Science Journalist in Residence Archives

Science Journalist in Residence

Carl Zimmer: The Coronavirus Unveiled: What COVID-19 Is Teaching Us About Life

Wednesday March 24, 2021

New York Times Science Columnist Carl Zimmer joined us on March 19, 2021 for a discussion as part of UF’s Science Journalist in Residence program. Over the past year, he has been one of the …

Francie Diep: Reporting on Science in the Trump Era and Beyond

Friday November 15, 2019

Francie Diep, staff writer at The Chronicle of Higher Education, spoke to and took questions from students and faculty in Gannett Auditorium on Nov. 14, 2019. Diep is interested in accountability …

Denise Chow, Science Journalist in Residence

Wednesday March 14, 2018

The College of Journalism and Communications welcomes science journalist-in-residence Denise Chow to speak at the Bob Graham Center on Mar. 14 at 6 p.m. in the Pugh Hall Ocora. Denise Chow is the …

David Biello: “You Are Not an Asteroid”

Monday October 2, 2017

David Biello (@dbiello), the science curator for TED and author of The Unnatural World, talks about how people’s impacts on the planet are now pervasive, profound, and permanent, like the asteroid …

Alexandra Horowitz, Science Journalist in Residence

Wednesday January 18, 2017

Alexandra Horowitz is the author of the New York Times best-selling book Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know and the follow-up, Being a Dog: Following the Dog into a World of Smell. She …

Julie Leibach, Science Journalist in Residence

Wednesday April 6, 2016

Julie Leibach is the managing editor of online content for Science Friday, a website and weekly radio show hosted by Ira Flatow. Prior to her work at Science Friday, she worked as a senior editor and …

Science Friday’s Julie Leibach to Visit UF as Science Journalist in Residence

Thursday March 24, 2016

Julie Leibach, UF’s fourth Science Journalist in Residence, is the managing editor of online content for Public Radio International’s Science Friday, a website and weekly radio show hosted by …

Spiker: The Key to Making Your Kid a Star Athlete: Back Off

Tuesday February 17, 2015

Time on February 17, 2015 published “The Key to Making Your Kid a Star Athlete: Back Off,” an interview with bestselling-author David Epstein (The Sports Gene) by Associate Professor and …

David Epstein shares expertise as UF Science Journalist in Residence

Tuesday January 6, 2015

David Epstein, author of “The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance,” will spend Jan. 27-30 on the University of Florida campus as part of the university’s new …