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Fall 2023 Letters & Science magazine

The fall 2023 issue of the Letters & Science magazine is here. Read about a professor who is radically rethinking the way mental health disorders are diagnosed, hear how researchers are grappling with thorny ethical issues in AI and computing and celebrate the University’s 175th anniversary.

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The March Madness Betting Boom

This year, the NCAA’s College Basketball Tournaments will be bigger — and madder — than ever before. Assistant Professor of Communication Arts Jason Kido Lopez is researching the rapid growth of betting around these marquee events.

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7 Shows to Watch Right Now

The streaming universe can be overwhelming. L&S faculty members offer a guide to finding the good stuff.

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Olympian Meghan Duggan to keynote Spring Commencement 2024

This year’s spring commencement speaker at UW–Madison, Meghan Duggan, a Department of Integrative Biology alumna, Badger sports legend and trailblazing leader who scaled the heights of her sport, winning Olympic gold in women’s hockey as captain of Team USA in 2018.

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Award recognizes public science engagement

Botanist and professor Simon Gilroy and Haddie McLean, manager of The Wonders of Physics, have received this year’s Bassam Z. Shakhashiri Public Science Engagement Awards. The awards recognize one UW faculty member and one academic staff member for their work engaging the public in science, technology, engineering, arts and math.

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Are the Oscars Still Relevant?

As the 96th Academy Awards ceremony looms, professors in the Department of Communication Arts weigh in on the question.

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CDIS Launches “The Badger Effect” Campaign: Empowering Future Technology Leaders

As the School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences prepares to open a new state-of-the-art-building in 2025, they're launching the opportunity to make a lasting impact through "The Badger Effect." The campaign is seeking 500 donors to make a generous gift of $2,019 in honor of the School's founding year.

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Graduate student teachers recognized for excellence with 2023-24 Teaching Assistant Awards

24 exceptional L&S graduate students have been selected as recipients of the 2023-24 Campus-Wide Teaching Assistant Awards, recognizing their strengths and commitment surrounding the craft of teaching.

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Government Under a Magnifying Glass

Associate Professor of Economics Karam Kang zooms in on what works and what doesn’t in municipal governance.

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Remembering Professor Emeritus David Bordwell

The Communication Arts community has lost one of its truly stellar figures. David Bordwell, the Jacques Ledoux Professor Emeritus of Film Studies at UW–Madison, died on February 29, 2024 at the age of 76 after a lengthy illness.

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