Category Archives: Research

Undergraduate Research: Julia Lyon and the Influenza virus

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Hannah Breshears

Senior biology student Julia Lyon and postdoctoral student Lin Liu hard at work in the research lab. Julia Lyon, a senior biology major perhaps best known for her work to combat food insecurity on campus, has geared her undergraduate research towards another … Continue reading →

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5 Questions: Honors Student William Lewis Sheds Light on Lasers

Posted on February 14, 2012 by AJ Salois

Lasers have been a source of wonder for many people since their invention only about half a century ago and William Lewis, an honors physics and mathematics major, is making it the focus of his honors thesis. What many people … Continue reading →

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Undergraduate Research: Taylor Spicer and Ilha de Maré

Posted on November 11, 2011 by AJ Salois

Taylor Spicer, an honors anthropology major from Tennessee, used her Honors College undergraduate research grant to travel to Brazil and learn more about the country’s people.  I utilized the research grant to continue my anthropological field research on an island … Continue reading →

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Undergraduate Research: Ali McAtee and Algae-based Biofuel

Posted on November 4, 2011 by AJ Salois

Ali McAtee is an honors college fellow in the College of Engineering studying chemical engineering. She and her research team were featured on a Planet Forward Earth Day special for their work with algae and butanol fuel. Ali received honorable mention … Continue reading →

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5 Questions: Sammi Jones Pursues Campus Community Garden

Posted on October 25, 2011 by AJ Salois

Inspired by gardens she visited in Scotland, Sammi Jones, an environmental, soil and water sciences major in Bumpers College, wants to see a community garden grow at the U of A. In November she’s defending her thesis, which documents best … Continue reading →

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Undergraduate Research: Kelly Toner Presents her Work to Midwives for Haiti Board

Posted on October 5, 2011 by AJ Salois

Honors nursing student Kelly Toner is creating a volunteer orientation module for Midwives for Haiti for her honors thesis. Last week, she traveled to their headquarters in Richmond, Va. to present her work. You can read more about Kelly in … Continue reading →

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Research: Taylor Yust and Project Pond

Posted on September 23, 2011 by AJ Salois

When you think “honors thesis,” a mobile game app is probably not the first thing that springs to mind.  But Taylor Yust, an honors computer science student in the College of Engineering, will be submitting his original game app,  called … Continue reading →

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Make it the Best Time of Your Life.

Posted on September 19, 2011 by AJ Salois

The best advice I can give to an incoming freshman all the way up to an outgoing senior is: DO something. It has been the best decision that I have made in all of my years at the University of … Continue reading →

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Public Policy Up Close

Posted on August 17, 2011 by Kendall Curlee

Last spring senior honors student Andrew Walchuk heard an eyewitness account of covert operations in the Nixon White House just as Obama’s administration was struggling to respond to WikiLeaks’ release of U.S. State department diplomatic cables. Walchuk and 59 other … Continue reading →

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Field Notes: Annie Fulton, A Case Study in California

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Jacob Carl Morgan

Annie Fulton recently graduated with a B.S. in architectural studies with minors in environmental, soil and water science and geography. For her honors thesis Annie studied the redevelopment of two industrial shipping sites in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her … Continue reading →

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