Social Sciences

Three L&S faculty rank among the eight UW­–Madison scholars who have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society.

Research Associate Gaylan Williams is an important part of the Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture — and the golden age of urban forestry.

Max Koenig (x’24) will spend a year volunteering in six communities around the world.

As an undergraduate majoring in economics and political science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Pranav Krishnan has studied and researched some of the weightiest topics facing the world, from the rise of authoritarian regimes to the future of democratic institutions.

The Mead Witter School of Music's Laura Schwendinger and Peter Dominguez, as well as Associate Professor of Gender & Women's Studies Anna Campbell are honored by the UW-Madison Division of the Arts.

Jack Ohly’s podcast explores the history of technologies that no longer exist in everyday life.

The School is in the process of developing an undergraduate major to address growing student demand.

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.

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.