Author: Grant Shelnut | Major: Biology | Semester: January Intersession 2023 I now have the pleasure of saying that I “went up” to university on Central London’s Russell Square in 2023. Well, kind of. For context’s sake, a tour guide at Cambridge informed us American...
Author: Ethan Peters | Majors: Biochemistry, Spanish | Semester: January Intersession 2023 I just returned from a three-week study abroad in Kyoto, Japan. In many ways, the program was completely outside my comfort zone. I don’t speak the language, the schedule was...
Author: Yibing Hu | Major: Finance | Semester: Spring 2023 Hi, my name is Yibing Hu and I am a Finance major in the Walton Honors program. I am also a part of the pre-med program at the University of Arkansas, which was a big factor in my decision to pursue STEM...
Author: Abigail Doran | Majors: Biology, Psychology | Semester: Spring 2023 My name is Abigail Doran and I am an Honors Student in the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences. I am a Biology and Psychology double major. My research mentor is Dr. Anastasia Makhanova who...
Author: Wesley Vaught | Majors: Biochemistry, Biology | Semester: Spring 2023 Arkansas has a higher prevalence of citizens with frequent mental distress than any state in the U.S., likely due to a disproportionate number of stressors such as financial hardship and...
Author: Chloe Connelly | Major: Biology | Semester: Spring 2023 For the past two and a half years, I have been working on my honors thesis; we exposed domestic canaries to Mycoplasma gallisepticum, the avian conjunctivitis pathogen, to determine whether differential...
Author: Aisha Al-Rizzo | Major: Biology | Semester: Spring 2023 To brie, or not to brie… this question was truly answered this past April! Before you wonder why there are three cheese puns before I open up this blog post, allow me to explain myself. I recently just...
Author: Erin Burney | Major: Nursing | Semester: Spring 2023 As a student in the honors college and research assistant for Dr. Suresh Kumar’s Biochemistry Lab, Erin Burney was selected among hundreds of applicants to present her current research at the 2023 National...
Author: Sarah Khot | Majors: Psychology and Biology | Semester: Spring 2023 My name is Sarah Khot and I am a Junior at the University of Arkansas. I am an honors student in the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences and am double majoring in Psychology and Biology on...
Author: Kaitlin Bullard | Major: Physics | Semester: Fall 2022 Hello, my name is Kaitlin Bullard. I am a pre-med honors physics major with a biophysics concentration and a math minor. I have been working with Dr. Yong Wang in his biophysics lab. I received an Honors...