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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