LSC is very excited to welcome Professor Jenell Johnson as an affiliate faculty member in our department. Prof. Johnson is an assistant professor in the UW-Madison Department of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and her work …
Doctoral candidate Sara Yeo presents at the American Political Science Association pre-conference
LSC doctoral candidate Sara Yeo presented a paper at the American Political Science Association pre-conference in Chicago on August 28th. The study, “Information seeking in an age of (un)reliable information,” explored the conditions under which individuals are likely to …
Tom Still to moderate UW Regents conference
Tom Still, president of the Wisconsin Technology Council and a senior lecturer in the Department of Life Sciences Communication, will moderate portions of a Sept. 5 University of Wisconsin Regents conference on “Finding Common Ground: Governance, Funding and …
Research by professor Bret Shaw shows state’s first hunt didn’t reduce tensions over wolves
Many Wisconsin residents supported the state’s decision to initiate the first managed wolf hunt in state history from October through December 2012, but support varied significantly between people who lived inside wolf range and those …
Aquaculture vulnerabilities
A rise in fish farms has meant cheap, fast-growing protein to feed the world’s growing human population. But a new study suggests that countries located at lower latitudes – many of which rely heavily on …
LSC students network about dairy
The Badger Dairy Club is a student organization with over 130 members. The organization creates opportunities for members to engage in activities and experiences within the College, community and the ever progressing dairy industry. One …
Scientists and social media
Top scientists are not afraid to engage with the public in traditional and social media, according to new research by LSC’s Science, Media, and the Public (SCIMEP) lab published in The Scientist magazine. More importantly, …
Alumna Jenny Seifert Joins UW-Madison’s Water Sustainability and Climate Project as its science writer/outreach coordinator
LSC alumna Jenny Seifert (MS, 2011) recently accepted a position as Science Writer/Outreach Coordinator for the Water Sustainability and Climate(WSC) project at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a project funded by the National Science Foundation. Seifert joins an interdisciplinary …
Top scientists are not afraid to engage with the public in traditional and social media, according to new research by LSC’s SCIMEP lab
Top scientists are not afraid to engage with the public in traditional and social media, according to new research by LSC’s Science, Media, and the Public (SCIMEP) lab published in The Scientist magazine. More importantly, public communication …
Aquaculture industry may be vulnerable to disease outbreaks by grad student Tegan Wendland
A rise in fish farms has meant cheap, fast-growing protein to feed the world’s growing human population. But a new study suggests that countries located at lower latitudes – many of which rely heavily on …