Faculty

President of the Universities of Wisconsin Jay Rothman announced that Dean of the College of Letters & Science Eric M. Wilcots will serve as the Interim Chancellor of UW–Madison starting in May.

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation named 126 fellows from 44 institutions in the 2026 cohort, chosen from more than 1,000 nominees. Congratulations to assistant professors Dallas Albritton, Paul Apisa, Annie M. Bauer, Tina Wang and Yang Yang for this prestigious honor.

University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers just released a groundbreaking study on the same mushrooms behind an uptick in poisonings in California.

Eight L&S faculty members have been chosen to receive this year’s Distinguished Teaching Awards, an honor given since 1953 to recognize some of the university’s finest educators.

Jeremy Morris forecasts how this new technology may impact the future of the music industry.

Longtime professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences Michael Morgan is bringing his experience in research, teaching and working for the federal government to the College of Letters & Science as the new Associate Dean for Research.

Six life lessons distilled from the fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen.

Christy Clark-Pujara uncovers the hard-to-find stories of Black settlers in Wisconsin.

Mark Copelovitch tries to unravel the ever-shifting landscapes of international relations and economic markets.