L&S News

24 exceptional L&S graduate students have been selected as recipients of the 2025-26 Campus-Wide Teaching Assistant Awards, recognizing their strengths and commitment surrounding the craft of teaching.

Lauren Fields receives Schmidt Science Fellowship to develop earlier diagnostic tools for ALS.

Here at the College of Letters & Science we’re excited to celebrate the seventh annual Day of the Badger campaign! You’re probably seeing all sorts of emails, social posts and mail from us and other UW–Madison units who want you to join in on the fun. Wondering what this day is all about?

Join L&S on April 14-15, 2026, for the party to pay it forward — our seventh 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.

Elena D’Onghia is part of a team that identified a cosmic object unlike any previously observed.

Meet the eight L&S faculty members named as this year’s Distinguished Teaching Award honorees, who will be recognized at a ceremony in April.

The 2026 Winter Olympics have thrust curling back into the spotlight. The College of Letters & Science has a surprising number of faculty and staff who are devoted bonspielers.

President of the Universities of Wisconsin Jay Rothman announced that Dean of the College of Letters & Science Eric M. Wilcots will serve as the Interim Chancellor of UW–Madison starting in May.

Herb Kohl Philanthropies has announced a pledge to extend the late Sen. Herb Kohl’s longstanding support of the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s La Follette School of Public Affairs with a historic $30 million lead private gift. The gift will support programming and renovations to UW–Madison’s Music Hall.