Sounding the Wisconsin Idea

Backed by the Public Humanities Exchange for Undergraduates (HEX-U), the Magnolia Trio uses their music to inspire the next generation of musicians.

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UW-Madison is a top producer of Fulbright scholars

Three of UW-Madison's 2022-2023 Fulbright scholars are faculty who reside in the College of Letters & Science. Congratulations to Katarzyna Beilin (Department of Spanish and Portuguese), Adam Kern (Department of Asian Languages and Cultures) and Anne Pringle (Department of Botany).

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Five win 2022-23 University Staff Awards

The awards honor staff members for their excellence in effectiveness, innovation, creativity, originality, leadership, climate, and service to the university.

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2023 Distinguished Teaching Award recipients announced

Six L&S faculty members have been chosen to receive 2023 Distinguished Teaching Awards.

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Uncomfortable Truths

Simon Balto’s research helps us unlearn the narratives of modern policing.

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Teaching Through Culture

In Juan Egea’s classes there are no glazed eyes, bored whispers or furtive Snapchatting. The popular professor of Spanish and Portuguese captures attention and holds it by using humor, vivid imagery and even a bit of role-playing. “I know when they’re with me,” Egea declares. “I can feel it.”

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Sounds like discrimination

New group takes aim at an insidious problem on campus.

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Humanities, amplified

The Constellations program encourages students to dive into critical questions, while fulfilling gen-ed requirements.

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Seven students win Troxell-Glicksman Awards

The Louise Troxell Award and Edna Kernwood Glicksman Award were created to honor the cause of women on this campus. Informally known as the Troxell-Glicksman Awards, they recognize outstanding junior or senior women from across UW–Madison, nominated by faculty or academic staff.

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