Arts & Humanities

Robert Booth Fowler, an emeritus professor within the College of Letters & Science, passed away earlier this month at the age of 84. As a professor in both Political Science and Integrated Liberal Studies, Booth impacted thousands of students at the undergraduate and graduate levels and excelled in research and campus service.

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.

Mead Witter School of Music faculty and staff members — and some of our Dean’s Ambassadors — share their picks for the most impactful music released in 2023.

In case you missed it, we rounded up some of the most popular stories from the College of Letters & Science this year.

Students in the L&S annual public lecture course on the Wisconsin Idea discover that the history of UW-Madison’s signature philosophy is more complicated than they realized — and its future potential even brighter.

The Nonviolence Project aims to educate students and readers about the effectiveness of nonviolent protests around the world.

Dan Cavanagh, director of the School of Music, won The American Prize in the “Composition, 2023, Social Justice related” category for his composition Even if the Last Bullet Hits My Chest.

This Sunday, thousands of winter graduates will earn degrees from UW–Madison, each with an impressive story to tell. Be sure to check out the stories of L&S graduates Jonathan Bryan, Devin Harris, Jinwan Park, Madisson Delebeck and Winter commencement student speaker Jnae Thompson.

As a 2024 Marshall scholar, recent alumnus Nils Peterson will study for his master’s at Kings College London.