Science Deputy News Editor To Visit

Elizabeth Culotta, deputy news editor of Science magazine

Elizabeth Culotta, deputy news editor of Science magazine, has been named a 1997 Science Writer in Residence at UW–Madison.

Beginning April 28, Culotta will spend a week on campus working with science writing students in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Agricultural Journalism and other departments. She also will have the opportunity to meet with faculty and staff.

A veteran science journalist, Culotta joined Science in 1991 as a contributing correspondent. She was named deputy news editor in 1996. Prior to joining the staff of Science, Culotta was a freelance science writer and author, and for four years she worked as a science writer for the Milwaukee Journal.

She has written extensively on evolution, environmental biology and the earth sciences, and has contributed to such publications as Audubon, Earth, The Scientist and Science World.

Culotta holds an undergraduate degree from Yale and received a master’s degree in geological sciences from the University of Michigan. Her work has been cited on numerous occasions and she has received awards from the American Psychological Association, the American Education Writers Association and the National Headliners Club. In 1992, she served as a science writing fellow at the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods Hole, Mass.

While on campus, she will also give a public lecture. The lecture, entitled “The End of Science and Other Myths,” is scheduled for Tuesday, April 29 at 4 p.m. in the Memorial Union. Check Today in the Union for a room number.

The UW–Madison Science Writer in Residence Program is now in its eleventh year. It is funded by the UW Foundation and is intended to expose both undergraduate and graduate science and journalism students to nationally known science writers. Previous science writers in residence include Pulitzer prize winners Debra Blum, Ron Kotulak and Laurie Garrett.

The program is sponsored by the UW–Madison School of Journalism and the Office of News and Public Affairs.