Dr. Tasha Belfiore, Assistant Professor of Biology at UT, led a Coffee Conversation on the question, “What should be done about climate change in the US and who should do it?” The conversation led students to think about the roles of consumers, corporations, and government in addressing climate change. Students raised a number of issues that both other students and Dr. Belfiore helped them analyze. The conversation ended with each student considering what they, personally, can do to address climate change.
Honors Students Present at Florida Communication Association convention
Professors Chris Gurrie, Meredith Clements, and Kristen Foltz took several Honors students to the Florida Communication Association convention over the October 19-20 weekend. The students received a variety of awards, including: Best Scholarship, Crowd Favorite, Visually Appealing, and Best Oral Presentation.
Symposium – Sara Festini
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 functioning in an illustration of her research methodology.