Emmy Award-winning science and history documentarian Sarah Holt will deliver a presentation on “Turning Complex Science Stories into Compelling Television” at the 27^th annual Alfred and Julia Hill Lecture at the University of Tennessee’s McClung Museum Auditorium on April 2 at 8 p.m.
Admission is free and open to the public. Free parking will also be available on Circle Park Drive and in nearby lots. Refreshments will be served before and after the lecture.
Holt has won three Emmy Awards for her scientific and historical film work: RX for Survival (2006), Shackleton’s Voyage of Endurance (2003), and MacArthur… Read more “Emmy-Winner Sarah Holt to Speak at 27th Hill Lecture”

Joel Achenbach, acclaimed science writer for the Washington Post, delivered the 25th annual Alfred and Julia Hill Lecture, “Navigating the Era of Fake News, Pseudoscience, and Bunk,” on April 4, 2017.
“In our rapidly changing world of communications, everyone has become a journalist and the phenomenon of ‘fake news’ is pervasive,” said Mark Littmann, who holds the Julia G. and Alfred G. Hill Chair of Excellence in Science, Technology, and Medical Writing in the School of Journalism and Electronic Media. “Deciphering the truth has never been more difficult for news consumers.”
Achenbach joined the staff of the Washington … Read more “Washington Post’s Achenbach Delivers Hill Lecture”

Joe Palca, award-winning science correspondent for National Public Radio, will give the annual Alfred and Julia Hill Lecture at 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 24, at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
The event, sponsored by the School of Journalism and Electronic Media, is free and open to the public. The lecture will be held in the auditorium of the College of Nursing, 1200 Volunteer Blvd.
Palca’s talk is titled “Explaining the Universe in Two Minutes or Less.”
In his presentation, Palca will demonstrate that anything, even complex subjects like quantum physics, can be explained to a certain level of abstraction in … Read more “UT's Hill Lecture to Host NPR Science Correspondent Joe Palca”

Jeffrey Kluger, senior editor of science, technology and health for Time magazine, will deliver the 21st annual Alfred and Julia Hill Lecture at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, on Tuesday, April 2.
Kluger will lecture on “Science as Civilizer” in the McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture Auditorium at 8 p.m. It is free and open to the public.
“I’m keenly interested in the way scientific knowledge doesn’t just edify but can also cleanse, producing a culture that doesn’t just get smarter but behaves better,” said Kluger.
Kluger has worked at Time since 1996 and has written or co-written … Read more “Time Magazine Editor to Give Annual Hill Lecture”

Steve Hall has been writing about science for thirty years. In addition to many cover stories for The New York Times Magazine, his articles have appeared in The New … Read more “Stephen S. Hall, Award-winning New York Times Magazine Writer, to Speak at UT”