LSC faculty members Professors Dominique Brossard and Dietram A. Scheufele, John E. Ross Chair in Science Communication, have published a Perspectives piece in the journal Science. At a time when, as shown by recent research from the Pew Internet and American …
lsc alumna jenny dierickx wins farm bureau’s excellence in ag award
At the 93rd Annual Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation (WFBF) Meeting, LSC alumna, Jenny Dierickx, was selected the winner of the organization’s prestigious Young Farmer and Agriculturist Excellence in Agriculture contest. The winner is determined based on their …
Doctoral candidate James Spartz participates in bioenergy futures workshop
LSC doctoral candidate James T. Spartz will join scientists from a range of disciplines this week to take part in a workshop, “Bioenergy Futures: Technical Feasibility Meets Social Sustainability,” from November 29 to December 1. The invitational workshop …
Doctoral candidate Jiyoun Kim receives honorable mention award in student paper competition
Congratulations to LSC doctoral candidate Jiyoun Kim, who received a “Honorable Mention” award at the 2012 MAPOR Fellows Student Paper Competition in Chicago during the annual conference November 16 to 17, for her paper “Selective …
Survey of Wisconsin winemakers reveals local taste
A survey completed by assistant professor and UW-Extension communications specialist Bret Shaw and LSC graduate student Camille Rogers revealed good news for Wisconsin wine lovers and devotees of local foods. In their study, Shaw and Rogers interviewed …
lsc students compose thought-provoking documentaries using still photography
The saying goes, “a picture says a thousand words.” Well, what about entire movies filled with them? That’s the premise for Sheila Reaves’ LSC 450 class, Photography for the Sciences. In this class taught in …
Alumna Ashley A. Anderson leads book chapter published in Citizen Voices
Recent LSC alumna Ashley A. Anderson (PhD, ’12), now a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Center for Climate Change Communication at George Mason University, leads a paper published in the new book Citizen voices: Performing public participation in science and …
alexandra branscombe receives two prestigious scholarships
Alexandra Branscombe, a fifth-year senior in LSC, has received the J.W. Watt Agricultural Journalism Memorial Scholarship and the Douglas D. Sorenson Scholarship. The J.W. Watt Agricultural Journalism Memorial Scholarship is awarded to undergraduate or graduate students who are …
Doctoral candidate Jill Hopke publishes in Environmental Communication
LSC doctoral candidate Jill Hopke has research included in a special issue of Environmental Communication: A Journal of Nature and Culture on environmental justice in international contexts. Hopke’s work explores mainstream and alternative press discourse of conflict over metallic mining in …
lsc alumnus john rozum awarded nama 2012 professional development award of excellence
The National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA) awarded Life Sciences Communication alumnus, John Rozum, one of its four prestigious 2012 Professional Development Awards of Excellence. The award is given out on the basis of “outstanding achievement in …