College of Letters & Science
On Thursday, November 4, the L&S Honors Program hosted a special event with Yaa Gyasi, the author of Transcendent Kingdom. Gyasi, the author of highly acclaimed debut novel Homegoing and a recipient of the National Book Foundation’s 2016 “5 Under 35” Award, led an exceptionally engaging conversation about topics covered throughout Transcendent Kingdom, and the practice of …
For the first time since early 2020, the Honors Student Organization hosted an in-person Wednesday @ Washburn. Dr. Matthew Brown, a UW alum and member of the African Cultural Studies department at UW–Madison, joins the Honors Student Organization for a discussion about Critical Race Theory. The discussion began at 6:00 PM and included an in-depth …
Check out our overview of Spring 2022 Automatic Honors Courses (Honors Only and Accelerated Honors). [Updated November 8] The Automatic Honors Courses document can help you identify courses of interest as you prepare to enroll for the upcoming term. Please note the following: To earn Honors credit from an Honors Only course, you must enroll …
Dear Honors Families and Students, The L&S Honors staff was happy to welcome Honors families on Friday, October 8 (virtually), and Saturday, October 9. The events included conversations and informational sessions with the Letters * Science Honors Program. Honors Faculty Director Jenny Saffran and Associate Directors Sara Stephenson and Matt Kohlstedt, along with a current …
On September 18th and 19th, the Wisconsin Speech and Debate team members kicked off their debate season by competing at Carroll College’s “The Sir” teaching tournament. Sophie LaRose and Julia Wiessing reached the open semi-finals, where they debated the motion “It is in the interest of the West to engage with the Taliban as the …
The L&S Honors staff is excited to welcome our new faculty director, Dr. Jenny Saffran (she/her), Professor of Psychology! She assumes the role previously held by Dr. Sabine Gross. While welcoming Dr. Saffran, the Honors staff would also like to thank Dr. Sabine Gross for her six years of leadership in the Honors Program! Dr. …
The annual Iwanter Prize recognizes outstanding humanities-based scholarship of a broad and interdisciplinary nature. It was a competitive year for the Iwanter Prize with many compelling entries; the Center received the highest number of applications to date. Please join us in congratulating three graduating Honors Program seniors: Noah Mapes (B.A.’21, Art History with Honors in …
To celebrate Spring 2021 L&S Honors graduates, you can visit the L&S Honors Program’s dedicated Spring 2021 commencement webpage. On that page, you will find commencement remarks from L&S Dean Eric Wilcots and L&S Honors Program Faculty Director Sabine Gross as well as student speaker Max Herteen. You can also view pictures of Honors events …
Earlier this spring, the 2021 Bucky Awards Ceremony recognized outstanding student leaders and student groups at UW. We congratulate all of the winners and are delighted to share that three L&S Honors Program students were recognized with individual awards! Each of these students have made meaningful contributions to the UW–Madison campus and community and are …
Through these experiences, he’s gained plenty of wisdom to share in his commencement speech. And, as a national intercollegiate competitor for Wisconsin Speech and Debate, he has acquired the skill to share it well.