Usha Lee McFarling

@usha.bsky.social

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I direct the Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT. Working hard to advance science journalism and support its practitioners at a time they are needed more than ever.

STAT Polk awardees
Michael Cottman speaking — slide showing him scuba diving.
Khiara Bridges and Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha speaking at Harvard Book Store
Laura Helmuth on panel at AAAS meeting.
Joe Wright Helen Burstin and Shazia Siddique standing at podium at AAAS meeting.
Shirley Malcolm, Theresa Maldonado and Holden Thorpe seated on stage at AAAS meeting.
Lab Dog author Melanie D.G. Kaplan at the KSJ offices with beagle pal Moira Rose.
Poster advertising AI and Journalism/Free Speech/Public Discourse event on 2/27/26 at 4 pm at the MIT Welcome Center.
Poster showing the Lost Knowledge Project will meet from 10-3 on Jan. 23 in Cambridge, MA.
Corals growing in labs
Baby corals played on tiles
Attendees of WCSJ25 posing
Attendees at WCSJ25 taking photos together
Journalist Charles Piller speaking at podium at WCSJ conference in Pretoria.
Panel Session on including social justice in ocean reporting at WCSJ25 Conference in Pretoria.
Dr. Wendy Wilcox of NYC Health+Hospitals in front of a picture of city officials handing out baby boxes with diapers in effort to stem maternal mortality.
Panel of speakers at AHCJ fall summit
Jack Szostsk speaking with a slide showing protocells.
Speakers from NASW plenary panel
Graphic showing grant titles revised to remove words such as equity, racism, and disparities.
Flyer describing event "Lighting the Way" to be held 11/5 6 pm at Tufts in Olin 012 with speakers Ferris Jabr and Usha Lee McFarling.
Panelists at STAT Summit — physicians and parents of Baby KJ.
A flyer showing speakers and describing a panel discussion "Confronting Crisis" to be held 10.9.25 from 4:15-6:15 at 101 Rogers Street in Cambridge.
Group posing at 2025 NMF gala
Front of New York's plaza hotel -- lit up for the evening.
New York Times headline reading "New York says it does not intend to comply with D.E.I. order on schools"
A VERY round blue bird with a blue head and red tail.
A baby giraffes sitting with legs tucked under.
The current (Jan. 24) cover of Science titled "Manifold Males" showing a very puffed up male bird in impressive breeding plumage.
First page of lawsuit filed against new executive orders showing plaintiffs and defendants.
Charred book page on ground found near Eaton Fire.
Orange sky and smoke at sunset over palm trees.
Map showing extent of Eaton Fire and evacuation zones as of 1/9/25 12:20 pm
A chart showing the United States with high health care spending and low life expectancy, compared with Portugal (and nearly all other nations) with much lower spending and often much higher life expectancy.