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Catching up with Honors Alumnus Mel Nusbaum ’65

Posted on June 19, 2025

A visitor to the Philosophy Department in Helen C. White will encounter a beautiful work of art just outside the door to the main office. The piece, pictured below, features a range of terms central …

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2025 Senior Honors Thesis Symposium Showcases Research Excellence

Posted on April 23, 2025

On April 11, 2025, the Honors Program hosted the 2025 Senior Honors Thesis Symposium—a hallmark event recognizing the culmination of years of research by undergraduate Honors scholars at UW–Madison. Held at Union South, the day-long …

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L&S Honors Launches New “Research @ Washburn” Series

Posted on February 2, 2025

Beginning this spring 2025 semester, the L&S Honors program will debut a new series titled “Research @ Washburn.” This series was created by L&S Honors Director Daniel Kapust. He describes the series as, “four different …

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Honors Dinner Kicks Off First-Year Experience

Posted on October 12, 2024

   On October 8, 2024, the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s College of Letters & Science Honors Program hosted its annual First-Year Dinner at the Alumni Lounge in the Pyle Center. The event attracted over 100 first-year …

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L&S Honors welcomes Daniel Kapust as the new Program Director

Posted on August 22, 2024

Dan Kapust (Photo by Isabelle Delfosse) The L&S Honors staff is excited to welcome our new faculty director, Dr. Daniel Kapust, Judith Hicks Stiehm Chair in Political Theory. He assumes the role previously held by …

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Comprehensive Honors candidate awarded national scholarship to continue inventive historical research

Posted on June 13, 2024

The L&S Honors Program would like to congratulate Axell Boomer on receiving the nationally competitive Beinecke Scholarship, which provides $35,000 for graduate study in the arts, humanities or social sciences. We encourage you to read …

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L&S Honors and Chadbourne Residential College Panel Explores the “Loneliness Epidemic”

Posted on April 18, 2024

Panelists Dr. Kate Phelps, Dr. Christine Whelan, Dr. Marcy Carlson, Brennan Porter, and Dr. Chris Cascio discuss the implications of loneliness for college students. As the noon hour began on Wednesday, April 10, a host …

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Associate Director of Advising and Curriculum Dr. Christine Evans Honored by College of Letters & Science

Posted on April 18, 2024

Every year, the College of Letters & Science Dean recognizes staff excellence with several categories of Staff Awards. The recipients support outstanding teaching, research, and service across the college. The categories for the awards include …

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Wednesday @ Washburn with Dr. Thomas Friedrich and Dr. David O’Connor Proves Enlightening

Posted on April 18, 2024

On Wednesday, April 10, the Honors Student Organization officially kicked off its first event of the Spring, the result of a months-long process of logistics, planning, and coordination to formulate its revival, beginning with the …

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Students Share an Appetite for Demystifying Grad School

Posted on March 20, 2024

The third annual Demystifying Graduate School Dinner welcomed 69 undergraduate students, including over 40 L&S Honors students, to the Pyle Center on Tuesday, March 5. This event, which is designed for first- and second-year L&S …

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