Check out our Spring 2027 Automatic Honors Sections Overview (updated October 14, PDF file opens in a new tab). Automatic Honors credits can come from sections with the Honors Only or Accelerated Honors designation. The Automatic Honors Sections document can help you identify courses of interest as you prepare to enroll for the upcoming term. …

Want to contribute to the Honors Program and develop valuable professional and transferable skills? Work 6-10 hours/week alongside Honors staff and earn $15/hour! The Program Assistant works individually and as a part of a team to support programmatic and administrative activities of the L&S Honors Program as it serves students in their academic and co-curricular …

Recent graduate Izzy Sunby (’26) is featured in the Fueling Discovery series for her research and academic achievements in the College of Letters & Science. Earning Comprehensive Honors (Honors in the Liberal Arts and Honors in the Major) with majors in political science and Spanish, Sunby engaged in extensive research on international policy and data analysis, …

Four graduating seniors, all members of the L&S Honors Program—Grace Benish, Zoe Kukla, Amitabha Shatdal, and Niha Patankar—were named 2026 Dean’s Prize recipients, one of the college’s highest undergraduate honors. Each student was recognized for exceptional academic achievement, research, and commitment to community engagement, reflecting the values of the Wisconsin Experience such as curiosity, empathy, …

The L&S Honors Program welcomed Professor Harry Brighouse for a special Wednesday @ Washburn, where he offered students a candid and often funny look at the winding path that led him to his current work on teaching, learning, and the philosophy of education. Brighouse opened by tracing his academic journey—one that included, as he put …

On March 11, 2026, outstanding undergraduate researchers from across the Universities of Wisconsin gathered in the State Capitol for the annual Research in the Rotunda event. This showcase brings together some of the UW System’s most dedicated student scholars, offering them the opportunity to share their work with legislators, state leaders, alumni, and supporters in …

The Honors Program is thrilled to share this feature highlighting the outstanding work of Khadijah Dhoondia, the most recent recipient of the Cyrena Pondrom Leadership Grant. Khadijah is in her final year at UW, pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree with majors in Biology (Honors) and Global Health, certificates in Biology Core Curriculum (Honors) and …

On Thursday, February 19, sixty undergraduate students spent the evening learning about what graduate school is, how it can work, and what you can do while an undergraduate to explore an interest in graduate study and prepare to potentially apply. The annual Demystifying Graduate School Dinner, now in its fifth year, connects early-career undergraduates affiliated …

‘Twas the week before finals, and L&S Honors students bundled up to brave the cold climb up Observatory Hill. Their destination? Washburn Observatory, where they gathered to celebrate the end of a successful semester and the coming of a well-deserved break. This final social event, planned by Honors program staff, had two parts: hot chocolate …