College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
The dairy industry and the World Dairy Expo are near and dear to Wisconsin’s heart. That’s why six students from writing classes in the Department of Life Sciences Communication were more than happy to help preserve the legacy of the World Dairy Expo by writing sections of a book documenting the event’s history. “The students really approached …
The Department of Life Sciences Communication, housed in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, is excited to be partnering with the Association for Politics and the Life Sciences to put on its annual conference Oct. 23-24. The association is a diverse group of scholars, scientists, and policymakers who work in the intersections of politics and the …
Lots of LSC undergraduates had very exciting summers, interning everywhere from a UW–Madison Center for Limnology field station to a weather station in Chicago. Undergraduate classes in LSC give students the theoretical base and skills to work in many areas of science communication. For example, senior Morgan Strauss was a marketing intern for Didion Milling in Johnson …
Art and science may seem like a mismatch, but to Ahna Skop, the newest affiliate faculty member in the Department of Life Sciences Communication, they make perfect sense. Raised by two artists and holding an associate professorship in the Department of Genetics, she strives to be interdisciplinary in all of her work. When not researching …
Undergraduate alumni of the Department of Life Sciences Communication are well prepared to enter numerous fields thanks to the skills and connections they gain from LSC, and industry companies certainly take notice. Just one example is the story of two December 2014 LSC graduates who immediately found jobs at BioTechnique, a company based in Madison that …
Capstone classes bring together skills and theories that students have learned throughout their academic careers — and LSC capstones do all of that and more. “We strive to give our students an education that blends theory and practice to best prepare them to be leaders in their field after graduation,” said LSC chair Dominique Brossard. …
The UW–Madison chapter of the National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA) continued their longstanding tradition of excellence by finishing the academic year with a second place national win and nearly $10,000 in scholarships and awards. The organization has a deep connection with the Department of Life Sciences Communication, which serves as its department sponsor. A faculty member …
It takes passion and drive for someone at the height of his career to go back to school to finish his degree. “In all those years out of school, my career went so fast, but it would haunt me,” began Andy Weber, the 61-year-old CEO of Farm Journal Media. “It would actually wake me up …
LSC students are learning the impacts of scientific breakthroughs at the interface of science and society in LSC 251: Science, Media, and Society. “We live in a world where scientific breakthroughs such as nanoscience or synthetic biology bring applications to the marketplace much quicker than ever before,” said professor Dietram Scheufele, who teaches the class …
By Brita Larson, Science Reporter at The Daily Cardinal Shiela Reaves’ office is exactly what you’d imagine a professor’s office to look like: cozily collegiate with books everywhere. There is an entire wall made up of bookshelves and there are stacks of books on the two desks in the office. When I mentioned to Reaves …