L&S News

Sophomore Winnie Zhao devoted her experience with the College of Letters & Science’s LASER program to studying populism in Brazil — a deliberate step out of her comfort zone. 

A timely fellowship from the College of Letters & Science supports a key community-focused project.  

From new faces to refreshed places, catch up on the top 10 headlines from a busy summer on campus. 

22 L&S faculty have been awarded fellowships from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research (OVCR) for 2026-2027. The awardees span the four research divisions on campus: arts and humanities, physical sciences, social sciences and biological sciences.

For interim L&S Dean Kristin Eschenfelder, these awards confirm that the university is living up to its reputation of rigorous research to benefit the public good. 

Researchers with the Wisconsin Center for Origins Research have discovered their first exoplanet, a 170-million-year-old planet more than 2.5 times larger than the Earth.

Miranda Garcia-Dove, an L&S Dean’s Ambassador and 2026 Truman Scholar, is creating meaningful conversation and bridging divides on campus. 

During Allan Koritzinsky’s 50-plus years as a divorce attorney, he became an expert on the road to ending a marriage. Now he’s using what he learned to help married couples avoid the need to visit an office like his.

Since 2011, a team of UW–Madison researchers and community collaborators have secured $5.3 million in U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and National Science Foundation (NSF) funding to support local food systems and farmers markets around the country.