Why Do Raisins Dance?
What started as a kitchen science experiment for Professor of Mathematics Saverio Spagnolie and his daughter has grown into a full-fledged study of levitation and dynamics of bodies in supersaturated fluids.
Q&A with Borderlands Historian Marla Ramírez
For Marla Ramirez, an assistant professor of History and Chican@ and Latin@ Studies, immigration research is personal.
Tim Smeeding reflects on his career upon retirement
In a career spanning five decades, Smeeding contributed to understanding poverty and inequality, and how to design more effective programs to reduce them.
Se Habla Español
A study by Associate Professor of Sociology Max Besbris shows stark differences in perceptions of Spanish rental housing ads across racial groups, provoking concern about residential segregation.
Flocktober Returns with Fill the Hill Oct. 5-6
UW–Madison’s flamboyant fall fundraiser returns Oct. 5-6, 2023, and Letters & Science needs you to help us Fill the Hill.
Cool Class: This Course Is Improving Students’ Mental Health
The Art & Science of Human Flourishing helps students develop their own mental health toolkit to navigate their first year of college.
Boren Awards open doors to language learning and new horizons
This fall, as most Badgers settle into Madison, astrophysics and international studies major Madeline Rutherford, will instead travel to Almaty, Kazakhstan, for a year of advanced Russian language study on the Russian Overseas Flagship Capstone Program, funded in part by the prestigious Boren Scholarship.
A Walk in the (Dog) Park
As part of a UniverCity Alliance project, the Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture helps the Village of Cottage Grove make the most of a new piece of land.
Days of Wine and Geology
Winemaker Anne Ebenreiter Hubatch (Geology and Environmental Studies ‘99) blazes her own trail in Portland.
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