Author: Ananya Vangoor | Major: Computer Science and Mathematics (Statistics) | Semester: Fall 2022 Hello! My name is Ananya Vangoor, and I am a computer science and mathematics major (statistics concentration). During the fall semester of my sophomore year, I was an...
Tyson HEET Program Blog
Author: Yen Pham | Major: Electrical Engineering | Minors: Math and Computer Science | Semester: Fall 2022 As a rising sophomore majoring in Electrical Engineering, I received an email from the Honors College regarding an Externship program at Tyson. The brochure...
HEET: An Elite Engineering Experience
Author: Brooke Scott | Major: Electrical Engineering | Semester: Fall 2022 This past semester I had the opportunity to be a part of Tyson’s pilot HEET (Honors Engineering Externship at Tyson) program. HEET, a collaboration between Tyson Foods and the University of...
Spending the Semester at Tyson Foods
Author: Austen Lee | Major: Chemical Engineering | Semester: Fall 2022 My name is Austen Lee. I am currently majoring in Chemical Engineering with a minor in Computer Science. Every Friday of the semester, I spent my evening at the Tyson Foods engineering office on...
Studying in Seoul
Author: Jason Hoang | Major: Biochemistry | Semester: Fall 2022 I chose this program because I had wanted to study abroad in Asia and South Korea happened to be one of the very few countries open for study abroad at the time. It was perfect however because I had...
The Art of Negotiation: China on the Security Council
Author: Gracie Fuhrman | Major: International Studies & Economics | Semester: Fall 2022 My name is Gracie Fuhrman and I am a senior international studies and economics student at the Fulbright College of Art and Sciences at the University of Arkansas. I recently...
How Model United Nations Puts Research to Practice
Author: Julianna Kantner | Major: Political Science & International Studies | Semester: Fall 2022 As an international studies student invested in international law and cooperation, there could have been no better experience to expand my skills and understanding of...
INSAR Conference 2022
Author: Emmaline Thorpe | Majors: Biology and Psychology | Semester: Spring 2022 The weekend of May 12th, I was lucky enough to attend the International Society for Autism Research Conference (INSAR). I chose to attend virtually, as the conference fell the same week...
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy for Children with Trauma – Attending the PCIT Conference
Author: Emmaline Thorpe | Majors: Psychology and Biology | Semester: Fall 2021 At the end of summer 2021, I was supposed to go to Florida for the first time. I wasn’t going to Disneyland, or to lay out on the beach, or even to visit friends and family. Instead, I was...
A New Experience: My First Conference Presentation
Author: Christina Varghese | Major: Sociology | Semester: Spring 2022 My name is Christina Varghese, and I am a sociology major. I have been working for the past couple years on my honors thesis research examining how perceived threat of COVID-19 differs across the...