W.A. Franke Honors student Emily Tran talks about how her internship at CATalyst studios, and her experience as a first-generation Vietnamese American, have shaped her educational interests. 

Collin Preszler and Nisha Rajakrishna, biomedical engineering majors and juniors at the W.A. Franke Honors College, recently put their work into practice by creating a pediatric neuroprosthetic arm based on a design provided by the University of Michigan. 

This fourth-year Honors Wildcat is working on increasing access to reproductive healthcare for her Honors Thesis. In her free time, she loves gardening, crocheting, and thrifting. 

This fourth-year Honors Wildcat is working on her honors thesis which examines the effect of stress on cognition in shelter dogs. In her free time, she loves teaching swim lessons and spending time with her two dogs!

This fourth-year Honors Wildcat work in a science education research lab looking at curriculum design elements that enhance inquiry based learning through modeling. In her free time, she enjoys painting, reading, sewing, and playing video games. 

This third-year Honors Wildcat connects with the campus community in a unique way as a Community Service Officer for the UAPD. In her free time, she enjoys going on Police Ride-Alongs with officers, four-wheeling and traveling.  

This second-year Honors Wildcat developed a Health Education Magazine providing Non-Scientific Interpretations of COVID-19 information for Hopi communities as a result of the Honors College First-Year Project.  In his free time, he enjoys exploring Tucson, trying new foods, and reading poetry.  

This third year Honors Wildcat is doing an Honors independent study project with professor Chad Westerland about how to describe Supreme Court justice behavior and compare it to that of legislators. In her spare time she loves to watch comedies and listen to 80's Rock.

Andrea Lara-Garcia is one of 13 graduating seniors or recent graduates named 2021 James C. Gaither Junior Fellows. 

This fourth year Honors Wildcat is double majoring in Anthropology & Religious Studies. He is currently researching and examining changes to the wording of the American Indian category on the 2020 Census. When he isn't conducting research you can find him binge-watching season 1 of Gold Rush on Discovery+.

This fourth-year Honors Wildcat is a beach volleyball student-athlete. When she isn't bump, set, and spiking it on the sands you can find her interning in the TMS Labs Dr. Chou and as mental health ambassador with the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.