Tag: Life Sciences Communication
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Posted on December 21, 2018
‘Lands We Share’ exhibit helps give farmers a voice
There was a time when if you didn’t grow up on a farm, you at least knew a farmer. Times have changed. In 2018, Wisconsin […]
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Posted on October 2, 2018
National Academy reports seen as beacons for civil public discourse
In an era of fake news and widespread disinformation campaigns aimed at confusing and polarizing public discourse in the United States, a new study provides […]
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Posted on August 15, 2018
Website delivers actionable social science to foresters
A new website developed by researchers from the UW–Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences and UW-Extension teaches foresters how to more effectively work with […]
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Posted on February 23, 2018
Supporting local farmers market is all about sharing
While farmers markets are popular in Wisconsin, some markets struggle with profitability or the ability to grow and support more local farmers. New research from […]
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Posted on February 20, 2018
Survey finds urban trees well-loved by private residential landowners
Private residential landowners overwhelmingly see the trees on their properties as beneficial, according to the results of the recent Wisconsin Urban Landowner Survey. Beauty, shade […]
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Posted on January 17, 2018
Cakes make for delicious, approachable science outreach
Ahna Skop’s cake recipe calls for flour, sugar, strong black coffee and a dash of cell biology. For 14 years, Skop, a professor of genetics at the […]
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Posted on December 18, 2017
Scheufele on panel to probe a bedrock principle of science
University of Wisconsin–Madison Professor of Life Sciences Communication Dietram Scheufele has been appointed to a panel investigating reproducibility in science by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. […]
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Posted on November 20, 2017
Plan, Partner, Promote: Top eight tips to support Wisconsin farmers market outreach and marketing
Farmers markets provide many social, economic, and ecological benefits to farmers and communities. They support local producers, foster community engagement, and have a positive ripple […]
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Posted on October 25, 2017
Morgridge, UW scientists explore national security implications of gene editing
A trio of scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Morgridge Institute for Research participated in an international think tank this month on the […]
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Posted on August 28, 2017
Popular science
Can Bill Nye, the famed Science Guy of the ’90s, really save the world? UW researchers posed that question in jest in an online column […]