Tag College of Letters & Science
New faculty focus: Anthony Cerulli
Anthony Cerulli's fascination with world religions began in high school and led him to texts as diverse as the Bhagavad Gita and the writings of Jack Kerouac. He came to UW–Madison because of its international renown in South Asian Studies.
Karen Strier is elected president of International Primatological Society
For the first time in its 52-year history, the International Primatological Society has elected a University of Wisconsin–Madison scientist as its president: Karen Strier, Vilas Research Professor and Irven DeVore Professor of Anthropology.
UW-Madison information on Sociology 134
In response to questions, Sociology Department Chair and Conway-Bascom Professor of Sociology Pamela Oliver shared the response below to media and legislators on Thursday,…
Unparalleled pomp attends professor’s Finnish fete
Sociology Professor Douglas Maynard has received many honors in his career but until recently, they never came with a sword.
Partnership prepares students to tackle cybersecurity
As security breaches of household name corporations make headlines and complicate lives, undergraduates remain surprisingly underexposed to basic cybersecurity tactics. The Morgridge Institute for Research is addressing this gap through a partnership with Bowie State University.
More than 150 new members join Phi Beta Kappa at UW–Madison
158 students and two faculty members were honored at the 2016 spring banquet.
Blowing glass in class
Few departments on campus use as much glassware as the Department of Chemistry. So it makes perfect sense to have a master glassblower within the department to help design and build innovative equipment.
Two UW–Madison students receive Udall Scholarship
The two are among 60 college students nationwide recognized for their leadership, public service and commitment to issues related to the environment.
Academic Staff Excellence Awards honor nine campus professionals
Nine members of the University of Wisconsin–Madison's academic staff have been selected as recipients of the 2016 Academic Staff Excellence Awards.
Computer science program aims to make technology open to all
Wisconsin Emerging Scholars-Computer Sciences (WES-CS) provides a challenging, collaborative environment that helps recruit a broader cross section of UW students to the field of computer science.
Chancellor Blank highlights progress, need for investment
She urges a renewed commitment to keeping UW–Madison among the top public universities at a time when peer institutions are seeing greater investment from their respective states.
Partnering with NASA to grow plants in space
For many people, outer space and agriculture do not go together. But Simon Gilroy, professor of botany at UW–Madison, is working to learn how to effectively grow plants, and eventually gardens, in space. A sustainable, self-contained food source will allow astronauts to travel farther.
English professor explores the ‘useful and sweet’ in medieval how-to texts
Lisa Cooper studies the ways in which medieval instruction books can be both practical and beautiful.
Folklorist (and Grammy nominee) Jim Leary reflects on studying, sharing Midwest culture
With his bushy gray hair and sturdy boots, Jim Leary looks true to his origins in Wisconsin’s north woods.
Lubars’ gift helps strengthen, expand UW–Madison Computer Sciences
Demand for computer science education is booming, as shown by enrollments that have nearly doubled over the last five years in the UW–Madison Department of Computer Sciences. Students are realizing that, no matter their field of study, exposure to fundamental concepts in computing is beneficial.
Lifting from the center: Lac du Flambeau partnership rethinks preventative health
Tim Frandy works with Wisconsin's tribal communities to develop innovative approaches for improving Native American health statewide.
UW-Madison researcher chosen to lead Ecological Society of America
Monica Turner has made a career of studying ecosystem resilience in the face of ecological challenges, from severe forest fires and bark beetle outbreaks in Greater Yellowstone and the northern Rockies to climate and land use change in Wisconsin.
Study questions dates for cataclysms on early moon, Earth
Phenomenally durable crystals called zircons are used to date some of the earliest and most dramatic cataclysms of the solar system. One is the super-duty collision that ejected material from Earth to form the moon roughly 50 million years after Earth formed. Another is the late heavy bombardment, a wave of impacts that may have created hellish surface conditions on the young Earth, about 4 billion years ago.
Surveys: UW–Madison liberal arts grads landing jobs
New data from the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s College of Letters & Science shows the school’s liberal arts graduates are thriving after earning their degrees.
Ancient rocks record first evidence for photosynthesis that made oxygen
A new study shows that iron-bearing rocks that formed at the ocean floor 3.2 billion years ago carry unmistakable evidence of oxygen. The only logical source for that oxygen is the earliest known example of photosynthesis by living organisms, say University of Wisconsin–Madison geoscientists.