Geoscience
Penny for Her Thoughts
Liz Dennett is tackling the copper crisis using nature’s oldest miners: microbes.
Fall 2025Here&Now
A roundup of the latest happenings on campus in UW–Madison's College of Letters & Science
Spring 2024Into the Flood Zone
This year, the United States witnessed some of the worst flooding events in recent history. Researchers from multiple departments in the College of Letters & Science are focused on finding ways to address what has become a rising issue.
Fall 2025On the Rocks
Luke Zoet teaches one of the toughest geoscience classes on campus, yet he manages to make it a student favorite year after year.
Spring 2024Ice-Cold Research
Two graduate students just returned from an epic — albeit frigid — ecological study in Antarctica. Here’s what they learned from their time on the ice.
Spring 2025