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College of Letters and Science

Zooming with the Pope

Posted on March 15, 2022

Emily Burke never expected she would get the chance to speak directly to Pope Francis. But there she was last month, face-to-face with the Pontiff—virtually, at least, over Zoom–suggesting ways in which the Catholic Church …

Posted in NewsTagged College of Letters and Science, pope, sociology

L&S Experts on Ukraine

Posted on March 4, 2022

Experts from UW–Madison are available to discuss the latest situation in Ukraine with the news media. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy declared a state of emergency after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered military operations, hitting cities …

Posted in NewsTagged College of Letters and Science, europe, russia, ukraine

UW-built spectrograph en route to South Africa

Posted on February 2, 2022

A near-infrared spectrograph—an instrument that splits light into its individual colors, or wavelengths, to form a spectrum like a rainbow—will soon be shipped to South Africa from UW-Madison. The next-generation instrumentation, custom-built by staff in …

Posted in NewsTagged Africa, astronomy, College of Letters and Science, South Africa

Gold’s Price: Meeting demand for gold comes at a high cost to the environment

Posted on January 6, 2022

If you’re wearing gold jewelry right now, there’s a good chance it came from an illegal mining operation in the tropics and surfaced only after some rainforest was sacrificed, according to a team of University …

Posted in NewsTagged amazon, College of Letters and Science, south america

Game On: Scott Mellor leverages a popular videogame to engage students in a first-year medieval studies course

Posted on November 16, 2021

It took awhile for Scott Mellor to realize he was teaching his class backwards. For years, Mellor, a distinguished teaching faculty member with the Department of German, Nordic and Slavic+ Studies, would begin his popular …

Posted in NewsTagged College of Letters and Science, first year interest group, gns

War is misery: A new book by distinguished history professor Mary Lou Roberts explores the visceral suffering of soldiers through their diaries

Posted on November 10, 2021

“Dogfaces.” “Dough feet.” “The poor bloody infantry.” Soldiers in Europe during the second World War called themselves a range of names, and neither knew nor cared much about their generals’ plans. But they filled their …

Posted in NewsTagged College of Letters and Science, history, WARF

The Ubuntu approach to research

Posted on October 27, 2021

As a first-generation college student in a new country, there were so many unknowns with respect to culture, conduct, academics, interests, foods, accents and more. However, these pale in comparison to navigating a colossal college …

Posted in NewsTagged College of Letters and Science

Civilizing Influence: Kathryn Ciancia explores how “civilization” has been used to include and exclude certain groups.

Posted on July 1, 2021

Kathryn Ciancia’s fascination with how people have historically mobilized the idea of “civilization” began with the stories her Polish grandfather shared. As a child growing up in a town near Liverpool in the United Kingdom, …

Posted in NewsTagged College of Letters and Science, history

Beth Nguyen in TIME Magazine: The Comfort of a Lunar New Year in Isolation

Posted on February 11, 2021

Professor of English shares her memories of celebrating the Vietnamese holiday as a child. “Lunar New Year might bring to mind festivals and fireworks, but I’ve always associated it with a kind of isolation. Long before …

Posted in NewsTagged College of Letters and Science, International Holiday

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