L&S News

Elizabeth Bearden, Jason Fletcher and Stephen R. Meyers score a prestigious honor.

The College of Letters & Science is set to launch a Chicana/o and Latina/o major in fall 2023. The degree will be the first major dedicated solely to Chicana/o and Latina/o studies across the University of Wisconsin System.

Eric Wilcots, dean of the College of Letters & Science, will serve as interim provost starting April 24. Wilcots will stay until a permanent provost is appointed, which is expected to take place in late summer.

Two Letters & Science faculty members — Sissel Schroeder and Susan Cook — receive 2023 Hilldale Awards to recognize their contributions to teaching, research and service.

Astronomers, like professor Sebastian Heinz, take advantage of once-in-a-lifetime exploding star to map the structure of the Milky Way.

The College of Letters & Science hosts the assistant director of the National Science Foundation’s Technology, Innovation and Partnerships Directorate.

The profound impact of Day of the Badger’s matching gift opportunities.

L&S revisits some of the most famous films produced by the legendary Hollywood icon and Department of History alumnus.

UW–Madison employs over 2,100 teaching assistants (TAs) across its 200-plus undergraduate major and certificate programs. Whether teaching in lecture halls, classrooms, and labs on campus or leading learning opportunities in the wider community, their work is vital to fulfilling the university’s educational mission and the Wisconsin Idea.