Doctoral student Heather Akin will receive a top-student paper honor at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) conference in Chicago from the ComSHER (Communicating Science, Health, Environment and Risk) division. Her paper, “Concern about Climate …
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Doctoral candidate James Spartz on merits of nanocellulose research in Chemical & Industry Magazine
LSC doctoral candidate James Spartz leads a double life. While working on a dissertation project investigating public perceptions and opinion leadership around bioenergy issues in Southwest Wisconsin he also finds time to log hours as a public …
lsc students intern this summer throughout wisconsin and beyond
The College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) has been featuring student interns this summer on Facebook and LSC has been well represented. Below are profiles of LSC students interning around Wisconsin, the country and internationally. Thank you …
LSC doctoral students receive student fellowships to attend behavior, energy, and climate change conference
LSC doctoral student Sara K. Yeo and doctoral candidate Michael Cacciatore are recipients of Precourt Energy Efficiency Center Student Fellowships to defray the cost of attending this year’s Behavior, Energy and Climate Change conference in …
lsc student taylor fritsch shares his experiences interning at the national swine registry
LSC undergraduate student Taylor Fritsch is interning at the National Swine Registry this summer in West Lafayette, Indiana. Fristch has been busy helping to prepare the Registry’s pig shows and assignments for its magazine, Seedstock EDGE. He was kind …
lsc senior marcus hasheider interviewed in progressive dairyman
LSC senior Marcus Hasheider is interning this summer with Filament Marketing LLC as a marketing and communications intern. He was recently interviewed by Progressive Dairyman for its 2012 Agricultural Intern section. Here’s Hasheider on why he wants to work …
LSC researchers present more than a dozen papers at summer conferences
LSC graduate student and faculty researchers will give more than a dozen research presentations at conferences over the course of the summer in the U.S. and abroad. Topics range from cross-cultural analysis of climate change …
LSC researchers on the promise of the internet for informing public about science
LSC doctoral candidate Michael Cacciatore and John E. Ross Professor Dietram A. Scheufele investigate public gaps in nanotechnology knowledge in their forthcoming article in Public Understanding of Science. Their findings show that while nanotechnology knowledge gaps are forming between the …
Doctoral student Leona Yi-Fan Su leads paper presented at PCST conference in Florence
LSC doctoral student Leona Yi-Fan Su recently presented a study at the annual convention of the International Network on Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) in Florence, Italy. The study, “Audience tectonics: Implications of changing news …
lsc senior kevin king brings the wisconsin idea to badgers locally and around the world
Graduating LSC senior Kevin King will speak at the department’s scholarship reception on Monday, April 30, 2012, at Union South. A double major in Life Sciences Communication and Neurobiology, with a Certificate in Leadership, King …