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Sift & Winnow is an e-newsletter for alumni and friends of the College of Letters & Science. The newsletter is sent on the second or third Thursday of each month to more than 120,000 recipients.

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Sift & Winnow Archives

  • November 2024: Fabulous Fossils. Bill Nye the Science Guy. Weaving Memories.
    Sent November 21, 2024
  • October 2024: 🎃 Urban Legends. Northern Lights. Patrice Rushen.
    Sent October 31, 2024
  • September 2024: Marching Band TV Spot. Linguistic Justice. New Semester Prep.
    Sent September 26, 2024
  • August 2024: The Hidden Cost of AI. A New Chapter in Publishing. Wisconsin’s Black History.
    Sent August 22, 2024
  • July 2024: Downtown Dining Destination. 100 Years of Limnology. Apocalyptic Art Class.
    Sent July 23, 2024
  • June 2024: Hot Reads. Madison’s Mushroom Man. Glacial Insights.
    Sent June 20, 2024
  • May 2024: Groundbreaking Celebration. The Mental Toll. A New Privacy Threat.
    Sent May 23, 2024
  • April 2024: Badger Bucket List. Pop Quiz. Eclipsing Campus.
    Sent April 25, 2024
  • March 2024: March Madness. What to Watch. Inspiring Speeches.
    Sent March 21, 2024
  • February 2024: New Picnic Point Visitor Center. Black History Month. Ethics of AI.
    Sent February 22, 2024
  • January 2024: Rethinking Mental Health. Snowiest Snow Days. Top Songs of 2023
    Sent January 18, 2024
  • December 2023: Valuing the Liberal Arts. Top Stories of 2023. The Wisconsin Idea Class.
    Sent December 21, 2023
  • November 2023: Tomorrow's Yellowstone. Native November. People-First Economy.
    Sent November 16, 2023
  • October 2023: Dancing Raisins. A Cave of Bones. Movilización of Latino Voters.
    Sent October 16, 2023
  • September 2023: Remembering Ada Deer. Student Mental Health. History at the Border.
    Sent September 22, 2023
  • August 2023: Happy 175th. Geology & Wine. Truth & Crime.
    Sent August 31, 2023
  • July 2023: ChatGPT Explained. Top 6 Summer Reads. Divine Ballet.
    Sent July 27, 2023
  • June 2023 Milwaukee Edition: Milwaukee Focus. Spring Magazine. WI Pride.
    Sent June 29, 2023
  • May 2023: Streaming Wars. Breaking Ground for CDIS. Saving Art.
    Sent May 25, 2023
  • April 2023: AAS Turns 35. Celebrating Poetry. A Perfect Landing.
    Sent April 21, 2023
  • March 2023: Day of the Badger. A producer's legacy. Cave of clues.
    Sent March 23, 2023
  • February 2023: Students remember Chancellor Blank. Cultivating curiosity. Faculty music picks.
    Sent February 24, 2023
  • January 2023: Language bias. Inflation predictions. War volunteer.
    Sent January 19, 2023
  • November 2022: New York, New York. Wisconsin’s forests. Election analysis.
    Sent November 17, 2022
  • October 2022: Turbulent history. Chirping together. Difficult reading.
    Sent October 20, 2022
  • September 2022: Welcome home. Hardy tardigrades. Badger network.
    Sent September 22, 2022
  • August 2022: Burgers n’ math. Gutenberg scans. Chancellor’s first week.
    Sent August 25, 2022
  • July 2022: Masked emotions. Social awareness. Creative research.
    Sent July 28, 2022
  • June 2022: Walleye woes. Practicing democracy. Favorite spaces.
    Sent June 23, 2022
  • May 2022: Fungal webs. Achilles’ blues. Elon’s XPRIZE.
    Sent May 19, 2022
  • April 2022: Cronon’s “commons.” Fossil gift. Gold’s price.
    Sent April 23, 2022
  • March 2022: #Dayofthebadger. Sports betting. Pope zooming.
    Sent March 31, 2022
  • February 2022: Black history. Weaving webs. Bascom bells.
    Sent February 17, 2022
  • January 2022: Baseball history. Doctor’s note. Faculty hobbies.
    Sent January 27, 2022
  • December 2021: LGBTQ+ scholarship. Aztalan. Water politics.
    Sent December 16, 2021
  • November 2021: #AllWaysGrateful. Valhalla Vikings. Native November.
    Sent November 18, 2021
  • October 2021: Ancient medicine. Literary monsters. Fall magazine.
    Sent October 28, 2021
  • September 2021: Interrupting bias. Thumbs down. Preserving snakes.
    Sent September 23, 2021
  • August 2021: Stressful childhoods. Eviction notice. Fire resilience.
    Sent August 19, 2021
  • July 2021: Summer Reading Issue!
    Sent July 22, 2021
  • June 2021: Underpass aglow. Journalism ethics. Plants in space.
    Sent June 17, 2021
  • May 2021: Future climate. #AtlantaSyllabus. Spring campus.
    Sent May 20, 2021
  • April 2021: Border crisis. Money fix. Spring magazine.
