LSC students are learning the keys to a successful social marketing campaign in Assistant Professor Bret Shaw’s class LSC 515 “Public Information Campaigns and Programs.” During the semester students learn social marketing principles and plan a strategic …
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New SCIMEP research finds how technology is defined can alter public perception
New research from LSC’s scimep lab, out this month in the Journal of Nanoparticle Research, examining priming effects shows how a technology is defined can alter public perception. In the study, LSC alumna Ashley Anderson (Ph.D., ’12) and colleagues …
four lsc students advance in 2013 wisconsin governor’s business plan contest
Four LSC students have advanced to the semi-final round of the Wisconsin Technology Council’s 10th annual Wisconsin Governor’s Business Plan Contest. They are: Mary Kuckuk with a entry entitled “CodeEm,” and a group proposal “Detour Mobile App” …
Faculty members Dominique Brossard and Dietram A. Scheufele co-author science communication article in The New York Times
LSC Professors Dominique Brossard and Dietram A. Scheufele have an opinion piece in today’s New York Times, “This Story Stinks,” about their recent research in The Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication examining the effects of incivility in reader comments on perceptions of nanotechnology. Brossard and …
lsc students learn through visual storytelling
LSC students are learning to use photography to tell a visual story in Professor Shiela Reaves‘ Photography for the Sciences class, LSC 450, this semester. “Students learn how to photograph and the art of picture editing,” …
New SCIMEP research on effects of negative online comments published
New research from the Science, Media and the Public (SCIMEP) lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, affiliated with LSC, on the adverse effects of negative comments online is out this week in the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. The …
two lsc ph.d.’s accept tenure-track faculty positions at colorado state university and the university of georgia
Two LSC Ph.D.’s, Ashley A. Anderson (Ph.D., ’12) and doctoral candidate Michael Cacciatore, have accepted tenure-track faculty positions. Ashley A. Anderson (Ph.D., ’12) has accepted a position as Assistant Professor of Science and Technology Communication in …
lsc students use social media to market themselves professionally
LSC students are learning best practices in social media marketing from industry leader and LSC Faculty Associate Don Stanley. “Students are learning how to use digital marketing and social media tools in a strategic way,” says …
Doctoral student Sara K. Yeo leads paper published in PLoS One
LSC doctoral student Sara K. Yeo leads a paper recently published in PLOS One, “Coastal Bacterioplankton Community Dynamics in Response to a Natural Disturbance.” The paper is based on her masters research at the University of Hawai’i. Yeo and …
lsc alumnus dennis dimick to receive nppa’s joseph a. sprague memorial award
LSC alumnus Dennis Dimick (MS ’74) will be honored by the National Press Photographers Association(NPPA) with a Joseph A. Sprague Memorial Award this March. Dimick is Executive Editor at National Geographic Magazine, where he leads environmental coverage. He joined …