Upcoming Events
The Knight Science Journalism Program offers a variety of programming, including seminars featuring world-class scientists and storytellers, and workshops designed to help journalists hone their craft. Click on an event to learn more.
Events
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The Fight for Facts: Evidence in the Age of Doubt
The Nexus at Hayden Library 14S-130, 160 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA, United StatesPlease join the Knight Science Journalism program and the Program in Science, Technology, and Society for a discussion on finding the truth in a time of increasing skepticism in science. Helen Pearson Author, Beyond Belief; Senior Editor at Nature; Current KSJ fellow Naomi Oreskes Author, Why Trust Science?; Professor of the History of Science at […]
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Seminar: Penny Chisholm on what the smallest living things can teach us about life
Knight Science Journalism Office 400 Main Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesThe Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT is excited to welcome Dr. Penny Chisholm, Professor of Biology at MIT, for a seminar on her work on Prochlorococcus. Prochlorococcus is the smallest and most abundant photosynthetic organism on the planet. It is a marine picocyanobacterium whose global abundance is estimated to be 3 octillion cells. Dr. […]
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Seminar: Ashley Shew on Technoableism in the Media and AI
Knight Science Journalism Office 400 Main Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesThe Knight Science Journalism program at MIT is excited to welcome Professor Ashley Shew of Virginia Tech for a seminar on disability, technology, AI, and the media. Prof. Shew will discuss disability and technology present in media, as well as biases being reified by AI about disability. Please contact Claire Sadar if you are interested […]
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Dr. Jay Fishman on Xenotransplantation
Knight Science Journalism Office 400 Main Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesThe Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT is excited to welcome Dr. Jay Fishman, Director, Transplant Infectious Disease & Compromised Host Program, Massachusetts General Hospital and Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School for a seminar on Xenotransplantation. Xenotransplantation of organs from swine into human recipients for treatment of organ failure has entered clinical trials. The […]