Faculty

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences announced that four L&S faculty members have been elected to the national honorary society and research center.

A team of 13,508 scientists, including over 100 from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, won the 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, the Breakthrough Prize Foundation. The Prize recognizes work conducted at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) between 2015 and 2024.

The Dean of the College of Letters & Science honors outstanding instructional academic staff for their excellence in teaching and mentoring undergraduate students.

College of Letters & Science professors Gregg Mitman, Emily Stanley and Claire Wendland receive 2025 Hilldale Awards recognizing their contributions to teaching, research and service.

As Women’s History Month comes to an end, we’re spotlighting three of UW’s most influential women English majors. What can we learn from them?

Three L&S scholars have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society.

The professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences has spent the last few years working in a presidentially appointed position. He’s taking what he learned working for the federal government directly into his research and his classroom with the hope of building better forecasting systems.

Jonathan Gray studies the evolution of the modern sitcom by tracking the laughs.

Computer sciences professor Gurindar (Guri) Sohi has won the 2025 Computer Pioneer Award in Honor of the Women of ENIAC from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society. The first person from UW–Madison to receive the honor Sohi is recognized for his contributions to enhancing the efficiency of microprocessors and his influence on computer architecture.