Author: Colten Nichols | Major: Crop Science and Biochemistry | Semester: Summer 2023 The University of Arkansas’ Honors College funded the start of my research project during the Summer of 2023. This project is focused on analyzing inorganic pyrophosphate-dependent...
January in Prague
Author: Kevin Zhao | Major: Biology | Semester: January Intersession 2024 While abroad in Prague, I took the class “Czech Culture, Food, and Brewing Tradition.” I chose this program specifically because of this unique class it offered. Although one can experience any...
In search of “gezelligheid” in Amsterdam
Author: Amanda Thomsen | Major: Economics, Mathematics | Semester: Fall 2023 If you’re a prospective traveler to the Netherlands, you may across the word “gezellig” in many of the travel blogs about things and terms to know about Dutch culture you Googled before...
Architecture Abroad
Author: Maddox Townsend | Major: Architecture | Semester: Fall 2023 My semester at the University of Arkansas Rome Center has been unlike any other. As a required aspect of the bachelor’s degree in architecture, I chose to go to the Rome in my fifth-year fall semester...
Deutschland Diplomacy
Author: Steicy Lopez | Major: Economics | Semester: Fall 2023 The National Model United Nations serves as a global competition providing students with valuable exposure to research, negotiation, public speaking, and critical thinking skills. Students engage in...
Seoul Searching
Author: Hyunseo Seok | Major: Biomedical Engineering | Semester: Winter 2023-2024 Academics In 2002, I was born in South Korea. However, due to my father’s employment, our family immigrated to the United States when I was about two years old. Ever since, I visited...
When In Rome: Life Lessons from Studying Abroad
Author: Anna Mathis | Majors: Agriculture Communications, Agriculture Leadership | Semester: Fall 2023 I have officially been home for a week from my study abroad experience, so I feel prepared to wrap up my last blog of the semester with the aid of family time, extra...
The S is Silent: Navigating Language and Life in France
Author: Sophie McAdara | Major: Political Science | Semester: Fall 2023 In French, like any language, there is a never-ending list of rules in pronunciation and grammar. However, the biggest lesson I learned during my program was to turn away from my typical...
An Unforgettable Fall in Florence
Author: Maggie Green | Major: Journalism | Semester: Fall 2023 Ciao! My name is Maggie Green. I am a Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences Journalism major, and I studied in Florence, Italy for a whole semester with CIS Abroad! In the fall of 2023, I studied travel...
Batteries of the Future
Author: Jase Riales | Major: Mechanical Engineering | Semester: Summer 2023 In the summer semester of my senior year, I met Dr. Xiangbo Meng of the Mechanical Engineering department at the University of Arkansas. I met Dr. Meng through his class, Hybrid Electric...