5th Annual Science Writing Symposium: Communicating Science to the General Public

This event was digitally recorded and is available for viewing on the Caltech Theater site.

Caltech's Annual Science Writing Symposium features a panel discussion among prominent science writers and scientists about the importance and challenges of communicating scientific information to the general public. Panelists discus their work and respond to questions and comments from the audience. This year's symposium features:

• Robert Lee Hotz, Pulitzer Prize-winning science journalist at the LATimes and author of Designs on Life: Exploring the New Frontiers of Human Fertility. He has received writing awards from the American Academy for Advancement of Science and the American Geophysical Union.
• Richard Murray, Everhart Professor of Control & Dynamical Systems. Recipient of the 2006 Feynman Teaching Prize, he is faculty advisor to Caltech's autonomous vehicle team and author of Feedback Systems: An Introduction for Scientists and Engineers.
• Michael Shermer, Executive Director of the Skeptics Society and regular columnist for Scientific American. He is also science correspondent for KPCC public radio and author of eight popular-science books, including Why People Believe Weird Things and Why Darwin Matters: The Case Against Intelligent Design.

Open to the Caltech community and the general public, this symposium is especially relevant to students who are fulfilling Caltech's "Core 1" science writing requirement.

The event will be held in the Sharp Lecture Hall (Room 155 in Arms, buidling #25 on the campus map [PDF]).

Refreshments will be served following the event.