alumni notes

Maura O’Connor (‘17) recently published her second book, Wayfinding: The Science and Mystery of How Humans Navigate the World (St. Martin’s Press). She says the book, which is receiving wide-ranging praise, was positively influenced by her year as a KSJ fellow. “It includes a half a dozen interviews with scholars and scientists at MIT and […]

March 25, 2019 On October 12, 2014, Scott Huler (’15) stepped into a canoe in Charleston, South Carolina. Nine months later, he stepped out of one in the small North Carolina town of Bath, near where the Pamlico River empties into the Atlantic. In between, he had hiked and paddled hundreds of miles of Carolina […]

For Betsy Mason (’16), the past five years have basically been one long deep dive into the world of maps. And now she has a gorgeous new book to show for it. Last fall, Mason and her writing partner Greg Miller published All Over the Map: A Cartographic Odyssey, a beautifully illustrated, large-format book about […]

Congratulations to David Baron (’90) and Jason Palmer (’14), who each took home top honors in the American Institute of Physics (AIP) Science Writing Awards, the nation’s premier prizes for physics writing. Baron won in the book category for “American Eclipse,” his story of the total solar eclipse that “crossed the wilds of America’s western […]

October 31, 2018 On October 1, Paula Apsell (’84) — member of the inaugural class of Knight Science Journalism fellows — collected a trophy to which few science journalists can lay claim: An Emmy statuette. In a ceremony at Frederick Rose Hall in New York City, the Senior Executive Producer of NOVA became the first […]

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 […]