Students

Graduate student Emily Setton studies spiders in the lab of Integrative Biology Professor Prashant Sharma. Setton wants to understand, at a genetic level, how spiders' bodies make spinnerets - the appendages that allow them to weave their amazing webs.

UW-Madison can seem intimidating for many students who are the first in their families to attend college or who identify as members of historically underrepresented groups. The L&S Summer Collegiate Experience (SCE) prepares these new students for success.

Nyachieo intends to use the scholarship to earn a master’s degree in international development through the Global Development Institute at the University of Manchester in the U.K.

Aaron Kinard, Renxi Li and Tamia Fowlkes, the winners of the 2020 Liberal Arts Essay contest, argue that the liberal arts can be a powerful tool in effecting social change for disadvantaged communities.

Majoring in biochemistry and statistics, senior Qianyun (Lexi) Luo reached the final stage of competition this year for the Rhodes Scholarship, one of the most prestigious and selective undergraduate academic honors in the world.

Scott Mellor leverages a popular videogame to engage students in a first-year medieval studies course.

Alumnus David Alan Kaplan (BA Psychology, '67) and his husband give UW students pursuing a certificate in LGBTQ+ Studies an opportunity they didn't have.

Sakuni Egodawatte shares her experience with researching language learning and how most students hesitate to be positioned as “fluent” in their world language. Sakuni and the world language classroom encourages these hesitant students to market their language learning experiences in professional settings and job interviews.

A new book by distinguished history professor Mary Lou Roberts explores the visceral suffering of soldiers through their diaries.