Science Journalist in Residence

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....

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Posted: March 24, 2021

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,...

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Posted: November 15, 2019

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...

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Posted: March 14, 2018

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,...

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Posted: October 2, 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,...

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Posted: January 18, 2017

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...

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Posted: April 6, 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 Ira Flatow. Prior to her work at Science Friday, she worked as a senior editor and web manager at Audubon magazine.…

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Posted: March 24, 2016

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 Interim Journalism Chair Ted Spiker. Spiker interviewed Epstein during the latter’s January visit as UF Science Journalist in Residence.

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Posted: February 17, 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 Science Journalist in Residence Program. A highlight of Epstein’s visit will be a public talk held on Wednesday, Jan. 28,…

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Posted: January 6, 2015