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UW–Madison Professor Brian McInnes (SOHE) talks about how Ojibwe language revitalization efforts have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in this recent Badger Herald article: Language revitalization efforts for Ojibwe continue despite COVID-19 challenges – Language revitalization efforts are important to conserve Indigenous thought and community, UW professor says Professors Macaulay and Lupyan were also …

A new career and professionalization course aimed at undergraduates with a background in language study is launching this Fall. African 275: Lead with Language – Putting Language Skills to Work is a 1-credit course which will help students learn about some common career paths of language majors, unique skills and strengths that language majors bring …

Language Sciences professors Tom Purnell and Anja Wanner (English) recently appeared on NBC 15 news discussing the spread of new COVID-19 related vocabulary. You can watch the story here: https://www.nbc15.com/2021/03/26/linguists-explain-how-covid-vocabulary-spread-around-the-world

Professor Monica Macaulay is looking for two linguistics majors to be Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) students for the academic year 2021-2022. The REU students will be part of the research team on my NSF grant “Comparative Database of Algonquian Derivational Morphology” (see here for the temporary website).   The REU students will gain valuable …

Congratulations to the following Linguistics majors, who have been nominated to join the UW–Madison chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa honor society! Phi Beta Kappa is a national honor society in the Liberal Arts and Sciences that has local chapters in many US Universities. UW–Madison usually inducts about 15o undergraduates per year to our local …

We are happy to welcome Professor Caroline Niziolek (Communication Sciences & Disorders) to the Language Sciences faculty! Dr. Niziolek conducts research on the Neurolinguistics of speech, focusing on the relationship between auditory processing and motor programming. She is the Principal Investigator of the Brain, Language, & Acoustic Behavior (BLAB) Lab. The BLAB lab is part …

Our Linguistics Fridays Colloquia series is back this Spring, with a great lineup of diverse and interesting talks. Talks or reading groups are held (almost) every Friday from 4:00-5:00 between February 26-April 30. Linguistics Fridays will take place online again this semester. Contact Becky Shields to be added to our mailing list to receive the …

Several UW–Madison language science graduate students will be presenting their research at the upcoming MidPhon 25 conference, held in a virtual format this year, and organized by hosts from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne.   Joy Kwon (English) – The role of phonological representations in L2 perception: The case of English front vowels Sarah …

We are very excited and proud that one of our alumni, Ota͞eciah Luke Besaw, will be teaching a beginning level Menominee class at UW–Madison in the Spring! This three credit course is offered in the American Indian Studies Program and is open to students of all levels. We hope that students can take this class …

The Survey of California and Other Indian Languages (UC-Berkeley) reports that they have successfully digitized several collections of Mixtec fieldwork, including some collections from UW–Madison Language Sciences Professor Monica Macaulay. The digitized materials are available online as part of the California Language Archive. Here is an excerpt from their Facebook post: “Professor Monica Macaulay (University …