UW-Madison College of Letters & Science

09/10/2026

Join us next week for a free fireside chat between Interim Chancellor Eric Wilcots and Dr. Jane Kamensky, the President and CEO of Thomas Jefferson's Monticello. Wednesday, September 16 at 6 pm in the new Irving and Dorothy Levy Hall.

09/09/2026

A raincoat for solar cells? Professor of Chemistry Song Jin is part of a group that designed a material that can protect newer, lead-free solar cells from moisture and the elements while still maintaining industry-standard efficiency. Learn more about his research, recently published in the journal Nature Materials.

https://chem.wisc.edu/2026/09/08/a-raincoat-protects-lead-free-solar-cells-from-the-elements/

09/08/2026

Lots of recent L&S graduates are part of this list of 2026 Fulbright Award winners. 2026 is the 80th year that the U.S. Department of State’s Fulbright Program has offered recent college graduates, graduate students, and early career professionals the opportunity to study, teach, and conduct research abroad.

UW–Madison is pleased to announce that 16 Badgers have received Fulbright U.S. Student Program awards for the 2026-2027 academic year, with 15 accepting the grant. Close to 2,000 Fulbright U.S. students—recent college graduates, graduate students, …

09/03/2026

Lots of L&S connections in this photo essay on the first day of classes, including several shots featuring the new Irving and Dorothy Levy Hall.

The start of the fall semester was marked by new places and faces.

09/02/2026

L&S alumnus Mario Sims (MS’93, PhD’97), a distinguished professor and graduate faculty director of the Master of Public Health program at the University of California Riverside School of Medicine, has achieved success in his career as a social epidemiologist by sticking to a central principle: Meaningful progress on health equity requires communities to be partners in the science, not subjects of it.

From a sociology degree to the National Academy of Medicine, Mario Sims makes sure community members always have a seat at the table when discussing public health.

09/02/2026

Irving and Dorothy Levy Hall is open for business! Students began filing in around 8:30 am today for the first classes in our gorgeous new home for the humanities and qualitative social sciences.

09/01/2026

Can there be too many photos from our L&S New Student Convocation earlier today? We're gonna say no. Jake Piper, our photo intern, captured some really great ones.

09/01/2026

New Student Convocation wouldn't be complete without an appearance from the UW Marching Band!

09/01/2026

The definitive sign of the start of a new semester: A sea of red L&S T-shirts filling the Terrace for this morning's New Student Convocation. So thrilled to see the next wave of L&S Badgers begin their journey!