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This year, three pieces published by the College’s communications team were honored with storytelling awards.

As with any subject the lessons learned through sports are influenced by each player’s perspectives, their ambitions and, perhaps most important of all, their level of open-mindedness.

Virtual reality is transforming the way the Mead Witter School of Music can share their performances.

From designing secure software, to hosting real-world cybersecurity exercises, to securing quantum computing and artificial intelligence, the College of Letters & Science are at the forefront of cybersecurity research and education.

Support of research, is based on a simple but powerful premise: The road to discovery is long and, while sometimes indirect and unpredictable, leads not just to a better understanding of ourselves and the world around us, but to ultimately improving lives and driving economic development.

L&S staff members, Bill Foster, Marc Willadsen and Rebecca Moy have been honored with 2025 University Staff Recognition Awards for their contributions to the UW–Madison.

Extraordinary members of L&S faculty and staff have been honored during the last year with awards supported by the estate of professor, U.S. Senator and UW Regent William F. Vilas (1840-1908).

Five L&S employees receive University of Wisconsin–Madison 2025 Academic Staff Excellence Awards.

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.