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Calling all senior thesis writers! Are you interested in sharing your thesis research with fellow Honors students? Curious about the work your peers are doing in majors throughout the College of Letters & Science? If so, now is the time to register for the L&S Honors Program’s seventh annual Senior Honors Thesis Symposium ! This event is an exciting opportunity to present your research to your peers, faculty, and university staff, as well as your family and friends. Your thesis need not be picture-perfect in order to present; rather, we encourage you to embrace this opportunity to discuss your findings thus far, your methods, and the research experience. If you are planning to participate, please register here  and save the date:  Saturday, April 21, 2018 from 9:00 AM until 4:00 PM at Memorial Union . Registration is free and includes a light breakfast, a lunch, and a reception. We will provide you with a more detailed program for the event as the date approaches,

Do you have a great idea to enhance the UW-Madison campus and/or the larger Madison community? Apply for the L&S Honors Leadership Trust Award! The Leadership Trust Award provides up to two students with an award equal to two semesters of resident, full-time tuition plus project funds up to but not to exceed $3,000 as justified in the submitted project budget. The awards and the project funds provided are intended to be used by the student(s) to help plan, develop, and implement projects designed to improve UW-Madison, the community, and/or the university student body. Leadership Trust Workshops will be held: Thursday, March 1, 2018 from 2:00-3:00 p.m. Friday, March 2, 2018 from 12:20-1:20 p.m.  Eligible students include currently enrolled L&S Honors Students (HLA, HM, or Comprehensive Honors) with at least one year of undergraduate study remaining at the time of award. Minimum 3.3 cumulative grade point average. To apply, complete and submit the

Lunch & a Show: Attend "The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui" with Honors Director Sabine Gross at the University Theatre (Vilas Hall) Honors students are invited to attend lunch and a show with Honors Director Sabine Gross. WHEN: Sunday, March 11; Lunch at 12:30 p.m. in Memorial Union -- then walk over to the performance at 2 p.m. in the University Theatre (Vilas Hall, Mitchell Theatre) The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui by Bertolt Brecht: "A parable of corruption, power, and danger – a provocative and entertaining reimagining of the rise of the Nazi power in Germany is transposed to gangland Chicago. Small time hood Arturo Ui climbs the ladder of authority, intimidating businesses and removing inconvenient obstacles through any means necessary. A satire of authoritarian impulses with all too relevant messages for today’s world." Honors students wishing to attend the Sunday performance with Sabine can pick up their ticket (free of charge) from t

Have you been engaged in research this past summer or year? We'd like to extend an invitation to submit your research to the Journal of Undergraduate Science and Technology (JUST ) at UW. JUST is a biannual research journal written, edited, and published by UW undergraduates with the missions of supporting undergraduate research and making science accessible to the public. We are accepting submissions of undergraduate research starting now through February 23 rd 2018 , for our Spring publication. We accept submissions of primary and secondary research, shorter editorials, and scientific photographs. For more information about us and how to submit, please visit our webpage ( http://justjournal.org/ ). Submitting to JUST is easy, our writing guidelines and Fall 2017 publication are online and available as resources. At JUST, we believe that publishing is a great opportunity for students to contribute to science communication, as well as building their own resumes,