Dietram Scheufele, a professor in the Department of Life Sciences Communication at UW- Madison, is one of five UW faculty members who are being awarded the Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award for outstanding teaching in 2022. One of his most …
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Life Sciences Communication contributes to the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic
The Department of Life Sciences Communication (LSC) has been hard at work during the COVID-19 pandemic.
LSC’s Dietram Scheufele co-edits handbook on the science of science communication
Friday June 16th, the Oxford University Press released The Oxford Handbook of the Science of Science Communication. The book, co-edited by LSC professor Dietram Scheufele, Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania, and Dan Kahan of Yale …
LSC’s Dietram Scheufele contributes to NASEM human gene editing report
Life Sciences Communication professor Dietram Scheufele served on the international committee examining the implications of human gene editing, and their report titled “Human Genome Editing: Science, Ethics, and Governance” was released today, February 14, 2017. Human gene …
LSC professor Dietram Scheufele awarded National Science Foundation grant to help develop innovative approaches for science learning
LSC professor Dietram Scheufele is part of a team of researchers and museums awarded a National Science Foundation grant to develop and test innovative approaches to communicating chemistry in informal science learning environments. The grant, which has a total …
LSC professor Dietram Scheufele helps outline the future of science communication research in NASEM report
The Department of Life Sciences Communication has long been a strong contributor to the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. That relationship continued when LSC professor Dietram Scheufele was asked by the National Research Council to serve …
LSC highly involved at the 2016 North American Congress for Conservation Biology
The Department of Life Sciences Communication was happy to contribute to the 2016 North American Congress for Conversation Biology. The 3rd biennial congress’s theme was “Communicating Science for Conservation Action” and highlighted the importance of successful communication …
Two faculty serve on new NAS committees on science communication and literacy
The Department of Life Sciences Communication is continuing its strong involvement in the National Academy of Sciences as chair Dominique Brossard and professor Dietram Scheufele have each been asked by the National Research Council to …
Dietram Scheufele named to NAS gene editing panel
Dietram Scheufele, professor of life sciences communication at UW-Madison and Morgridge Institute for Research affiliate, will serve on a national panel examining the implications of human genome editing. The committee, announced Nov. 12 by the National …
LSC to help host Politics and the Life Sciences conference
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. …