay about AI in the classroom and the importance of curiosity and learning in the time of LLMs! www.radiatorcomics.com/shop/uncateg...
September 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Excited to help bring this to New England graphic medicine creators!
negm25.bsky.social negm25.bsky.social @negm25.bsky.social · Sep 3
Do you have a long-form graphic medicine project? Are you struggling with specific elements, or having difficulty viewing it holistically?

Follow the link below for full eligibility requirements and to apply. Deadline is 9/19.

bit.ly/cartooningclinic25

#NEGM25
September 5, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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First day of the academic year! Fitting time to announce that my visual essay, Prompted, about learning in the time of LLMs, is now available to buy from @radiatorcomics.bsky.social

www.radiatorcomics.com/shop/uncateg...
Front cover. A ball and stick model of a neural network sends its output arrow through Caroline's head. Caroline is sitting at her desk in front of her laptop. She is represented with her eyeball persona. Text says "Prompted. An educator's response to generative AI in the classroom. Caroline Hu, PhD." Interior spread. Caroline is standing in front of a giant chalkboard. Students are at their desks. Text says: "Welcome to biology class at an art and design college. Why teach science here? Because artists help us make sense of the universe. Because designers help us envision futures." Interior spread. Two abstract strands wind together, kind of like a helix. Interior spread. A visualization of the thought experiment, "The Chinese Room", as proposed by John Searle circa 1980.
September 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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My September and October schedule. ☀️
A cluster of sungold tomatoes. The greenest one on the end is also Caroline's eyeball persona. It asks "are you watching Dan Da Dan?"
August 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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Last year a student sent me an email *before the semester started* about his fascination with fungi. How delightful that @snehanjanac.bsky.social then offered her fungi-plant interaction expertise and they created a comic together. 🍄🌱🌟
snehanjanac.bsky.social Snehanjana Chatterjee @snehanjanac.bsky.social · Aug 26
Last year I had the great opportunity to work with Dr. Caroline Hu and her extremely talented student Damien. Thanks to them, my slides at ESA were highly praised. Highly recommend people to participate!!
hudrewthis.bsky.social Caroline Hu @hudrewthis.bsky.social · Aug 20
Seeking scientist volunteers for this fall! Want to practice science communication and help author a 🌟comic🌟 about your research? I need collaborators for the next cohort of SciComm & Comics art and design students. All countries and scientific fields eligible.
August 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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My drawn statement on Ai as standalone from my now finished minicomic as syllabus for new liberal studies class! As promised this is shareable, printable - all from my site, feel free to make use of it, cite me & let me know how it’s received. Share away all here! spinweaveandcut.com/fall-2025-sy...
a snippet of a mini-comic, at top - straight line stretches from point A to B. Immediately below, same dot at A, then becomes a curving, meandering line that winds through the page and ends at a point with rays and a question mark emanating from it. Text reads: "Nothing can do this for you - that robs you of experience and conflates answers with learning. Rather, it's all the decisions you make along the way, the mistakes, struggles, and surprises! These pathways you create - this is learning. Pages from a mini comic Pages from a mini comic Pages from a mini comic
August 20, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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A student had the pleasure of working with @drandrewthaler.bsky.social on his research about dog-human communication last year. How are dogs so attuned to their humans? What are *dogs* observing about *us*? Follow Andrea's research to learn more! 🐕🥽
asommese.bsky.social Andrea Sommese @asommese.bsky.social · Aug 24
Last year I had the chance to work with Caroline and her student and it was fantastic! I loved it!

They were both so incredibly prepared and enthusiastic that really inspired me as well to continue my work!
hudrewthis.bsky.social Caroline Hu @hudrewthis.bsky.social · Aug 20
Seeking scientist volunteers for this fall! Want to practice science communication and help author a 🌟comic🌟 about your research? I need collaborators for the next cohort of SciComm & Comics art and design students. All countries and scientific fields eligible.
August 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Seeking scientist volunteers for this fall! Want to practice science communication and help author a 🌟comic🌟 about your research? I need collaborators for the next cohort of SciComm & Comics art and design students. All countries and scientific fields eligible.
An anole extends its dewlap, which says "call for scientists!"
August 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Graphic medicine fans! The New England Graphic Medicine Summit is coming to Boston this fall. Follow the link below if you want to attend (in-person/virtual options available) or submit a programming idea.
negm25.bsky.social negm25.bsky.social @negm25.bsky.social · Aug 6
Join us for #NEGM25 in Boston on 10/24! Proposals (of approx. 200 words, fully listing all contributors) will be due by 9/2. See the Google Form link on the site for details on registering and submissions.

