College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
The Department of Life Sciences Communication (LSC) has been hard at work during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Department of Life Sciences Communication (LSC) has been hard at work during the COVID-19 pandemic.
As universities look to welcome students back for another pandemic-era semester, they can turn to new insights from the National Academy of Sciences backed by research on how to effectively communicate about COVID-19. The guidelines encourage campuses to emphasize social solidarity, work with students to craft and share messages, to avoid amplifying misinformation — even to debunk …
LSC undergraduate and graduate students had very exciting summers, interning everywhere from UW–Madison Center for Limnology field station to the World Health Organization in Washington D.C.. LSC undergraduate and graduate students had very exciting summers, interning everywhere from UW–Madison Center for Limnology field station to the World Health Organization in Washington D.C..
A popular course in the Department of Life Sciences Communication is LSC 625: Risk Communication taught by LSC chair, Dominique Brossard. The course teaches students how to talk about risk and explains the complexities of risk in the context of the other knowledge they have gained through LSC classes. “Many of the emerging topics in science …
Risk is a complex issue and it inundates every part of our lives. Some risk decisions are mundane. Is it more risky to fly or drive? How risky is it to eat raw fish in sushi? But when it comes to science and technology there are bigger questions to ask. What are the risks involved …