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The future home for the humanities at UW–Madison is one step closer to becoming a reality as donors, campus and local officials held a groundbreaking ceremony for the new Irving & Dorothy Levy Hall on May 2.

The new state-of-the-art building will open doors for better classroom experiences and interdepartmental research collaboration, while also sending a profound message about the incredible value of the humanities.

L&S Professor of Physics Francis Halzen is one of 120 scientists elected this year in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research, according to the academy’s announcement of the new members this week.

The integrative biology researcher is honored for his work on intersectional ecology.

This year the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s (MET) annual gala is inspired by the Costume Institute’s new exhibition, “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion," and will get an assist from technology. Costumes spanning 400 years of fashion will be brought back to life with the use of traditional techniques and modern technology on May 6.

The scholarship recognizes humanitarian achievement and service.

The Spring 2024 issue of the Letters & Science magazine here! Read about five L&S entrepreneurial success stories, how the Department of Botany manages a living collection that includes thousands of plants and the ways researchers in the Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture are supporting the designs of just cities.

The groundbreaking electrochemist is honored for her work developing and understanding electrodes and catalysts for use in electrochemical and photoelectrochemical applications critical to creating a sustainable future.

The state’s record-breaking warm winter prompts concern about its natural resources in the face of global climate change.