Dr. Sara Festini, UT Professor of Psychology, recently presented an Honors Symposium discussing her research on working memory and proactive interference. She described how directed forgetting can reduce proactive interference and discussed several studies she has conducted that have illustrated this finding. Students had an opportunity to test their own working memory and executive functioningContinue reading “Symposium – Sara Festini”
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Coffee Conversation: How Will 5G Change the World?
Professor of Entrepreneurship Dr. Thomas Pittz led a lively discussion addressing the question: “How will 5G change the world?” With 1G, we could call people over cell phones. With 2G, we could text. 3G allowed us to access the internet, and 4G gave us streaming capabilities. But with 5G technology, latency (the time it takesContinue reading “Coffee Conversation: How Will 5G Change the World?”
Honors Symposium – Jonathan Lewallen
Political Science Professor Jonathan Lewallen recently gave a symposium titled “Governing the Coasts” to UT’s Honors students. Professor Lewallen detailed how the various agencies and organizations responsibility for policies governing coastlines are locked in a complicated web of competing authority and challenges. Some agencies govern certain activities or areas while others have responsibility over differentContinue reading “Honors Symposium – Jonathan Lewallen”