by Kendall Curlee | Jun 12, 2019 | 5 Questions, Biology, Biophysics, Fellowships & Scholarships, J.William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Research
Bodenhamer Fellow Sabrina Jones, a rising sophomore majoring in biology/biophysics and Spanish, has gotten a jump start on research. She published an article (as first author!) in the medical journal Xenobiotica her freshman year, based on summer research conducted at...
by Nathan Smith | Aug 17, 2017 | Fellowships & Scholarships
New York City is as bright and diverse as the advertisements glowing in Times Square; think city lights, street performers, pizza joints, traffic, smog and storefront windows, each a single stroke in the city’s signature. For writer Tom Wolfe, a visitor has as much...
by Nathan Smith | Jan 11, 2017 | Fellowships & Scholarships, Honors College Study Abroad Grant, Honors Courses, Honors Passport/Peru, J.William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences, Psychology
In response to a call to do “something different” for the Peru blog, Honors College Fellow and psych major Summer Webers channeled a vicuña. Everything you read below is completely true. It was a perfectly overcast day. We were grazing in our field...
by Nathan Smith | Jul 29, 2016 | Athletics, Biology, Fellowships & Scholarships, J.William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences
Honors College Fellow Lexi Weeks accomplished a lot in her freshman year — winning both indoor and outdoor NCAA championships in the women’s pole vault, for starters, while starting work on her pre-med biology degree. Now, she’s headed for...
by npittman | Feb 24, 2015 | Admissions Tips, Advice/Tips, Fellowships & Scholarships
Ok, so you just got invited to interview for a fellowship at the University of Arkansas Honors College. Pretty exciting, right? Believe me, just getting invited is quite an honor, as our applicant pool continues to get more and more competitive each year. I know most...
by npittman | Nov 11, 2014 | Admissions Tips, Advice/Tips, Fellowships & Scholarships
I’ve reviewed and ranked close to 3,000 Honors College fellowship applications in the past ten years and every year, I spend a lot of time debating with my colleagues whether we should favor Student X (great transcript, only extracurricular involvement is a lame 1990s...
