Research

As part of the College of Letters & Science’s LASER program, two undergraduate students spent the summer trying to get a more accurate look at Venus through work that redefines what research means to them.

What 40 years researching the critically endangered northern muriqui monkey taught Karen B. Strier about persistence.

Professor John Orrock led a research project to determine how space and time increase hotspots and coldspots for tick-borne disease.

As part of the College of Letters & Science’s LASER program, sophomore Liz Sanchez Garcia investigates how solar panels and their changing light conditions can be a good thing for plants, renewable energy and career aspirations.

Concrete has been used as the material of modern cities, but Siddharth Menon investigates how just one material can reveal the larger ripples of environmental and political trends in ordinary lives.

Six College of Letters & Science faculty make up the cohort of 11 UW–Madison selected scholars, who will teach and conduct research abroad as Fulbright U.S. Scholars in the 2024-25 academic year.

17 College of Letters & Science faculty have been awarded fellowships from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research for 2024-25. The awardees span across all four research divisions of L&S.

As the world becomes increasingly dependent on AI, Sharon Li researches how these systems respond in the face of blind spots. Her findings could be a matter of life or death.

Researchers in the Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture see well-planned city infrastructure as a form of social justice.