College of Letters & Science
We are happy to announce the winners of the Linguistics Opportunity Award for 2026. The annual award provides a scholarship of $1000 to promising UW–Madison Linguistics majors who demonstrate excellence in the study of linguistics and meaningful engagement with language science in the larger community. The award is made possible through generous donations from alumni …
Congratulations to Lang Sci faculty member Laura Horton, who received a prestigious Vilas Associates Award from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research for 2026-2027! This award “recognizes new and ongoing research of the highest quality and significance” and provides flexible research funding. Twenty four faculty from units across campus received the award this …
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 …