Public media often turn to university experts to help explain some of the world’s most complicated topics. In the past few weeks alone, researchers from the University of Georgia have been featured in news stories around the world discussing their work on such issues as oil spills, vaccines, food safety and climate change. In an effort to better prepare students and faculty to communicate their scholarship through the media and to the public, UGA’s Graduate School and the Office of the Vice President for Research recently co-hosted a workshop about communicating research, which was facilitated by staff from the Center for Communicating Sciences at Stony Brook University. Read more...