Ed Yong, Pulitzer Prize-winner and bestselling author-2024 Kenan Lecture

A longtime science reporter for The Atlantic who was named “the most important and impactful journalist” of 2020 by Poynter, Yong won a Pulitzer Prize in 2021 for his in-depth coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. He anticipated the course of the virus, the complex challenges that the U.S. faced, and the government’s disastrous failure in its response. His two books, “I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us” and “An Immense World,” provide groundbreaking, informative and entertaining examinations of realities that lie beyond the scope of human sight, hearing, feel, smell and taste. In his Thursday evening public talk and his informal follow-up session Friday morning, Yong will take us on what Marcel Proust called “the only true voyage … not to visit strange lands, but to possess other eyes.” Tickets are required to attend. Reserve your free ticket here.