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.
Read More »Alexander Gee, community catalyst and transformative educator, to receive UW honorary degree
UW–Madison will award an honorary doctorate degree this May to Reverend Dr. Alexander Gee Jr., an innovative community servant and transformational educator who is nationally recognized for his advocacy on behalf of the Black community and for his leadership in addressing the root causes of racial disparities.
Meet the 2024 Distinguished Teaching Award winners
Eight L&S faculty members have been chosen to receive this year’s Distinguished Teaching Awards, an honor given out since 1953 to recognize some of the university’s finest educators.
5 Ways to Celebrate Day of the Badger
Join L&S on April 16-17, 2024 for the party to pay it forward — our fifth annual Day of the Badger! Here at the College we are excited to celebrate the accomplishments of our incredible community and raise critical funds to support the next generation of Badgers.
A New Family Tree for Familiar Flowers
Thomas Givnish and his team of researchers reconstructed the rise, spread and species diversification of Calochortus, a large group of flowering plants in the lily family.
The March Madness Betting Boom
This year, the NCAA 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.
7 Shows to Watch Right Now
The streaming universe can be overwhelming. L&S faculty members offer a guide to finding the good stuff.
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.
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.
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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