L&S News

As deputy administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, professor of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences, Michael Morgan will be responsible for providing agency-wide direction regarding weather, water, climate and ocean observations and the process of converting observations to predictions for environmental threats.

What cues do we lose when a smile’s hidden beneath a mask? Paula Niedenthal’s research says it’s likely a lot more than we think.

In her first-person essay about her experience as an Undergraduate Research Scholar, L&S senior Corina Robinson shares her belief that research and creative practice need each other and says “the world does not move forward unless we have both.”

L&S graduate student Stephanie Damschen appears on Wisconsin Energy Institute podcast.

As the Wisconsin Supreme Court declares ballot drop boxes illegal, former President Trump's efforts to have the decision apply retroactively to previous elections preserve his supporters' mistaken beliefs, says the Director of the Elections Research Center.

First time visitors and longtime passengers may be surprised to learn the Appleton International Airport now produces as much renewable energy as it consumes and that the meals they eat while waiting for their flights are made with fresh ingredients grown in an on-site hydroponic farm. These features are part of a larger sustainability story that the airport will be able to tell more effectively with a suite of tools, including a video, created by students from Geography 309 in partnership with
UniverCity Alliance.

When Madison365 named 35 of Wisconsin’s most notable Asian Americans, 14 were from UW-Madison—and 8 are from L&S! Congratulations to Jay Balachandran, Adam Clausen, Shayna Hetzel, Lisa Imhoff, Sarah Chitharanjan Jacobs, Angela Jenkins, Crystal Potts and E Her Vang.

At the recent WARF Innovation Day at “Summerfest Tech” in Milwaukee, UW physicists’ plasma fusion research was among the six technologies in development at the university to be presented to dozens of potential investors.

Chemistry professor Randall Goldsmith is one of ten 2022 Schmidt Science Polymaths award winners. Each recipient, who is a newly tenured university faculty chosen for their promising interdisciplinary research, receives $2.5 million over five years to help fund their research groups.