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August 2022
KSJ@MIT August Advanced Fact-Checking Workshop
A virtual workshop that will bring together journalists and editors to learn about fact-checking, with a focus on science journalism. Applications due by July 26th!
Find out more »September 2022
Seminar: Marc Abrahams, Founder of the Ig Nobels and Annals of Improbable Research
For more than 30 years Marc Abrahams has been making people laugh, then think, through his journal, the Annals of Improbable Research, and annual awards ceremony, the Ig Nobels. In our first seminar of the semester, Marc will speak to the KSJ Fellows about his unusual career celebrating the weirdest and wildest science research and discoveries. Please contact Learning and Events Coordinator Claire Sadar if you are interested in attending.
Find out more »Ig Nobels Watch Party
Join the founder of the Ig Nobels, Marc Abrahams, plus a special surprise guest, at the KSJ office for a 2022 Ig Nobel webcast watch party. Please contact Learning and Events Coordinator Claire Sadar if you are interested in attending.
Find out more »Seminar: Pam Belluck, Pulitzer Prize Winning Heath and Science Writer
The Knight Science Journalism program is excited to welcome New York Times health and science writer Pam Belluck. Her seminar topic will be updated prior to the event. Please contact Learning and Events Coordinator Claire Sadar if you are interested in attending.
Find out more »Seminar: Storage, Disposal, and Transport of Radioactive Material
Mitch Galanek, MIT's Institutional Radiation Safety Officer, will join us for an electrifying show and tell of items with (a low level of!) radioactivity. Mitch will also discuss how radioactive items and fuels used at MIT are safely stored, transported, and disposed of. Please contact Learning and Events Coordinator Claire Sadar if you are interested in attending. Photo: TheBeSphereOfCourse. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution- Share Alike 4.0 International license.
Find out more »October 2022
Seminar: African-Americans, health, and suffering during the Civil War
Professor Jim Downs, Gilder Lehrman NEH Chair of Civil War Era Studies and History at Gettysburg College, will discuss his research on the health, wellness, and suffering of African-Americans during the Civil War. Please contact Learning and Events Coordinator Claire Sadar if you are interested in attending.
Find out more »December 2022
KSJ@MIT December Advanced Fact-Checking Workshop
A virtual workshop that will bring together journalists and editors to learn about fact-checking, with a focus on science journalism.
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