Year: 2025

20th Annual Workshop in General Linguistics (WiGL 20) The University of Wisconsin–Madison Linguistics Student Organization (LSO) invites submissions for papers to be presented at the 20th Annual Workshop in General Linguistics (WiGL 20), to be held in-person Friday and Saturday, March 13-14, 2026 at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. In addition, online sessions will be held …

The 16th meeting of the Heritage Language Research Institute was held at UW–Madison this year, organized by Lang Sci professor Joe Salmons and Director Rajiv Rao. The Institute, directed by Maria Polinsky of the University of Maryland, brings together researchers, educators, and other stakeholders interested in heritage language studies, education, and maintenance. Several UW–Madison faculty …

Congratulations to Linguistics PhD student Charlotte Vanhecke, who won the Best Abstract Award at the Germanic Linguistics Annual Conference this year! GLAC 31 was held at the University of North Texas on May 2-3, 2025. Vanhecke’s award was for the paper “Door het bos de bomen: A variationist perspective on laryngeal contrast in Dutch fricatives”. …

The annual Undergraduate Symposium is a large and lively event which showcases creative student research from disciplines across campus. This year’s symposium took place on April 25, and featured an astounding number of projects on various aspects of language science and linguistics! Here are the ones we spotted in perusing the program… please let us …

written by Lang Sci Multimedia Intern G Sorensen and Rebecca Shields, photos courtesy of G Sorensen and Heaven Williams Today Badgers Sign UW is celebrating their one year anniversary since the club officially launched on April 9, 2024! Badgers Sign is a Registered Student Organization at UW–Madison whose mission is to heighten awareness of and …

Reporting for the story was conducted by Lang Sci media intern G Sorensen, and the story was co-written by G Sorensen and Rebecca Shields We are incredibly proud of Lang Sci’s Lingusitics Student Org, which received a generous travel grant from Associated Students of Madison (ASM) to help support student travel to the Linguistic Society …

Congratulations to Language Sciences Assistant Professor Ryan Henke, who is one of 20 UW faculty to receive a 2025-2026 Vilas Associates award. According to the Vilas Associates Competition website, the award “recognizes new and ongoing research of the highest quality and significance.” Benefits of the award include research funds to be used over a two …