L&S News

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.

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation named 126 fellows from 44 institutions in the 2026 cohort, chosen from more than 1,000 nominees. Congratulations to assistant professors Dallas Albritton, Paul Apisa, Annie M. Bauer, Tina Wang and Yang Yang for this prestigious honor.

Herb Kohl Philanthropies will be donating $30 million to the La Follette School of Public Affairs to support renovations that will transform Music Hall into Herb Kohl Hall. The donation will help connect the growing school, which is currently spread across 28 buildings on campus.

Herb Kohl Philanthropies has announced a $30 million lead private gift to the La Follette School of Public Affairs to support programming and renovations to Music Hall, which will serve as La Follette’s future home under the new name of Herb Kohl Hall.

Dean Wilcots will temporarily step away from the College on May 17 to lead UW–Madison.

University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers just released a groundbreaking study on the same mushrooms behind an uptick in poisonings in California.