College of Letters & Science
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 of L&S Honors and Chadbourne Residential College (CRC) students gathered in the main lounge of Chadbourne Residential Hall, grabbed slices …
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 University Staff Awards, Academic Staff Awards, and Advising Awards. This year, the L&S Honors Program is proud to announce that …
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 Wednesdays @ Washburn series. This event featured the professors of the honors-only course PATH-BIO 210 (HIV: Sex, Society, and Science), …
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 students participating in high-impact practice programs throughout the College, provided an opportunity to learn about what graduate school is and …
Bromley Conference Travel Grants are awarded based on a competitive application process to eligible L&S Honors students for presentation and/or attendance at regional, national, or international professional conferences. So far this academic year, four students have received the award. Below, you will find brief reflections shared by each Honors presenter after returning from the experience! …
Professor Jim Lattis and Dean Wilcots stood at the front of the Washburn Observatory library to address a crowd of more than thirty L&S Honors students. On the evening of Wednesday, October 17, 2023, the Honors Program was lucky enough to host Dean Eric Wilcots for the second Wednesday @ Washburn event of the 2023-24 …
Over 120 first-year Honors Program students converged on the Alumni Lounge in the Pyle Center to share a meal and converse with 25 faculty and staff members during the Honors First-Year Dinner on October 4. Attendees enjoyed a buffet meal while seated at tables with at least one faculty member and students representing a mixture …
First-year students (and beyond) can often find that interacting with the faculty at UW–Madison can be a daunting task. In an effort to make those interactions more approachable, Dr. Jenny Saffran, current Director of the L&S Honors Program, chatted with a host of students for the first Wednesday @ Washburn of the 2023-24 academic year. …
Incoming L&S Honors students gathered on Bascom Hill for a group photo. On the morning of Tuesday, September 5, over 400 incoming L&S Honors students gathered for an academic orientation with Honors Faculty Director Jenny Saffran, and other Honors Program staff. Students received advice that can help them in their first semester and beyond, including …
From linguistic attitudes in educational settings to botulinum neurotoxin production in meat systems, the research conducted by Senior Honors Thesis writers is vast. The 2023 Senior Honors Thesis Symposium, held in Memorial Union on Friday, April 14, brought together more than 40 writers to showcase the undergraduate research they’d conducted, many of whom had received …