Michael Specter, science writer for The New Yorker and winner of eight international awards for his work, will present “Believing Science in an Age of Denial” for the 29th annual Alfred & Julia Hill Lecture Tuesday, February 22 at 8 p.m.
Since joining The New Yorker in 1998, Specter has written often on public health and science. Among his subjects have been the global AIDS epidemic, as well as several other pandemics ranging from avian influenza to covid. His profile subjects include Anthony Fauci; Ingrid Newkirk, founder of PETA; Richard Branson, aerospace entrepreneur; Peter Singer, animal rights philosopher; Mehmet Oz, celebrity doctor; and many others.
Specter is also the author of Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and Threatens Our Lives and the audiobook Fauci.
The 29th Annual Alfred & Julia Hill Lecture featuring Michael Specter will take place Tuesday, February 22, 2022, at 8 p.m. in the Strong Hall Auditorium, Room 101, located at 1621 West Cumberland Avenue on the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, campus.
Free parking is available in the parking terrace across the street from Strong Hall on the north side of White Avenue. More parking can be found on the streets near Strong Hall. Refreshments will be served before and after the lecture.
The event is free and open to the public.
The annual Alfred & Julia Hill Lecture series brings distinguished science journalists to campus to share their thoughts on science, society, and the mass media. The lecture series is made possible by an endowment created by Tom Hill and Mary Frances Hill Holton in honor of their parents, Alfred and Julia Hill, founders of The Oak Ridger. The Hill family’s endowment of the lecture series was a gift to the UT School of Journalism & Electronic Media in the College of Communication & Information.
For more information, please contact Mark Littmann, Professor, Hill Chair of Excellence in Science Writing, School of Journalism & Electronic Media, 865-974-8156.