A group of scientists tasked with advising the federal government’s investments in particle physics research recommends the U.S. fund a planned expansion of the IceCube Neutrino Observatory at the South Pole. The panel includes physics professors Tulika Bose and Kyle Cranmer.

Chemistry professor Song Jin and doctoral candidate Rui Wang apart of an interdisciplinary team of scientists have developed a new technique that could help farmers extract useful nutrients such as ammonia and potassium from livestock manure to efficiently make fertilizer and other useful chemical products.

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.

After graduation, senior Jinwan Park will pursue a master’s degree at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, as a Schwarzman scholar.

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

L&S researchers are wrangling with the thorny ethical issues raised by artificial intelligence and computing.

James Li is part of an international consortium looking to upend the way mental health disorders are diagnosed.

Winter commencement student speaker and L&S graduate, Jnae Thompson came to UW–Madison with a plan. But after two years, she realized her freshman-year goals no longer fit the person she was becoming. She took on the hard work of reimagining her future and herself, but she looks back with no regrets. Now, Thompson believes her own story might help others.

The Professor of Geoscience's latest findings focus on fossilized coral reefs in the Seychelle Islands, which show how high sea levels rose centuries ago--and, in an era of climate change, how high they might rise again.