College of Letters & Science
Congratulations to 3rd year Linguistics PhD student Jae Weller who received a well-deserved Graduate Student Service Scholarship this year! This award from the Graduate School recognizes and honors graduate students who volunteer to take on service roles in addition to their research, work, and family obligations. Jae was nominated due to their outstanding and inspiring …
Our undergraduate students are as usual up to lots of good and interesting things! Here are a few note- and applause-worthy updates from undergrads: Incredibly proud of these and all of our students – congratulations everyone!
Photo credits: David Daum The 18th Workshop in General Linguistics (WiGL) took place at UW–Madison Friday-Saturday 4/12-4/13, and was a great success! (WiGL) is a student conference which has been organized by the Linguistics Student Organization (LSO) annually since 2003. The workshop provides a platform for graduate (and undergraduate!) students in linguistics to present and …
The Sign Language Lab at the University of Wisconsin is looking for a research coordinator/lab manager! Full job posting: Research Coordinator – Sign Language Lab – Madison, Wisconsin, United States A little bit more about the job and the lab: The Sign Language Lab has several projects underway that involve video coding and …
Congratulations to English/Language Sciences Professor Anja Wanner on being a 2024 recipient of the Hilldale Award! The Hilldale Awards recognize faculty contributions to teaching, research, and service. Professor Wanner is one of four recipients in 2024. Read more at the story here: Meet the winners of the 2024 Hilldale Awards (wisc.edu)
The Workshop in General Linguistics (WiGL) is a student conference which has been organized by the Linguistics Student Organization (LSO) annually since 2003. WiGL 18 will take place primarily in person this year (with some online workshops) on Friday April 12-Saturday April 13. See the conference website for full details, including schedule of presentations, keynote …
There was a big crowd of UW–Madison linguists at the Linguistic Society of America (LSA) annual meeting in New York City this January, as well as at the concurrent meeting of the American Dialect Society. In an exciting initiative, our Linguistics Student Org received a grant from Associated Students of Madison to help support several …
This Fall Language Sciences announced a new scholarship program, the Linguistics Opportunity Award. The award uses proceeds from the Linguistics Fund to recognize the academic and service achievements of our amazing undergraduate Linguistics majors! This year four outstanding students were selected to each receive a $500 scholarship in the Fall of 2024. Read more about …
Online language learning materials in Irish Gaelic Seeking one student hourly worker to assist in creation of an online course in Irish Language Phonics and Pronunciation (Fónaic agus Foghraíocht na Gaeilge). The project is a partnership with the Irish language immersion school Oideas Gael in Gleann Cholm Cille, Donegal, who is providing audio recordings. The …
Language Sciences is pleased to announce a new scholarship for undergraduate Linguistics majors, the Linguistics Opportunity Award! This scholarship will provide several annual $500-$1000 awards, to recognize student excellence in linguistic coursework, research, and outreach activities. Awards will be announced each spring and will be paid the following fall. To apply, students must be declared …