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. …
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Congratulations to the class of 2025!
Linguistics presentations at the Undergrad Symposium 2025!
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 …
Community Irish Language Classes featured in Daily Cardinal article
Happy Birthday to Badgers Sign!
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 …
Lang Sci at the LSA 2025
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 …
Professor Henke awarded prestigious Vilas Associates award
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 …
Why English should not be the official language of the US
You’ve probably seen the news about making English ‘the official language’ of the US. Here’s a statement from the Linguistic Society of America giving some of the reasons this attack on linguistic diversity is problematic. …
WiGL 19 Program now available
The 19th Workshop in General Linguistics (WiGL 19), the Linguistics Student Organization’s (LSO) annual student research conference, is coming soon. The conference will take place in-person in 6191 Helen C. White Hall in the afternoon …
Lang Sci Director Rao honored with Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorship
We are thrilled to announce that Language Sciences Director Rajiv Rao, who is a faculty member in the Department of Spanish & Portuguese and Language Sciences, has been awarded a Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorship. According …