Skloot is the fifth Murray Honors Visiting Scholar.
It is made possible by a generous gift from Jack and Nadine Murray.
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The Murray Honors Visiting Scholar series is co-hosted by the Colorado State University Honors Program and the College of Natural Sciences. She is currently at work on a new book about the human-animal relationship. She has taught creative writing and science journalism at the University of Memphis, the University of Pittsburgh, New York University, and UC Berkeley. She was the co-editor of The Best American Science Writing 2011 and has worked as a correspondent for NPR’s Radiolab and PBS’s Nova ScienceNOW. Skloot is an award-winning journalist and science writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, O, The Oprah Magazine, Discover, and many others. It was also chosen as the best book of 2010 by more than 60 media outlets, including Entertainment Weekly, People, and The New York Times. It has been translated into more than 25 languages and adapted for the screen by HBO and Oprah. The Immortal Life, Skloot’s debut book, spent over seven years on the nonfiction and science New York Times bestseller lists, and has sold almost 3 million copies. She started writing the stories that are now becoming her second book in John’s writing classes.
He’s just published his first poetry collection, The Exact Weight of the Soul, which draws on his continuing passions for the humanities and the sciences.Ĭalderazzo was Skloot’s writing professor at CSU when she realized she wanted to become a writer. His work has appeared in Best American Nature Writing, Best Travel Adventure Stories, and Copper Canyon Press’s 2019 Here: Poems for the Planet. He’s won a Colorado Arts Council Fellowship, and a Traveler’s Tales Gold Medal for an essay about Buddhism and mountains in Bhutan. He’s published a freelance-writing guide a children’s science book, 101 Questions about Volcanoes and Rising Fire: Volcanoes & Our Inner Lives. His writing has appeared in magazines such as Audubon, Georgia Review, High Country News, and Orion. With his colleague SueEllen Campbell, he created an innovative climate change discussion program, Changing Climates CSU, involving nearly every department at the University. He’s also taught scientists to communicate with the public through story telling. He established the department’s undergraduate creative nonfiction courses and co-founded the MFA Nonfiction Program. John Calderazzo recently retired from the CSU English Department, where he was honored as a Best CSU Teacher. Skloot will be joined by John Calderazzo, a professor in the Department of English.
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The event will be conducted via Zoom and is free and open to the public. Skloot, a Colorado State University biological sciences alumna, will discuss these topics and more during her Murray Honors Lecture on Nov. The Immortal Life raises questions about race, class, and bioethics in America. Over 10 years, Rebecca Skloot researched and wrote The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, which investigates the personal stories, family history, and scientific implications surrounding HeLa cells. These cells contributed to scientific advancements as varied as the polio vaccine, treatments for cancers and viruses, in-vitro fertilization, and the impact of space travel on human cells. She left behind the first immortal line of cells, known as HeLa, which were collected without her knowledge or consent. Henrietta Lacks left one of the world’s most important legacies when she died of cervical cancer in 1951.
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