The new Hon 255 Idea Lab in Leadership was led by Drs. Aimee Whiteside and Deirdre Dixon. The class featured research on transformational leadership, where students created poster presentations on the subject, and a bit of play time, too, as the students applied their leadership skills to UT’s ropes course.
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Symposium: Why Boredom is Interesting: Understanding Proneness to Boredom in College Students with ADHD featuring Dr. Sarah Orban
Dr. Sarah Orban specializes in child clinical psychology, with a specific focus on identifying executive function deficits as mechanisms of academic impairments in children with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Her symposium was titled Why Boredom is Interesting – Understanding Proneness to Boredom in College Students with ADHD. Boredom here means “an impaired ability to concentrate.”Continue reading “Symposium: Why Boredom is Interesting: Understanding Proneness to Boredom in College Students with ADHD featuring Dr. Sarah Orban”
Honors Thesis: Losing Grip Documentary
One of our Honors Thesis students, Steven Nye, created a documentary for his thesis, overseen by Dr. Christopher Boulton, and you can screen it May 3rd at 2pm in the Charlene A Gordon Theater. It’s a documentary on the fate of Men’s Collegiate Gymnastics through the eyes of U.S. Olympic Team Gymnast Shane Wiskus. SeeContinue reading “Honors Thesis: Losing Grip Documentary”