L&S News

The 2025 Wolff Fellowship recipient, Cat Carroll, plans to spend the next year studying the migration phenomenon in seven different countries.

Here at the College of Letters & Science, we are grateful to the support from donors who value the work being done to provide a world-class liberal arts education to each generation of Badgers.

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.

Recent L&S graduate Felicity Klingele has been awarded a Barry Scholarship, a relatively new, highly selective academic prize.

The College of Letters & Science recently co-hosted a statewide high school speech and debate festival.

Three College of Letters & Science students have received 2025 Goldwater Scholarships, considered the country’s preeminent undergraduate scholarship in mathematics, the natural sciences and engineering.

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

Join L&S on April 8-9, 2025, for the party to pay it forward — our sixth annual Day of the Badger! Here at the College, we’re excited to celebrate the accomplishments of our incredible community and raise critical funds to support the next generation of Badgers.

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