Alumna Explores the Science Behind Ancient Art

Madeline Meier is a postdoctoral scholar at Northwestern University’s Center for Scientific Studies in the Arts, a collaboration with the Art Institute of Chicago. A 2017 chemistry graduate of the University of Arkansas, she credits her undergraduate experience and...

Preserving the Past: Exploring Ecosystem Biodiversity in the Tallgrass Prairie

Gisell Maldonado is a Path Scholar majoring in honors anthropology. She was awarded an Honors Research Travel Grant to perform research at the Joseph H. Williams Tallgrass Prairie Preserve in Oklahoma. Based on the work completed on her trip, she was awarded a SURF...

Finding Adventure Among the “Bin Chickens”

Autumn Jones is an honors student from Fayetteville, Arkansas pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in biological engineering. Thanks to a Study Abroad Grant from the Honors College, she was able to spend a semester challenging herself intellectually and physically in...

Nursing Student’s Advice: Challenge Yourself

Julia Molleston is an honors student from Fayetteville, Arkansas currently pursuing a Bachelor of Science in nursing. She was awarded an Honors College Study Abroad Grant to spend a semester in Ireland in the summer between her junior and senior years as part of the...

Combining Passion with Career Plans: 5 Qs with Ellison Lewis

Ellison Lewis is a senior honors college fellow from Overland Park, Kansas pursuing a double major in finance and marketing. Her passion for sports sparked her interest in the industry of sports betting. Her thesis investigates the growth of the low-key form of...

A Very Tight Senate Race in Michigan

India Young is a senior honors student majoring in political science and African and African studies with a minor in journalism. Originally from Warren, AR, India has served as the President of the NAACP, Co-Deputy Director of Diversity and Inclusion for the...

The Pale Blue Dot: Nebraska’s Second Congressional District  

Wyatt Rice is a sophomore honors college fellow majoring in political science and economics at the University of Arkansas. Originally from Bentonville, AR, Wyatt is involved across campus in a variety of capacities, as an ASG Senator, an intern with the Office for...

Spinning Success: 5 Q’s with Caden Williamson

Spinning Success: 5 Q’s with Caden Williamson

Caden Williamson is a senior from Fayetteville, Arkansas majoring in computer science and German. Last year, he volunteered as a DJ at KXUA, the University of Arkansas campus radio station, the "Eclectic Destination of the Ozarks." His show, The Trans-Pacific Groove...

Making Connections: 5 Q’s with Jackson Burnett

Making Connections: 5 Q’s with Jackson Burnett

Jackson Burnett is a fifth-year honors student double-majoring in German and mechanical engineering. He recently spent a year on a study abroad adventure that consisted of six months of language and engineering classes at the Technische Universitat Darmstadt...

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Adapting Abroad: 5 Questions with Hanna Strombom

I learned a lot of different skills during my study abroad experience. At home, I think I’m a naturally stressed-out person, I put 110 percent into all my schoolwork, and in Italy I learned to appreciate my relationships with people and to slow down sometimes.  

A New Medium for Southern Stories: 5 Q’s with Meg McCartney

“I don’t think that there are a lot of mediums that can investigate the South this way, and this is the medium that I’m most interested in. It’s a way to just throw people into an experience—to have them see what it feels like and to have them interact with the space, and actually be in this space.”

5 Questions: Jeanne Vockroth, Mildred’s Lane fellow

  Last summer Jeanne Vockroth, recent honors fine arts alumna and New Orleans native, found herself in the lush hills of northeastern Pennsylvania...

Making Connections: 5 Q’s with Jackson Burnett

Jackson Burnett is a fifth-year honors student double-majoring in German and mechanical engineering. He recently spent a year on a study abroad...

5 Questions for Kelly Toner, Honors Nursing Student

Senior nursing student and Honors College Fellow Kelly Toner has participated in missionary trips since the age of 14. For her honors thesis, Kelly...

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Scotland and Smoke: An SRNT Conference Recap

Charlotte (Charlie) McCormick is an honors student from San Antonio, Texas, studying public health and human development and family sciences. In March, she presented her research on FDA regulations on menthol at the Society for Nicotine and Tobacco Research in...

Expanding Student Voting Access

Alexa Roldan is an honors student majoring in political science on a pre-law track from Bentonville, Arkansas. Last month, she presented her research at the Next Gen(eration) Humanities Conference hosted at the Arkansas State Capitol. Digestible, easy-to-navigate and...

STEM at the State Capitol

Colten Nicholas is an honors student majoring in crop science and biochemistry from Van Buren, Arkansas. This semester, Colten presented his research on transgenic rice species at the State Capitol Building in Little Rock.   On February 14, I had the opportunity...