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Miron Livny honored for teaching, research, and service
CS professor Miron Livny has received a 2026 Hilldale Award, UW–Madison's top faculty honor, recognized for building HTCondor — a distributed computing framework that has powered three Nobel Prize-winning discoveries — and for decades of mentorship and teaching.
CS/Psychology alum Thomas Triplett '20 keeps Alaska Airlines flying
Thomas Triplett '20 didn't set out to build software you'd ever see — and that's exactly the point. As a senior software engineer at Alaska Airlines, he designs the behind-the-scenes platforms that keep engineering teams running smoothly, following a path from UW–Madison classrooms to the skies.
CS students build humanoid robots and launch productivity startup
Save the date: Day of the Badger arrives April 14–15
Show your support for CS students during 1,848 minutes of giving — a nod to the year UW–Madison was founded. Giving opens at 10:12am on Tuesday, April 14 and closes at 5:00pm on Wednesday, April 15. Please give what you can here!
Alumni and friends can support and empower CS students by making a gift to our department's annual fund today.
Bucky illustration by Billy Powell x'28.
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