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About 23,000 years ago, the Bighorn Mountains of Northern Wyoming resembled the landscape of today’s African Serengeti plains. The Miracinonyx, also known today as the extinct North American cheetah, roamed this region among mammoths, saber tooth tigers and even camels. Imagine an ancient Miracinonyx spotting a pronghorn antelope and plotting its plan of attack — unaware that its path will ultimately lead to a laboratory at UW–Madison, where researchers will turn to modern technology to see into the Miracinonyx’s past.

Associate Dean and Founding Executive Director of SuccessWorks Rebekah Paré shares about the importance of internships and how SuccessWorks continued financial support helps L&S undergraduates achieve their dreams.

Associate Dean for DEI, DeVon Wilson and Hannah Bailey director of the Undergraduate Research Scholars program and assistant dean in L&S reflect on 2020 and share how L&S initiatives like The Center for Academic Excellence (CAE) and the Undergraduate Research Scholars (URS) are making a positive impact on undergraduates.

Sara Guyer, former Director of the UW-Madison Center for the Humanities (CfH) and Dorothy Draheim Professor of English and Jewish Studies, will depart UW-Madison to become dean of Arts and Humanities at the University of California-Berkeley.

Dr. Torsheika Maddox has advanced to become the inaugural Senior Operations Officer and Chief of Staff to the Interim Deputy Vice Chancellor for Diversity & Climate and Chief Diversity Officer in the Division of Diversity, Equity & Educational Achievement (DDEEA).

A national search to fill a new position in the College of Letters & Science (L&S), the largest college at UW-Madison, has concluded with an offer to a highly-respected internal candidate, whose work advancing diversity, equity and inclusion in higher education has earned him accolades on UW’s campus and beyond.

The Dean of the College of Letters & Science discusses a wide range of topics, including the difference between astronomy and astrophysics.

DeVon Wilson, Director of the L&S Center for Academic Excellence, is the subject of an excellent profile in Beloit College’s magazine. Wilson is a ’90 graduate of Beloit College, and the article lauds his work helping underrepresented, first-generation, low-income UW-Madison students navigate their time here, including the many challenges posed by COVID-19.

Recognizing the UW-Madison’s leadership role in research computing, the National Science Foundation announced that the Madison campus will be home to a five-year, $22.5 million initiative to advance high-throughput computing.