Sapere aude
UT Honors student Kelsey Little traveled to Charlotte, NC to present her research titled, “Do you hear the students sing?: The Impacts and Influences of Collegiate Activists in the Women’s Rights Movement of the 1960s and 70s America.” We spent three days at the conference, attending sessions, exploring the city, and exploring new ways to improve the Honors Program.
The off-campus excursion subcommittee of the Honors Executive Council organized a trip to Top Golf for about 15 Honors students. We had two bays side-by-side and played a couple of rounds of various games. We had a lot of different skill levels involved, from a member of UT’s golf team to people who had never golfed before. Even the Honors co-Directors – Dr. Cragun and Dr. Menzies – got in on the action.
Dr. Ann Williams, Professor of Biology at UT, recently presented to the Honors students on her research into the bacteria found in shark mouths. She and a number of students swabbed the mouths of sharks and took water samples where they caught the sharks (then released the sharks). They then cultured the samples and found a wide array of bacteria, some of which were antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The takeaway – swimming with open cuts or a weakened immune system in the Hillsborough River or in parts of Tampa Bay is more dangerous than are sharks!
