Gina Kolata
Gina Bari Kolata (born February 25, 1948)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> is an American science journalist, writing for The New York Times.
Life and career
Kolata was born Gina Bari in Baltimore, Maryland. Her mother, mathematician Ruth Aaronson Bari (1917–2005), was of Jewish descent.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Her father, Arthur Bari (1913–2006), was a diamond setter of Italian heritage. He was a WWII Marine Corps veteran who served in the South Pacific.<ref>Obituaries, Washington Post. November 24, 2006. Retrieved December 14, 2020.</ref> One of her sisters is Hood College art historian Martha Bari. Another was Earth First! environmental activist, feminist, and assassination attempt survivor Judi Bari (1949–1997).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Kolata studied molecular biology as a graduate student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She received a master's degree from University of Maryland, College Park in mathematics. She joined Science magazine, published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, as a copy editor in 1973, and wrote for it as a journalist in the news section from 1974 until she moved to The New York Times in 1987. She remains a health and science reporter at the newspaper. Kolata has taught writing as a visiting professor at Princeton University and lectures across the country.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
She is a "self-proclaimed exercise addict" (who thinks nothing of a 100-mile bike ride as a reward), according to a Times advertisement for itself.<ref>Advertising supplement (with no title, but part of the "These Times Demand the Times" advertising campaign, as noted on the supplement's back page) to The New York Times, October 31, 2006, page ZK7 of the supplement</ref>
Her husband, William G. Kolata, has taught mathematics and served as the technical director of the non-profit Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics in Philadelphia, a society for mathematicians.<ref name="auto">Template:Cite web</ref> The couple have two children, Therese<ref name="auto"/> and Stefan.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Books
- Clone: The Road to Dolly, and the Path Ahead, Template:ISBN<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus that Caused It, Touchstone 2001 Template:ISBN
- Sex in America: A Definitive Survey, Template:ISBN
- The Baby Doctors: Probing the Limits of Fetal Medicine, Template:ISBN (out of print)
- Ultimate Fitness: The Quest for Truth about Health and Exercise, Template:ISBN
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- Mercies in Disguise: A Story of Hope, a Family's Genetic Destiny, and the Science that Rescued Them, St. Martin's Press, 2017 Template:ISBN
Other publications
- Kolata, Gina Bari. "Water Structure and Ion Binding: A Role in Cell Physiology", Science, 192 (4254), June 18, 1976, pp. 1220–1222.
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- Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Science alumni
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- University of Maryland, College Park alumni
- American people of Polish-Jewish descent
- 20th-century American Jews
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