College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Throughout the summer months, many Life Sciences Communications students participated in invaluable internship opportunities with a variety of organizations, ranging from Milwaukee Tool to the UW–Madison Geology Museum here on campus. Armed with knowledge from LSC courses, students applied their skills to gain hands-on experience across a range of job areas. Below we highlight a …
Dennis Dimick, an esteemed alumnus of our department, has been honored with the CALS 2023 Distinguished Alumni Award for his outstanding contributions to environmental journalism. Holding a master’s degree from our department (MS’74), Dennis has achieved remarkable success in his career. As the executive environment editor at National Geographic magazine, Dennis revolutionized reporting on agriculture …
As perceptions of science become more politicized on social media, it’s important to understand how science influencers cultivate community, engage with their audiences, and defend against perceived attacks against science. In recent research published in the academic journal, Political Communication, a team of LSC faculty including Assistant Professors Dr. Sedona Chinn and Dr. Kaiping Chen, …
Bao, L., Calice, M. N., Brossard, D., Beets, B., Scheufele, D. A., & Rose, K. M. (2023). Public Understanding of Science. DOI: 10.1177/0963662522109441
Beets, B., Newman, T. P., Howell, E. L., Bao, L., & Yang, S. (2023). Journal of Medical Internet Research. DOI: 10.2196/40337
Chen, A., Chen, K., Zhang, J., Meng, J., & Shen, C. (2023). Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. DOI: 10.1093/jcmc/zmac034
Chinn, S., & Hart, P. S. (2023). Environmental Communication. DOI: 10.1080/17524032.2021.1910530
Krause, N. M., Beets, B., Howell, E. L., Tosteson, H., & Scheufele, D. A. (2023). Vaccine. DOI: 10.1016%2Fj.vaccine.2022.12.045
Li, N., Villanueva, I. I., Jilk, T., Van Matre, B. R., & Brossard, D. (2023). Artistic representations of data can help bridge the US political divide over climate change. Communications Earth & Environment. DOI: 10.1038/s43247-023-00856-9
Bao, L., Krause, N. M., Calice, M. N., Scheufele, D. A., Wirz, C. D., Brossard, D., Newman, T. P., & Xenos, M. A. (2022). Computers in Human Behavior. DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2022.107182