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Past Seminars

2/12/2013
The limits of human reason about RISK
David Ropeik, Author
1994-'95 Knight Fellow
2/7/2013
CANCELLED - Where's the Visual in Science Journalism? Making a case to include graphics in your work
Felice Frankel, Science photographer and Research Scientist
Cancelled
2/5/2013
The global epidemic of drug-resistant tuberculosis: How did we get into this predicament
Dr. Salmaan Keshavjee, Dept. of Social Health and Global Medicine at Harvard
12/6/2012
Addiction by Design: How Slot Machines Keep People Playing
Natasha Schull, Assoaciate Professor, MIT
11/29/2012
Population mixture in human history
David Reich, Department of Genetics Harvard Medical School
11/27/2012
CRISES AND TECHNOCRACY Why Engineers are Being Elected African Presidents
Calestous Juma, Harvard Kennedy School
11/20/2012
Knight Seminar
Laura Schulz, Class of 1943 Career Dev Associate Professor, MIT
11/15/2012
From Darwin to DNA
Hopi Hoekstra, Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology
11/13/2012
Some New Insights from the Brains of the Blind
Rebecca Saxe, Associate Professor
11/8/2012
1493
Charles C. Mann, Journalist
11/1/2012
Technology as News
Victor McElheny, Founding Director, Knight Science Journalism at MIT
10/30/2012
Put me through to Washington: Shaping U.S. Science Policy
Bina Venkataraman and David Goldston,
10/25/2012
Astronomy 101 in 60 minutes: there will NOT be a quiz
Paul Schechter, William A M Burden Professor of Astrophysics
10/23/2012
MIT Nuclear Reactor Lab Tour
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*Knight Fellows only
10/18/2012
Hot Copy! Covering the Science of Climate Change
Justin Gillis, The New York Times