Michael Grunwald Seminar

The Center for Synthetic Biology, in collaboration with the Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs, Paula M. Trienens Institute for Sustainability and Energy, Institute for Policy Research, and Global Poverty Research Lab, is excited to welcome award-winning journalist and best-selling author Michael Grunwald who will be discussing his newest book, We Are Eating the Earth.

"We Are Eating the Earth is a groundbreaking piece of reportage from the trenches of our next climate war: the fight to fix our food system. Grunwald argues that while humanity has just started to recognize the magnitude of its food and climate problem, but seems to be pivoting from doing nothing about it to making it worse. He’s a provocative writer who often challenges conventional wisdom and tells a sometimes frustrating tale about bad politics, bad ideas, and bad science. But his book is also a hopeful account of the brilliant researchers and entrepreneurs devising new ways to produce more food with less land and less damage, so we can stop the relentless expansion of farmland into nature and feed the world without frying the world." From Michael Grunwald's Bio.

Please join us on Tuesday, October 29, 2025, 4:15pm-5:15pm in Pancoe Auditorium on Northwestern's Evanston campus for this impactful seminar. Reception to follow in Pancoe Cafe (2nd floor of Pancoe). This seminar is a lead up event for the Center for Synthetic Biology's 10 year Anniversary to be celebrated on May 13-14, 2026.

Questions? Please email: csb@northwestern.edu.