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Benjamin and Andrea Driggs Honors Travel Quest Endowment Funds Franke Honors Student Research
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July 30, 2025
Natalie Rawlings Wins 2025-26 Goldwater Scholarship
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July 29, 2025
W.A. Franke Honors Professor Seeks to Preserve the Future of Coffee
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July 22, 2025
It's an Honor | Transforming Industries and Empowering Students: A Conversation with Bill Franke
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Donata Vercelli

It's A Wonderful — But Challenging — Day In The Microbe Neighborhood

March 13, 2019

What’s circulating in the air? Embedded and active in the soil? A part of living creatures, great and small – including us? The answer is microbes, and they outnumber human cells in each person’s body by 10-to-1. The news is both good and bad as they are needed but can create havoc if left uncontested as potential allergens.

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Answering The Call, The Next Generation: Honors College Students Assist A Pioneering Emergency Response Initiative In Tucson, Arizona

Feb. 27, 2019

The idea behind 9-1-1 prompted emergency services is solid. “Go where needed now, effectively and efficiently” could be the motto for agencies responding to urgent calls. But even within urgency are widely divergent degrees of need. Health and Human Values students from the University of Arizona are part of turning these distinctions into better, more focused care.

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Armin Sorooshian

Clarity In The Cloud: UA Faculty Member Pursues Answers Above

Feb. 14, 2019

Dr. Armin Sorooshian, a 2003 Honors College graduate now serving as a College of Engineering faculty member, is restless as he sits at his desk, early winter sunlight pushing through narrow gaps in the window blinds.

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Honors Village Scholarships

Feb. 13, 2019

The University of Arizona Honors Colleges announces a progressive new scholarship program to support the fall, 2019 launch of the Honors Village.

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Honors Legacy Grant Enables UA Nursing Student's Interest in Natural Childbirth

Feb. 7, 2019

BSN student Hannah Garis Copley decided to pursue a career in nursing to help people, but during the course of her studies, she zeroed in a particularly vulnerable population: infants. Slated to graduate in fall 2019, she recently received an Honors Legacy Grant from the UA Honors College to fund her training for doula certification.

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Deeper Insights: Chaco Canyon Trip Aids Comparison Of Ancient Cultures

Feb. 6, 2019

The twisting, turning landscape of northern New Mexico may first appear to have little in common with other places, particularly Rapa Nui (known popularly as Easter Island). Yet for the students of Dr. Terry Hunt’s Honors Seminar, the contrasts are eclipsed by the similarities.

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The Outback Is Calling: 2.5 Credits And A Life-Changing Experience Await This Summer

Feb. 6, 2019

This Study Abroad program offer an amazing opportunity to visit one of the least-visited places on the planet: the Australian Outback.

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Spirit Of Inquiry Grants = Exploration + Up To $1,500 For Students Returning In Fall 2020

Feb. 6, 2019

Honors students who will be returning to campus in Fall 2019: are you interested in money to fund a research project you can undertake in the summer of 2019 or beyond?

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Non-Traditional Honors Student Chooses A Steep Learning Curve

Jan. 30, 2019

While no objector to Starbuck’s coffee, Rob Lisak would rather explore a more ancient tradition in which liquid refreshment is but one of the outcomes. The creator of a short video reflecting his fascination with the meaning-rich Chinese tea ceremony, Lisak has put himself on a steep learning curve as an Honors College student.

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