UW–Madison to transform STEM graduate education with Wisconsin Sloan Center for Systemic Change

With support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the University of Wisconsin–Madison will establish a new hub called the Wisconsin Sloan Center for Systemic Change, or WiSC2, to transform graduate education in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).

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2024 Distinguished Teaching Award recipients announced

Eight L&S faculty members have been chosen to receive this year’s Distinguished Teaching Awards, an honor given out since 1953 to recognize some of the university’s finest educators.

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Lopez named Emerging Scholar by Diverse Magazine

Lopez, a professor of communication arts and the Director of the Asian American Studies Program, is one of 15 faculty honored nationwide for research, dedication and impact.

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16 Amazing Music Releases from 2023

Mead Witter School of Music faculty and staff members — and some of our Dean’s Ambassadors — share their picks for the most impactful music released in 2023.

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Behind the Scenes with the New CDIS Building’s Construction Crew

Findorff’s Brian Falleck and Todd Brakob explain the vision, process and challenges of constructing the new state-of-the-art School of Computer, Data & Information Sciences building on a tight timeline.

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Political scientist and former UW–Madison Chancellor Bernard Cohen dies at 97

Bernard Cecil Cohen, a prominent political scientist and influential author who spent 30 years at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in a variety of academic and administrative roles, including a faculty and later chairman roll in the Department of Political Science and one year as acting chancellor, died Jan. 9, 2024.

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UW Celebrates Legacy of Herb Kohl: Alumnus, Philanthropist, and Senator

Herb Kohl ’56, a senator, philanthropist, and business leader, passed away December 27, 2023. His commitment to the UW and to the state of Wisconsin will live on in all he touched.

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Bridging the Divide for Sexual Violence Survivors

Assistant Professor LB Klein deploys research to improve sexual violence prevention and advocacy programming for LGBTQ+ college students.

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Top 5 L&S Stories of 2023

In case you missed it, we rounded up some of the most popular stories from the College of Letters & Science this year.

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