Author: Kristin Garner | Major: Exercise Science My name is Kristin Garner, and I will be a senior this fall within the College of Education and Health Professions. I am majoring in Exercise Science, but I recently decided that I will be preparing to apply for medical...
Social Media for Pat Walker Health Center
Jack West is a senior majoring in history and biology. He plans to pursue an MD and a masters in public health. My health promotion internship at Pat Walker Health Center included creating engaging and informative social media content regarding general information to...
Finding Normal in Madrid
Author: Savannah Busch Major: Public Health Hi, my name is Savannah Busch and I am a Public Health major with a Spanish minor on the pre-medical track. After my junior year, in July of 2021, I studied abroad with the company API on a program titled Summer...
Cadavers, Cathedrals, and Checkpoints in Cyprus: A blog about my multidimensional study abroad experience
Author: Tyler Merreighn Majors: Public Health and Biology Situated in the eastern Mediterranean Sea only an hour’s flight from Athens and the Middle Eastern cities of Beirut and Tel Aviv, Cyprus’ history has largely been shaped by an interplay of...
Shadowing at the Close of a Pandemic
Author: Nicole HootenMajor: Biomedical Engineering Originally from Quitman, Arkansas, I entered the Honors College as a freshman and have been following the pre-med track since that time. I am a lifelong fan of basketball and have remained engaged with athletics by...
Differentiating IDH Wildtype and IDH Mutant Glioblastomas
Author: Davin A. Means Major: Biology I began working with Dr. Rajaram during the spring semester of 2020, but it wasn’t until my first grant term (spring 2021), that I began to focus on glioblastomas, and the differentiation between IDH mutant and IDH...
Phlebotomy in Food Science
Author: Hannah Taylor Major: Biology My name is Hannah Taylor, and I am a senior in the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences majoring in Biology and minoring in Medical Humanities. I plan to attend medical school starting in the fall of 2023. I am...
Robust Effects of Cancer Cachexia
Author: Madeline Amos Major: Kinesiology My name is Madeline Amos, and I have recently graduated from the College of Health Professions with a major in Kinesiology and a double minor in Biology and Medical and Health Humanities. I have been involved with...
Methanogens Show Promise as Potential Martian Lifeforms
Author: Christopher Rassmann Major: Biology During Fall of 2020, I joined Dr. Timothy Kral’s research lab. My thesis investigates whether methanogens can survive solely from the hydrogen produced from the reaction between the mineral olivine and water....
Challenging the Literature on Poison Ivy
Author: Davis Luke Campbell Majors: Computational Physics, Biochemistry, Applied Mathematics My research was over urushiol, the natural complex of molecules involved in the reaction caused by contact with poison ivy, called “urushiol-induced contact dermatitis.”...