    Sent April 29, 2021
  • March 2021: Object lessons. Flourishing students. Historic campaign.
    Sent March 18, 2021
  • February 2021: Money talks. Black voices. Mood music.
    Sent February 25, 2021
  • January 2021: Shared calling. Star-making. Computer power.
    Sent January 28, 2021
  • December 2020: Gift of love. Driverless cars. NHL (in Russian)
    Sent December 17, 2020
  • November 2020: Mosse no more? Beyond “Borat.” Sun power.
    Sent November 19, 2020
  • October 2020: Thinking politics. Lake lessons. Delving into darkness.
    Sent October 15, 2020
  • September 2020: The longest month. Paper trail. Party of one.
    Sent September 17, 2020
  • August 2020: A dog’s life. Election 2020. #DontGoViral.
    Sent August 20, 2020
  • July 2020: Diversity intervention, socially distant science, Brittle Paper
    Sent July 23, 2020
  • June 2020: New L&S leader, jobs picture, reason to hope.
    Sent June 25, 2020
  • May 2020: French film, virtual commencement and vanishing walleye.
    Sent May 21, 2020
  • April 2020: Civics matters. Message in the madness. Eerily familiar.
    Sent April 23, 2020
  • March 2020: Interconnectedness. Curbing hate. Alone together.
    Sent March 26, 2020
  • February 2020: The future of Eden. City for all. Listening to civility.
    Sent February 12, 2020
  • January 2020: (Canned) food for thought. Breathe deep, play video games. Grand Canyon facelift.
    Sent January 16, 2020
  • December 2019: Storm Chaser. Plants to the rescue. State of the economy.
    Sent December 19, 2019
  • November 2019: Drawing a Bead on History. Write On! A Life of Telling Stories.
    Sent November 21, 2019
  • October 2019: A Musical Milestone. A Rich Performance. Boundless Learning.
    Sent October 17, 2019
  • September 2019: New year, new beginnings. Maggie Gau: Problem Solver-in-Chief. A New School for the Information Age.
    Sent September 29, 2019
  • July 2019: Diving deep into lakes. Saving historical films. Improving life for local families.
    Sent July 11, 2019
  • June 2019: A more accurate Roman history. UW research in the Mueller Report. Cool Science Image winners.
    Sent June 20, 2019
  • May 2019: Restorative justice revealed. From UW to the UN. IceCube goes to Washington.
    Sent May 16, 2019
  • April 2019: A grand Mike Leckrone finale. #DayoftheBadger. What puts the swing in Wisconsin?
    Sent April 18, 2019
  • March 2019: Reading the Caribbean. A computer science first. What happened to Cahokia?
    Sent March 21, 2019
  • February 2019: Remembering a brilliant scholar. #UWChangesLives. Studying undersea slime.
    Sent February 21, 2019
  • January 2019: Untangling a family tree. A trip back in time. Lessons of history.
    Sent January 17, 2019
  • December 2018: History as a beacon. Climate alarm. A woodsy foray.
    Sent December 20, 2018
  • November 2018: Warm fuzzies. A new first for Ada Deer. Telling the L&S story.
    Sent November 15, 2018
  • October 2018: A statistics pioneer. Steps toward recovery. New political discourse on campus.
    Sent October 18, 2018
  • September 2018: The French House at 100. A physics rockstar. L&S alumni driving documentaries.
    Sent September 20, 2018
  • August 2018: Aretha Franklin's legacy. Cultivating Korean expertise. Cracking a cosmological mystery.
    Sent August 23, 2018
  • July 2018: Cosmic blunderbuss. Honoring missing soldiers. Likable robots.
    Sent July 19, 2018
  • June 2018: Following the ballots. A career in cheese. Longer days ahead.
    Sent June 21, 2018
  • May 2018: We are stardust. #BlackandHooded. Thinking, American style.
    Sent May 17, 2018
  • April 2018: Wisconsin humor goes viral. Eating and evolution. Where words meet water.
    Sent April 19, 2018
  • March 2018: Wisconsin's Latino legacy. The wrong approach to reading? Probing podcasts.
    Sent March 22, 2018
  • February 2018: Winter on the wane? Olympic grads. A home for music.
    Sent February 15, 2018
  • January 2018: A future of techno-orientalism. Proving the earth's oldest fossils. When should you claim Social Security?
    Sent January 18, 2018
  • December 2017: Working on a galaxy far, far away. Kindness on the curriculum. More fires in the future?
    Sent December 21, 2017
  • November 2017: The Reformation revisited. Understanding the Amish. Better health through the humanities.
    Sent November 16, 2017
  • October 2017: Alumni recall the Dow protests. Everything you need to know about gerrymandering. A literary discovery in a public library.
    Sent October 19, 2017
  • September 2017: Taking notes for the Joint Chiefs. Students make their Emmy debut. A milestone for math.
    Sent September 21, 2017
  • August 2017: A warm welcome for all students. Galileo in a graphic novel? Harvesting data for farmers markets.
    Sent August 17, 2017
  • July 2017: Scandinavian expertise helps nab a Tony. What's a kettle moraine? Envisioning an end to implicit bias.
    Sent July 24, 2017