Staff

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.

L&S Alum and UW–Madison’s Director of Student Radio, Kelsey Brannan named WBA Young Professional of the Year.

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

Benjamin “Ben” Hernandez Rodriguez, who died on Feb. 6 at age 78, had an extensive career at UW–Madison before retiring in 2015 as assistant dean emeritus for the College of Letters & Science.

19 exceptional L&S graduate students have been selected as recipients of the 2024-25 Campus-Wide Teaching Assistant Awards, recognizing their strengths and commitment surrounding the craft of teaching.

The University Staff Excellence Awards honor staff members for their excellence in effectiveness, innovation, creativity, originality, leadership, climate, and service to the university.

L&S staffer Julie Anderson spent part of her summer volunteering at Pottawatomie Lighthouse on Rock Island.