College of Letters & Science
On the morning of Sunday, October 2, L&S Honors students took part in the first service event of the 2022-2023 academic year. Students gathered at the Frautschi Point parking lot, then traversed into the UW–Madison Lakeshore Nature Preserve. As a group, these environmentally-minded students worked with the Preserve’s volunteer coordinator to support the effort of …
Check out our overview of Spring 2023 Automatic Honors Courses (November 22) (Honors Only and Accelerated Honors). 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 in a/the …
On Wednesday, May 4, Honors students and guests gathered in the library at Washburn Observatory for the final Wednesday @ Washburn event of the 2021-22 academic year. Those that attended were treated to a delicious meal and remarks from both Jim Lattis, the Co-founder and Director of UW Space Place, and the College of Letters …
On Monday, April 25, the L&S Honors Program co-sponsored an interdisciplinary panel titled, Understanding Ukraine. The event brought together eight faculty experts from various fields on the UW campus, with the aim of enlightening primarily first- and second-year undergraduates about the Russian invasion and its application to the lives of the students. The event began …
On Saturday, April 23, the Honors Student Organization (HSO), led by HSO Service Chair Lucy Kuo, participated in a lakeshore cleanup along the Lake Mendota bike path. Honors students began by gathering at Washburn Observatory at 10:00 AM and spent the next two hours in the sunshine, cleaning up trash and other garbage that had …
Check out our overview of Fall 2022 Automatic Honors Courses (April 21) (Honors Only and Accelerated Honors). [Updated April 21] 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 …
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 …
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 …
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. …