As we wind down the 2020-2021 academic year, a year challenged by COVID and many precautions to avoid spreading the virus, we replaced our traditional end-of-year event – a social in McKay Hall – with a de-stress event: group yoga in Plant Park. About 50 students participated in the yoga class and enjoyed snacks andContinue reading “Yoga De-Stress Event to End the Semester”
Author Archives: Ryan Cragun
Honors Activities – Water Taxi Ride
Dr. Eric Ballard took his HON 101 students on a water taxi ride up the Hillsborough River. This gave them a chance to get out of the classroom and explore the Tampa area a bit more.
Honors Symposium – Kenyon Evans-Nguyen on Forensic Science
UT Professor Kenyon Evans-Nguyen gave the final symposium of the 2020-2021 academic year titled, “Drugs, Bombs, & Arson: Forensic Chemistry at Work.” In the symposium, Dr. Evans-Nguyen detailed what forensic chemists do in their day-to-day work, much of which involves identifying unknown substances (often illicit drugs), but can also include identifying the chemicals used inContinue reading “Honors Symposium – Kenyon Evans-Nguyen on Forensic Science”