Author: Julie N. Zimmerman
Major Program: Community Analysis
How do communities plan for the future? One way is through comprehensive plans. These plans provide a roadmap or guide for charting the future and are used by communities to inform local decision making around current and future needs. Some examples of decisions informed by comprehensive plans include housing, economic development, services, and schools. Comprehensive plans contain many elements, including detailed data on the socio-economic characteristics of the community.&nb
With the increasing role of the digital spaces as the place where people obtain their information, it is often difficult to discern credible and scientific information. The ‘STO masters’ is a transdisciplinary online Master of Science degree in Science Translation and Outreach (STO) in the College of Agriculture, Food and Environment. This degree “builds student capacity to identify credible scientific information and incorporate that into programs relevant to issue
