School of Humanities

We rightly celebrate altruistic individuals who rescued Jews in the Holocaust. But for Jews to survive, it took so much more than one person’s heroism. It is only now that historians are beginning to unearth the true history of rescue – one no less miraculous but far more complicated than the tales we are used to.

The Friends of Humanities and School of Humanities honor our students’ academic achievements at the 32nd Annual Awards Ceremony.

Beth Nguyen is the author of the memoirs Owner of a Lonely Heart (2023) and Stealing Buddha’s Dinner (2007), as well as the novels Short Girls (2009) and Pioneer Girl (2014). She is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and an American Book Award, and her work has appeared in publications including The New Yorker, The Paris Review, Time, and Best American Essays. Nguyen is a professor of creative writing at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Join the School of Humanities for a celebration of outstanding undergraduate scholarly and creative work. Students will present their work to the public in wide-ranging interdisciplinary panels.