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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 …
Linguistics Opportunity Award now open
Applications are now being accepted for our scholarship for Linguistics majors, the Linguistics Opportunity Award! The award is best for current juniors Simple application requires a short essay describing your accomplishments in language sciences, academic …
Welcome to Professor Kelly Wright!
An interview by G Sorensen, Language Sciences undergraduate student multimedia intern Language Sciences is excited to welcome our newest faculty member, Assistant Professor Kelly Wright! Dr. Wright is an Experimental Sociolinguist and Lexicographer. She got …
LSO publishes 12th volume of Working Papers
The Linguistics Student Organization announces online publication of the UW-Madison LSO Working Papers in Linguistics Volume 12: Proceedings of WiGL 2023! See the Working Papers in Linguistics page for the full list of volumes published …