The Department of Life Sciences Communication was touched and grateful to find out that Alumna Jean A. Shipman (MS, 1964, Life Sciences Communication) included a generous gift of $99,000 for LSC in her estate. Jean (April 23, …
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New semester brings opportunities and a new Lecturer to LSC
Campus has been pretty quiet over winter break and LSC is excited to welcome students back for the spring semester. We hope this break provided students a chance to relax and come back to campus …
Exciting lineup for LSC’s 2019 Science Communication Colloquium
Mark your calendars: LSC’s science communication colloquium is taking place this spring and will once again bring acclaimed speakers to the UW-Madison campus. Attendees of the colloquium will hear from experts in science communication, film …
Career Panel brings Alumni to Hiram Smith Hall
There are many exciting career opportunities and challenges faced by the next generation of early career science communicators as they transition into the professional industry. Last week in the department, LSC alumni from various companies …
Director of Undergraduate Studies Shiela Reaves retiring at end of semester
We are both delighted and disheartened to announce that LSC Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies Shiela Reaves will be retiring at the end of the fall semester. Reaves has been with the department since …
Senior Lecturer Ron Seely to retire at end of semester
It is with bittersweetness that the Department of Life Sciences Communication announces the retirement of Senior Lecturer William (Ron) Seely. Seely has been a lecturer in the department since the early 1990s, and taught many …
LSC alum Dennis Dimick visits campus to engage with Wisconsin audiences about the Anthropocene
Life Sciences Communication Master’s alum, Dennis Dimick (’74) recently visited campus to speak during the Wisconsin Science Festival.
LSC faculty awarded NSF $450,000 grant to reduce polarization about new science
Imagine having the ability to rid the world of genetically inherited diseases. Scientists have created a gene-editing tool called CRISPR/Cas-9 that allows scientists to edit heritable and non-heritable genes at a faster rate and lower …
Undergraduates apply LSC skills and theories to excel at summer internships
LSC undergraduate students participate in a wide variety of internships each summer and this year was no exception. Students throughout the department enhanced their science communication skills in professional settings near and far. In this …
The start to a new school year provides plenty of opportunities for students
As the summer comes to a close, we are excited to welcome new and returning students from across the state and world to LSC’s home in Hiram Smith Hall. In the coming weeks, LSC students …