Laurie Garrett, the only writer to receive the Peabody, Polk and Pulitzer awards for journalism, will address students, faculty and guests of the School of Public Health at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) during ceremonies honoring the Class of 2001.

Posted on April 20, 2001 at 11:30 a.m.

 

 

 

WHAT:

  

Laurie Garrett, the only writer to receive the Peabody, Polk and Pulitzer awards for journalism, will address students, faculty and guests of the School of Public Health at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) during ceremonies honoring the Class of 2001. The title of her talk will be “Globalization and Your Future in Public Health.”

 

 

 

WHEN:

  

Friday, June 8, 2001 at 2 p.m.

 

 

 

WHERE:

  

Alys Stephens Center
1200 10th Avenue South
Birmingham, AL

 

 

 

WHO:

  

Laurie Garrett, nationally recognized reporter and author of “Betrayal of Trust” and “The Collapse of Global Public Health,” began her journalism career as a science news reporter for KPFA, a radio station in Berkeley, Calif. She went on to hold several other journalism positions in the U.S. and abroad before joining Newsday in 1988. She is the recipient of numerous awards for her work, including the three big “Ps” of journalism — the Peabody, Polk and Pulitzer awards. Garrett is a biology graduate of the University of California in Santa Cruz. She now resides in Brooklyn Heights, N.Y.

 

 

 

BACKGROUND:

  

The UAB School of Public Health’s convocation ceremonies are free and open to the public. For more information, contact the School of Public Health at (205) 975-7742.