Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Charles Duhigg is presenting at Aims Community College as part of the Spotlight Speaker Series Wednesday, March 25. The journalist replaces Sully Sullenberger as the final speaker in the 2025-26 speaker series.
Duhigg is the author of three best-selling books, including “The Power of Habit.” He is also a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter at The New Yorker, and he previously worked at The New York Times. He has won the George Polk Award, the Gerald Loeb Award, the National Journalism Award, the Business News Visionary Award and other honors. In addition to his reporting, Duhigg is a regular contributor to television and radio, including PBS NewsHour, Frontline, CBS Sunday Morning and various programs on CNBC and NPR. Before becoming a journalist, Duhigg worked in private equity and founded a health care company in his home state of New Mexico. He is a graduate of the Harvard Business School and Yale College.
In his keynote lecture, Duhigg explores the science of habit formation, illustrating why we do what we do and how we can change it. He explains why the most powerful habits have emotional cores and how tweaking even one habit can have staggering effects. Duhigg draws on several current case studies…