College of Letters & Science
Check out our overview of Spring 2025 Automatic Honors Sections (updated November 8). Automatic Honors credits can come from Honors Only and Accelerated Honors sections. The Automatic Honors Sections document can help you identify courses of interest as you prepare to enroll for the upcoming term. Please note the following:
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 students and nearly 40 faculty members from an array of academic disciplines. The evening commenced with a buffet dinner, offering …
Want to contribute to the Honors Program and develop valuable professional 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 activities. The …
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 Dr. Jenny Saffran. While welcoming Dr. Kapust, the Honors staff would also like to thank Dr. Saffran for her three …
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 more about Axell, his research, and this award. Axell is a Comprehensive Honors student and in the process of completing …
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 …
Check out our overview of Fall 2024 Automatic Honors Sections (updated April 2). Automatic Honors credits can come from Honors Only and Accelerated Honors sections. The Automatic Honors Sections 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 …