LSC 251: Science, Media and Society Duration: 8 weeks Credits: 3 Modern science is increasingly surrounded by controversial public debates about its societal applications and political implications. Genetically modified organisms, artificial intelligence, and new gene-editing tools like …
LSC 251
LSC Professor Dietram Scheufele Receives Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award
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 …
LSC Summer Courses 2022
Spring is almost here and summer is fast approaching! This is an ideal time to consider enrolling in summer classes, which not only can ease your semester course load but also keep you stimulated during …
Summer Term course helps students understand, navigate science communication challenges
Last summer, Kunlung Wang landed an undergraduate research position in a UW–Madison biochemistry lab. Wang, a biochemistry and computer sciences double major, found himself passionate about the work, which focuses on synthetic biology.
Wide array of science communication educational opportunities offered through LSC summer courses
Although we are still in the thick of the spring semester and summer seems so far away, it is the perfect time to start thinking about summer courses.
Class teaches students to navigate the intersections of science and society
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 …
students learn the importance of communicating science in lsc 251, science media and technology
LSC students are learning the impacts scientific breakthroughs have on the interface of science and technology in LSC 251, “Science, Media, and Society” taught by Dietram A. Scheufele, John E. Ross Chair in Science Communication. “We …