L&S News

This fall, as most Badgers settle into Madison, astrophysics and international studies major Madeline Rutherford, will instead travel to Almaty, Kazakhstan, for a year of advanced Russian language study on the Russian Overseas Flagship Capstone Program, funded in part by the prestigious Boren Scholarship.

As part of a UniverCity Alliance project, the Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture helps the Village of Cottage Grove make the most of a new piece of land.

Winemaker Anne Ebenreiter Hubatch (Geology and Environmental Studies ‘99) blazes her own trail in Portland.

Associate professor of English Ralph Grunewald dives head-first into one of the hottest entertainment genres.

An educator, civil servant, and proud member of the Menominee Nation, Ada Deer ’57 was a political activist and trailblazer who laid the groundwork for the successes of many American women.

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 self-identified female students from across UW–Madison, nominated by faculty or academic staff.

L&S faculty members—and some Dean's Ambassadors too!—offer their thoughts on what should be next on your summer reading list.

Anna Betz (Art History BA '16 MA '20) re-imagines Dante’s Divine Comedy as a kinetic modern ballet.

Dan Cavanagh has been named the next director of the School of Music, effective July 1, 2023. Cavanagh is a composer and pianist who has garnered numerous awards in both areas.