After five years of diligent reading and meetings, a book club made up of largely L&S alumni is about to hit a major milestone.

Alumni Book Club to Read 100th Book November 2025

Backed by funding from the National Science Foundation and Department of Energy, Hiroshi Maeda is pursuing a groundbreaking study on how to improve the ways plants absorb and use nitrogen.

Supercharging a Plant Enzyme October 2025

Meet one of the College of Letters & Science’s new Dean’s Ambassadors, Devin Guthrie.

Science Fiction, Gardens and Other Ideas to Save the Planet October 2025

We asked our L&S community to answer this question based on their expertise. Here’s what they shared.

What Is Up North Wisconsin? November 2025

The Department of African American Studies’ SoulFolk Collective is part oral history, part social experiment.

Researching the Black Experience in Madison July 2025

With proposed changes to NIH support, critical health research at UW–Madison would be at risk. Here's why.

The Real Costs of Research Funding Cuts May 2025

The University of Wisconsin–Madison may be the birthplace of satellite meteorology, but scientists on campus have never stopped developing new ways for space-based instruments to protect and improve the lives of people back on Earth.

5 Ways UW Satellite Technology Helps Save Lives May 2025

The 2025 Wolff Fellowship recipient, Cat Carroll, plans to spend the next year studying the migration phenomenon in seven different countries.

Tracing the Paths of Migration April 2025

The professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences has spent the last few years working in a presidentially appointed position. He’s taking what he learned working for the federal government directly into his research and his classroom with the hope of building better forecasting systems.

Michael Morgan on His Return to Campus March 2025

A pair of Department of Art History alums talk about the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to create one of the most impactful art exhibitions in the United States.

The Fine Art of Curating Greatness March 2025