Science and nature writing at Kenyon empowers students to become skilled storytellers who can communicate complex scientific issues to a general audience. In this interdisciplinary program, students write artfully, creatively, and with precision about the natural world.   

Building on Kenyon’s renowned writing program, the science and nature writing program cultivates a vibrant literary science community and situates scientific knowledge and its discovery within the liberal arts tradition. In courses across the college, students explore genres ranging from nature writing and science poetry to popular science writing and biomedical narrative. Working closely with faculty and each other, Kenyon students learn to communicate the narratives that underpin STEM research and enrich the stories they tell with scientific detail.

“Science is the process of telling stories about the world: here’s something you didn’t know, here’s how you figured it out, and here’s what you learned. The way you communicate that is how you move the work forward. What you know isn’t worth knowing unless it’s shared with others.”

The Hoskins Frame Summer Science Writing Scholars

Open to students with interests in both science and creative expression, the summer program provides opportunities to work in close collaboration with mentors in creative writing, the natural sciences and Kenyon's Office of Communications.

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