bit.ly/NEGM25

#graphicmedicine #healthhumanities #narrativemedicine #comicsstudies
New England Graphic Medicine Summit 2025 | Countway Library
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August 6, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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My summer convention schedule. ☀️
Chartreuse flyer of convention schedule showing a slime mold life cycle and Caroline's eyeball persona as one of the fruiting bodies. Summer '25 - 6/1 Cazi Con, 6/28-6/29 - CAKE, 7/15-7/16 ComSciCon.
May 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Excited for the Comics at MassArt reception this Friday, 5-7 PM! There will be refreshments, a panel of alumni+ faculty who are working in comics, zine-making, and LOTS of amazing student comics.
calendar.massart.edu/event/comics...
hudrewthis.bsky.social Caroline Hu @hudrewthis.bsky.social · Mar 22
Comics at MassArt Exhibit. Opening this Monday and reception this Friday! Faculty across four departments are showcasing student work and our diverse approaches to teaching comics. Reception is open to the public--come grab some refreshments, a bean bag, and read some comics!
Comics at MassArt exhibitL 3/24-4/5. Reception Friday 3/28, 5-7 PM. Student Life Gallery, Kennedy Building, 2nd Floor. 621 Huntington Avenue, Boston. Marty our mascot, a mastodon, sleeps atop our Tower Building like Snoopy on his doghouse.
March 27, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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Comics at MassArt Exhibit. Opening this Monday and reception this Friday! Faculty across four departments are showcasing student work and our diverse approaches to teaching comics. Reception is open to the public--come grab some refreshments, a bean bag, and read some comics!
Comics at MassArt exhibitL 3/24-4/5. Reception Friday 3/28, 5-7 PM. Student Life Gallery, Kennedy Building, 2nd Floor. 621 Huntington Avenue, Boston. Marty our mascot, a mastodon, sleeps atop our Tower Building like Snoopy on his doghouse.
March 22, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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#hourlycomicday #hourlycomicsday
Took notes 1/31 and drew it all today. Love this annual treat to do something personal and work traditionally.
February 2, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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There are a few more days to apply for a science comic collab! This semester’s cohort of students had a few special requests for scientific topics. 😎 If you or a colleague researches one of these, please consider applying! Form can be done in a few minutes. And please share widely.
Ad for scientist collaborators that includes special requests from students: Chinook salmon, nutrition, sedimentary rock, food biochemistry, black holes, scavenger biology (especially vultures), sexual systems, whiskers, and non-visual photoreception.
January 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Seeking scientist volunteers for this spring! Want to practice science communication and help author a ✨comic✨ about your research? Learn more & sign up here by 1/30: bit.ly/comicscollabspring2025
Decorator crab that has added science motifs to its shell, such as cells, proteins, crystal structures, etc. Text says: "Call for scientists! Want to collaborate with an art student on a comic about your research? Learn more & sign up by 1/30: bit.ly/comicscollabspring2025."
January 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Thank you @beatascienceart.bsky.social, Leonora, and volunteers! Was so inspired by my fellow speakers and connections made during the reception.
beatascienceart.bsky.social Beata Science Art @beatascienceart.bsky.social · Dec 20
😮🤩 Wow, a completely filled room at our #CellBio2024 #SciArt session! What an amazing evening with inspiring talks about creativity, education and microscopy. Huge thanks to our speakers and audience. Please reach out if you're interested in co-organizing or speaking next year!
December 20, 2024 at 8:32 PM
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If you are going to be at the American Society for Cell Bio meeting/in the San Diego area next Tuesday, there is going to be a science x art show! I'll be there with my own science zines and comics, as well as student work. Thanks @beatascienceart.bsky.social and team for organizing!!
Flyer for Science and Art: Bridging Two Creative Universes Art Show & Reception. Tuesday, Dec 17, 2024, 6:30-10:30 PM at the UCSD Park & Market. 1100 Market St in San Diego, CA. RSVP at www.beatasceinceart.com/artshow2024/
December 10, 2024 at 9:14 PM