L&S News

Simon Gilroy and his lab are no strangers to sending plants into space. And, at the end of January, the botany professor and his team will be doing it again for their sixth experiment with NASA on the International Space Station, this time with tomatoes.

Robert Booth Fowler, an emeritus professor within the College of Letters & Science, passed away earlier this month at the age of 84. As a professor in both Political Science and Integrated Liberal Studies, Booth impacted thousands of students at the undergraduate and graduate levels and excelled in research and campus service.

The College's Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging is recognized for his work promoting student opportunity and success.

For his role in producing a children’s science demonstration series, Department of Chemistry Lecture Demonstrator Jim Maynard has secured an Emmy® nomination from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS).

With support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the University of Wisconsin–Madison will establish a new hub called the Wisconsin Sloan Center for Systemic Change, or WiSC², to transform graduate education in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).

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.

Lopez, a professor of communication arts and the Director of the Asian American Studies Program, is one of 15 faculty honored nationwide for research, dedication and impact.

Mead Witter School of Music faculty and staff members — and some of our Dean’s Ambassadors — share their picks for the most impactful music released in 2023.

Findorff’s Brian Falleck and Todd Brakob explain the vision, process and challenges of constructing the new state-of-the-art School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences building on a tight timeline.