Julie Wurth

Communications Specialist

Phone: 217-244-6588
Email: jwurth@illinois.edu

Julie Wurth joined the iSEE Communications team in 2020 after a long career as a journalist. She was both a columnist and higher education reporter at The News-Gazette for many years, primarily covering the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and previously worked at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. At iSEE, she helps publicize the institute’s groundbreaking research and sustainability programs by writing science features and news releases and coordinating iSEE’s monthly newsletters and social media. She received her B.S. in Journalism from the U. of I.