Visiting Associate Professor of Practice Dr. Jacqueline Melvold has been named the new Compton Chair for Intelligence and Innovation. This endowed faculty position was established through a generous $3.2 million gift made to the W.A. Franke Honors College last fall by Dr. John Lee Compton.

First-year Franke Honors student Ilana Valenzuela is eager to study aerospace and mechanical engineering. "I genuinely wish there was infinite time to take every class and learn everything about every field of science," she said.

After being accepted into 27 different colleges, Franke Honors Wildcat Anastasia Rastelli chose the University of Arizona for its strengths in the sciences, and film and television. She will also pursue a bachelor's degree in creative intelligence and innovation, a dual degree only offered in the W.A. Franke Honors College.

Tune in for this live episode of It's an Honor, recorded in Washington DC! For this conversation, Dean Pollard had the privilege of speaking with Dr. Lori Poloni-Staudinger, Dean of the University of Arizona's College of Social and Behavioral Sciences.

The W.A. Franke Honors College is offering a paid student development opportunity to conduct research on twenty Honors Colleges and Programs at Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs).

On this episode of our podcast, we delve into the OSIRIS-REx mission with University of Arizona Regents Professor Dr. Dante Lauretta. As principal investigator of the mission, Dr. Lauretta shares the astonishing findings from the Bennu sample, and how it has revealed more information about life formation and the potential for extraterrestrial life.

Amanda Adams and Ojas Sanghi, both W.A. Franke Honors students, are recipients of this years' highly competitive Udall Scholarship. Udall Scholars demonstrate outstanding potential, and maintain academic commitments related to Tribal Policy, Native Health Care, and the Environment.

Today, on a special panel episode of our podcast, It's an Honor, Franke Honors Assistant Dean Dr. Cheree Meeks is joined by Dr. Jamaica DelMar, Ms. Barbea Williams, and Ms. Lauryn Jones. All four of our guests give their insight on what it means to be a black woman in leadership positions, and what has inspired them to continue leading with authenticity.

This past semester, Franke Honors Professor Dr. Nadia Alvarez Mexia, co-taught her course HNRS 335: Leadership: Building and Nourishing a Community with Adrienne Brown, a postdoc at the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy.

Portia Cooper and Bryce Wilson, both W.A. Franke Honors students, are recipients of this years' Goldwater Scholarship. Goldwater Scholars demonstrate outstanding potential, and they intend to pursue research-oriented careers in mathematics, the natural sciences, or engineering.