Research
Exploring Stem Cell Science and San Diego: My Experience at BMES 2025
Author: Isani Patel | Major: Biology | Semester: Fall 2025 Over the last two semesters, I’ve worked on a project investigating whether adding a natural sugar molecule called heparan sulfate (HS) can boost the healing power of human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs)....
Gibbs Conference on Thermodynamics 2025
Author: Reha Nunna | Major: Biology| Semester: Fall 2025 The Gibbs Conference on Thermodynamics was in Carbondale, IL, and this conference was packed with other researchers looking at protein structure and function as well. My mentor, post-doctoral mentor, and I...
Exploring New Frontiers at the GSA Annual Conference
Author: Charlotte Boehme | Major: Geology, Physics | Semester: Fall 2025 On October 18th, 2025, I traveled to San Antonio, Texas to attend the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America (GSA). Although I was one of several University of Arkansas students...
My First BMES Experience: Finding My Biomedical Engineering Path
Author: Taylor Norris | Major: Biomedical Engineering | Semester: Fall 2025 Hi there! My name is Taylor Norris, I am a senior Honors Biomedical Engineering student at the University of Arkansas. As an undergraduate student, I am pursuing a career in research with a...
New Research and Relationships: A Reflection on My Time at the SRP 2025 Conference
Author: Emme Reid | Major: Psychology, Public Health | Semester: Fall 2025 Hello! My name is Emme Reid, and I’m an undergraduate honors student at the University of Arkansas, majoring in psychology and public health, with minors in biology and medical humanities....
Learning Beyond the Lab: My Quantum Week Experience
Author: Darren Blount | Major: Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science | Semester: Fall 2025 My name is Darren Blount, and I am majoring in Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, and Computational Physics with a minor in Data Analytics at the University of Arkansas....
Great Superpositions
Author: Sankalp Pandey | Major: Computer Science, Computer Engineering | Semester: Fall 2025 This September, I had the opportunity to travel to Albuquerque and attend the IEEE Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE) Conference, which is one of the largest...
Presenting My Research at the International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology Conference
Author: Samantha Stark | Major: Chemistry, Biology | Semester: Fall 2025 My name is Samantha Stark, and I am double majoring in Biology and Chemistry with a minor in Psychology at the University of Arkansas. My research focuses on how stress and depression affect...
ISPNE Conference Travel
Author: Breanna McCall | Major: Psychology | Semester: Fall 2025 My name is Breanna McCall, and I am a senior Psychology major with a Medical Humanities minor at the University of Arkansas. My current work for my undergraduate thesis is relating early...
Inside IFT FIRST: My Experience as a Student Researcher
Author: Sophia Hinkebein | Major: Food Science | Semester: Summer 2025 My name is Sophia Hinkebein, and I am a rising senior majoring in Food Science. This summer, I had the incredible opportunity to attend the IFT FIRST Conference in Chicago, where I presented my...
