The Department of Life Sciences Communication (LSC) has been hard at work during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Risk Communication
Dominique Brossard contributes to rapid expert consultation that provides strategies to encourage protective behaviors on college campuses
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 …
From the Classroom to the Industry: LSC Students and their Summer Internships
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..
Former LSC 625: Risk Communication students present their research at the Society for Risk Analysis
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 …
Risk communication roundtable gives students unique experience
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 …