[Sci-tech-public] Invitation to KSJ+STS Fall Lecture - The Fight for Facts: Evidence in an Age of Doubt (Tuesday, November 10th at 4:30 PM)

Willamina Hadley wihadley at mit.edu
Tue Oct 20 10:22:07 EDT 2026


Dear MIT Community,

The Program in Science, Technology, and Society and the Knight Science Journalism Program invite you on Tuesday, November 10th at 4:30 pm in the Nexus at Hayden Library (14S-130) for a special lecture, "The Fight for Facts: Evidence in an Age of Doubt," exploring the rise of evidence-based thinking, the power of scientific consensus, and the forces that work to distort, undermine, and dismiss facts.

Featuring
Helen Pearson, KJS Fellow, Senior Editor at Nature, and Author of "Beyond Belief."
Naomi Oreskes, Professor of the history of science at Harvard University and author of "Why Trust Science?"

Time
Lecture: 4:30 - 5:45 pm
Reception to Follow

To Attend In-Person
Please fill out this RSVP form<https://forms.gle/1hYjiGdQQcPkbrtSA> if you plan to attend. This event is in-person only.
This talk is free to the MIT community and open to the public.

Please see the attached flyer for more details. We hope to see you there!

Thank you,

Program in Science, Technology, and Society

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Mina Hadley | MIT (she/her)
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