Jonathan Gray studies the evolution of the modern sitcom by tracking the laughs.

Researching Your Favorite Sitcoms March 2025

In Catalina Toma’s research, one thing is obvious: Technology plays an important role in people’s romantic relationships. Her findings look into the nuances of when this is a good or bad thing.

Does Technology Interfere in Our Love Stories? February 2025

The Mead Witter School of Music partnered with the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra this month to bring Patrice Rushen, an award-winning musician and composer, to campus as a guest artist for their Changemakers series.

Meet a Changemaker October 2024

Senior Grace Gooley builds community with students of different fields through one of the most common objects you’ve never made — paper.

Paging the Community October 2024

Skeletons, ghosts and ghastly tales. In honor of Halloween, we rounded up the five most pervasive urban legends that swirl around the College of Letters & Science.

5 Urban Legends of L&S October 2024

As part of the College of Letters & Science’s LASER program, two undergraduate students spent the summer trying to get a more accurate look at Venus through work that redefines what research means to them.

Researching Venus from the UW Dorms September 2024

The streaming universe can be overwhelming. L&S faculty members offer a guide to finding the good stuff.

7 Shows to Watch Right Now March 2024

Meet four faculty couples in the College of Letters & Science and hear how they find ways to balance personal and professional bliss.

L&S Love Stories February 2024

This year, the NCAA tournaments will be bigger — and madder — than ever before. Assistant Professor of Communication Arts Jason Kido Lopez is researching the rapid growth of betting around these marquee events.

The March Madness Betting Boom March 2024

The state’s record-breaking warm winter prompts concern about its natural resources in the face of global climate change.

Wisconsin’s Thaw April 2024