Life Sciences Communication professor Dietram Scheufele served on the international committee examining the implications of human gene editing, and their report titled “Human Genome Editing: Science, Ethics, and Governance” was released today, February 14, 2017. Human gene …
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LSC professor Dietram Scheufele awarded National Science Foundation grant to help develop innovative approaches for science learning
LSC professor Dietram Scheufele is part of a team of researchers and museums awarded a National Science Foundation grant to develop and test innovative approaches to communicating chemistry in informal science learning environments. The grant, which has a total …
LSC 515 students campaign to “Clean the Stream” at Union South
Story by Sarah Krier. Sarah is an undergraduate student majoring in LSC and the Department of Life Sciences Communication 2016-17 Lenore Landry Scholar As the fall semester came to a close, students in LSC 515: …
Life Sciences Communication graduates have promising job prospects
With the start of the semester, many students are now on the job market for the first time or they are starting the last semester of their undergraduate careers. Searching for a job can sometimes …
Alumni profile: LSC grad Sara Schoenborn leverages her education to achieve success in diverse fields
Graduates from the Department of Life Sciences Communication go on to have successful careers in a wide range of industries – partly because the knowledge they learn at LSC can be applied to a wide …
From public outreach to peer review, UW–Madison scientists find value in social media
By Kelly April Tyrrell, UW-Madison University Communications Social media has erased many of the boundaries between leaders and the people they represent, between experts and the lay public, between scientists and nonscientists. It has enabled …
Former LSC 625: Risk Communication students present their research at the Society for Risk Analysis
A popular course in the Department of Life Sciences Communication is LSC 625: Risk Communication taught by LSC chair, Dominique Brossard. The course teaches students how to talk about risk and explains the complexities of risk …
LSC professor Dietram Scheufele helps outline the future of science communication research in NASEM report
The Department of Life Sciences Communication has long been a strong contributor to the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. That relationship continued when LSC professor Dietram Scheufele was asked by the National Research Council to serve …
LSC research methods course teaches students fundamental skills for success
You might not expect a single course to help prepare students for careers in advertising, journalism, market research, digital marketing, and public relations among others. But LSC 250: Research Methods in the Communication Industry does …
Ph.D. student examines the relationship between technology, conservation and public opinion
Story by Sarah Krier. Sarah is an undergraduate student majoring in LSC and the Department of Life Sciences Communication 2016-17 Lenore Landry Scholar Populations of the Hawaiian honeycreeper, a colorful bird native to Hawaii, struggle …