January 23, 2019
CHEMIST IS FOURTH CONSECUTIVE CHURCHILL SCHOLAR FROM THE U Cameron Owen of Boise, Idaho, a senior honors student majoring in chemistry and physics and minoring in mathematics, has received the prestigious Churchill Scholarship to study at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. He is one of only 15 students nationally to receive the […]
December 13, 2018
The Honors College community mourns the sudden and unexpected loss of recent graduate, Michael Zhao. Michael Zhao (Utah ’17 HBS) died Saturday morning, December 8, from a sudden heart attack. After graduating from the U with his Honors degree he spent a year as a Churchill scholar studying Pure Mathematics at Cambridge. Michael began the […]
October 1, 2018
Dr. Monisha Pasupathi is one of the new Associate Deans in the Honors College, as well as a Professor of Psychology at the University of Utah. Prior to coming to Honors, she served as the Director of Undergraduate Studies for Psychology, where she sought to build a better curriculum for students, and to improve paths […]
August 14, 2018
College Students Should Learn to Expect the Unexpected by Scott Spregner
June 15, 2018
Cages Sylvia Torti Schaffner Press (May 1, 2017) Softcover $16.95 (302pp) 978-1-943156-18-4 2017 INDIES Winner Silver, Literary (Adult Fiction) This quiet novel explores the little-traversed ground of birdsong and the science of communication. Sylvia Torti’s Cages is a thought-provoking novel about the complexity of birdsong and how it parallels human communication, related with an ardent […]
May 10, 2018
Welcome to the Honors College Class of 2022! The Honors faculty and staff look forward to getting to know you. We hope this letter will help you prepare for a successful first year on campus. I assume you’ve registered for Orientation this summer. If you have not, you can register for orientation by visiting: http://orientation.utah.edu/orientation/first-year-fall-semester.php […]
April 26, 2018
April 24 2018 You might already be familiar with Rachel Luebbert, which wouldn’t be a surprise since she has held a variety of leadership roles in during her time at the College of Fine Arts. Luebbert isn’t just a dancer pursuing an Honors degree in modern dance, but a duel degree in Spanish with a […]
April 23, 2018
CFA Honor Thesis Student: Christal Hazelton April 02 2018 We are pleased to introduce to you Christal Hazelton, a College of Fine Arts student who is currently completing a thesis research project about queer representation in mainstream children’s animation. The culmination of the Honors Bachelors degree, the Honors Thesis is a significant undergraduate research project completed under […]
CFA Honor Thesis Student: Rachel Luebbert March 29 2018 We are pleased to introduce to you Rachel Luebbert, a College of Fine Arts student who is currently completing a thesis on her project “New Year,” which incorporates movement and text to articulate memories and stories of growing up from the perspectives of eight women. The culmination […]
April 3, 2018
Office of Undergraduate Research Announcing the 2018 Outstanding Undergraduate Research Awardees The Office of Undergraduate Research is excited to announce the 2017-18 Outstanding Undergraduate Research Awardees, the following are Honors students: Taylor Dove (Prof. Davidson Heath) | BUSINESS Valeria Jimenez (Profs. Edmund Fong and Jesus Valero) | CULTURAL & SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION Carlie Haacke (Prof. Lauren Liang) | EDUCATION Nikol Yonemura (Prof. Micah […]
