Event
Why You’re You: Explaining Heredity to a Confused Public
A conversation with Jennifer Raff and Carl Zimmer
October 9, 2018
6:00 - 8:00pm
Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute
7th Floor Commons
20 Cooper Square, NY
Kavli Conversations are hosted by NYU’s Science, Health and Environmental Reporting Program with support from the Kavli Foundation. Events are open to the public. Webcast will begin at 6:30pm.
Speakers
Jennifer Raff is an anthropologist at the University of Kansas who studies the genomes of ancient peoples and blogs about science for The Guardian.
One of the world’s best known science writers, Carl Zimmer‘s new book is She Has Her Mother’s Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potential of Heredity.
Moderator
Robert Lee Hotz is a science writer at the Wall Street Journal and a Distinguished Writer in Residence at NYU Journalism.