Education & Public Outreach: 2002 - 2003 Highlights

For many other EPO activities, see our complete annual reports HERE.

Developing an Astrobiology Curriculum

Astronomer Woody Sullivan and oceanographer John Baross secured a contract with Cambridge University. Press for a graduate-level textbook on Astrobiology, with chapters contributed by both UW and non-UW NAI researchers. The text is loosely based on the Crystal Mountain conference on Astrobiology recently hosted by the UW.

The Media Front: Interviewed UW Astrobiologists

Astronomer Don Brownlee and paleontologist Peter Ward, authors of the popular book, Rare Earth, and its recently released sequel, The Life and Death of Planet Earth, were frequent guests on local and national TV and film productions, including NPR Science Friday, Book TV, C-SPAN, CNN with Paula Zahn, and dozens more radio and TV interviews.