UW-Madison College of Letters & Science

Your Fill the Hill Questions, Answered The flamingos are back! That’s right — Fill the Hill, UW–Madison’s annual fall FUN-raiser, is swooping in this October to cover Bascom Hill in a cheerful…

In just two days, Fill the Hill 2025 kicks off. Here's a brief refresher on why this annual event is so critical to L&S students, and how you can add your very own flamingo to Bascom Hill. ls.wisc.edu/news/your-fi...

07.10.2025 21:17 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Answering the Tough AI Questions A new interdisciplinary L&S research center will grapple with the human consequences of artificial intelligence.

The new @uwmadisonls.bsky.social Center for Humanistic Inquiry into AI and Uncertainty will encourage research collaboration, reflecting efforts like @uwmadison.bsky.social RISE-AI. ls.wisc.edu/news/answeri...

07.10.2025 18:47 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Building on the Legacy of Frank Lloyd Wright Alumnus Dan Erdman funds a named professorship in the Department of Art History.

L&S alumnus Dan Erdman is endowing the first-ever Frank Lloyd Wright Professorship in Modern American Architecture in the Department of Art History.
Professor Anna Andzejewski will hold the post. ls.wisc.edu/news/buildin...

01.10.2025 18:17 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The Department of Art History celebrates its 100th Anniversary next week, with a slate of events that begins on Wednesday, September 24. Mark your calendars and visit arthistory.wisc.edu/.../official... for information on the full slate of lectures, panels and events.

19.09.2025 20:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The Builder As she heads into retirement, Sue Zaeske reflects on a career expanding the scope of the College of Letters & Science.

After a three-decade career at @uwmadison.bsky.social, Sue Zaeske retired earlier this year. She reflects on the impact she had on the College of Letters & Science, from founding the advancement office, shepherding the new Levy Hall and guiding thousands of students.
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19.09.2025 18:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Wisconsin researcher’s project cut short in NIH diversity purge • Wisconsin Examiner Trump administration attacks on diversity programs led NIH to cancel awards aimed at diversifying the research workforce.

An important first-hand look at the impacts of federal funding cuts to scientific research. @uwmadisonchem.bsky.social

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17.09.2025 22:11 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Congratulations to Assistant Professor João Guassi Moreira who was awarded a 2025 Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Young Investigator Grant! Stay current with his work at cdnlab.psych.wisc.edu/CDNlab/

10.09.2025 15:48 — 👍 16    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 1

Congratulations to Professor of Integrative Biology Anthony Ives, who received the Steenbock Professorship in the Biological Sciences.

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10.09.2025 16:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

How do modern-day couples divide the work of decision-making? In her new book, sociologist Allison Daminger investigates inequalities in the often-unseen work of planning, researching and making decisions for the family.

Madison Magazine Madison Magazine sat down for a Q&A with Assistant Professor of Sociology Allison Daminger, whose new book "What's on Her Mind: The Mental Workload of Family Life" explores the imbalance of cognitive labor in families.

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04.09.2025 18:45 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A warm welcome back to L&S students from Dean Eric Wilcots, who shares advice, words of wisdom and (ulp) the music he listened to on his own first day of college.

03.09.2025 21:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

What better way to welcome students to the first day of classes for fall semester than shots of them in their stylin' red L&S T-shirts? Here's to a great year!

03.09.2025 15:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0