The Department of Life Sciences Communication (LSC) recently received approval from the UW Board of Regents to launch their PhD program in science communication. The program is the first of its kind in the country …
LSC’s exciting lineup of renowned speakers for the 2025 science communication colloquium
Mark your calendars for LSC’s 2025 science communication colloquium series. The series brings distinguished speakers from all over the U.S. and the world to the UW-Madison campus, either in-person or virtually. Colloquium attendees will hear …
LSC faculty receive Vilas Faculty Investigator Awards
Life Sciences Communication (LSC) Assistant Professor Kaiping Chen and Professor Mike Xenos have been awarded Vilas Faculty Investigator Awards from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Chen, whose research focuses on computational social science, received a Vilas …
Q&A with Tara Yang, 2013 LSC Alumni and Chair of the Green Bay Equal Rights Commission
A passion for community health and business led Tara Yang to the Department of Life Sciences Communications (LSC), where she was able to carve a new path for herself. As a BS ’13 graduate with …
CRISPR is easy: Exposure to Last Week Tonight enhances knowledge about gene editing
Eichmeier, A.A., Xenos, M.A. (2024). PLOS ONE. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0306563
Threatening experts: Correlates of viewing scientists as a social threat
Chinn, S., Hasell, A., Roden, J., & Zichettella, B. (2024). Public Understanding of Science. DOI: 10.1177/09636625231183115
Promoting small-scale maple syrup production on Facebook: A field experiment testing emphasis message frames
Hershberger, S., Shaw, B., Moen, S., Johnson, T., & Gorby, T. (2024). Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development. DOI: 10.5304/jafscd.2024.134.01
Conversational AI and equity through assessing GPT-3’s communication with diverse
Chen, K., Shao, A., Burapacheep, J. & Li, Y. (2024). Sci Rep. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-51969-w
When Science Meets Art on Instagram: Examining the Effects of Visual Art on Emotions, Interest, and Social Media Engagement
Villanueva, I. I., Li, N., Jilk, T., Renner, J., Van Matre, B. R., & Brossard, D. (2024). Science Communication. DOI: 10.1177/10755470241228279
Societal guardrails for AI? Perspectives on what we know about public opinion on artificial intelligence
Eom, D., Newman, T., Brossard, D., & Scheufele, D. A.(2024) Science and Public Policy. DOI: 10.1093/scipol/scae041