2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (602+ words) Researchers with the Wisconsin Center for Origins Research have discovered their first exoplanet, a 170-million-year-old planet more than 2.5 larger than the Earth. It’s nearly 170 million years old. It’s more than 2.5 times the size of Earth. And it’s the first exoplanet…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (429+ words) Miranda Garcia-Dove, an L&S Dean’s Ambassador and 2026 Truman Scholar, is creating meaningful conversation and bridging divides on campus. Garcia-Dove is a senior majoring in political science and information science with a certificate in public policy. This past spring, she…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (392+ words) These College of Letters & Science undergraduate students are hoping to make a difference in the world of medicine. It’s not just health that impacts healthcare. Amy Liang sees medicine as “the intersection of science, service and lifelong learning.” Majoring in…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (164+ words) Kristhel Vernaza Sanchez was awarded the 2026 Richard Ralph Winter Phoenix Rising Humanitarian Scholarship. At age 18 Sanchez became the youngest member of the Rotary Club Guayaquil Astillero. She quickly pivoted from membership to leadership, supporting Marimba for Peace, a project that…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (959+ words) Kristin Eschenfelder brings a consensus-building, student-centric approach to her role as the Interim Dean of the College of Letters & Science. When Kristin Eschenfelder was a high school student in Virginia, she found herself drawn to Model United Nations, lured by…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (295+ words) King-Morgridge Scholar Angeline Morgado is the second Badger to ever win the Phi Beta Kappa Key into Public Service Award. For Morgado, the award recognizes work she’s been doing since long before she came to UW–Madison. Originally from Venezuela,…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (253+ words) The 2026 Wolff Fellowship recipient, Chloe Shomo, will spend a year traveling to five continents, taking a holistic approach to studying food systems and their impact on youth. Late L&S alumnus Paul Martin Wolff (’63) and his wife, Rhea S. Schwartz,…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (438+ words) AI’s influence now dominates the modern career-matching experience. But as Greg Downey’s research shows, it’s been that way for a lot longer than we think. The goal is ostensibly the same, but as Greg Downey, the Evjue-Bascom Professor of Journalism…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago   (387+ words) Each year, the Dean of the College of Letters & Science offers four awards recognizing outstanding performance, service, and contributions by staff members and professors who serve as academic advisers to undergraduate and graduate students. Persons honored with an L&S…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago   (364+ words) Each year, the Dean of the College of Letters & Science offers awards recognizing outstanding performance, service, and contributions by L&S University Staff members. The L&S University Staff Awards honor staff members for their excellence in the following areas:…...