Ed Yong is a science journalist and author of two bestselling books: An Immense World, about the sensory worlds of other animals and I Contain Multitudes, about the partnerships between animals and microbes. Yong was awarded the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting for his coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic. His TED talk on parasites has been watched by over 1.9 million people. In 2024, Yong was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship.

In this engaging lecture based on his book, An Immense World, Yong will take audiences through the hidden realms of animal senses. With wit and humor learn the amazing ways in which animals perceive aspects of the world to which we are oblivious.

Co-Sponsor: College of Journalism and Mass Communications