Here’s what alumni are writing: a compendium from Federico Kukso (2015-16). Valeria Román (2004-05): “Argentina’s economic crisis could trigger scientific ‘collapse,’ researchers warn,” Science. Lauren M. Whaley (2016-17): “New survey paints dire picture of challenges black moms face in health care system,” Center for Health Journalism. Wayt Gibbs (1999-2000): “Eyes on the High Seas: Illegal […]
Alumni Notes: Septebmer 21, 2018
A trio of KSJ alumni took home honors in the National Association of Science Writer’s Science and Society awards, announced earlier this week. Maryn McKenna (2013-14) won in the Book category for Big Chicken, which tells the eye-opening story of how antibiotics birthed modern agriculture and revolutionized the way we eat. Judges called it a […]
Alumni Notes: August 29, 2018
Here’s what alumni are writing: a compendium from Federico Kukso (2015-16). Debbie Ponchner (2003-04): “Rescuing Ancient Art from Microbes,” Scientific American. Lauren Whaley (2016-17): “The hidden social factors driving disparities in childhood cancer survival rates,” Center for Health Journalism. Marcin Rotkiewicz (2008-09). “Judgment for gene editing,” Polityka (in Polish). Federico Kukso (2015-16): “Carlo Rovelli: ‘Ignoring […]
Alumni Notes: August 14, 2018
A collaboration about a collaboration: Pagan Kennedy, left, and Karen Brown. “The Great God of Depression,” the gripping story of the improbable collaboration between a brain scientist and an acclaimed author to come to terms with their shared mental illness, is a five-part podcast that can be found at Radiotopia’s Showcase page (or wherever you […]
Alumni Notes: June 22, 2018
In 1587, a band of settlers — 115 men, women, and children — founded the first English colony in the New World, on Roanoke Island in what is now North Carolina. Three years later, their governor returned from a resupply mission to England only to find that they’d vanished with barely a trace. What happened […]
Alumni Notes: May 31, 2018
May 31, 2018 Combining passions for climbing and research: Luke Timmerman at the top of the world. At 6:25 a.m. on May 22, an exultant Luke Timmerman (2005-06) reached the summit of Mount Everest. After writing about advances in cancer research for 15 years, and climbing mountains almost that long, he decided to combine the […]