On February 5, 2026, the University of Tampa Honors Program hosted its first symposium of the year featuring UTampa environmental science professor Edna Fernandez-Figueroa. Her talk, “Spying on Nature: Drone Environmental Monitoring for the Curious,” explored how emerging drone technology is transforming the way scientists observe and protect natural ecosystems. Drawing from her work inContinue reading “Spying on Nature: Drone Environmental Monitoring for the Curious Symposium”
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Honors Symposium/ Honors Student Showcase
The most recent Honors Symposium celebrated academic excellence and global learning through a series of engaging and informative presentations. The symposium featured impressive poster displays from Honors Thesis students and also highlighted students from the Oxford Study Abroad participants and Partners in the Park scholars. Honors students had the chance to explore the hard workContinue reading “Honors Symposium/ Honors Student Showcase”
Symposium: Thought and Art in a Burning World: So What?
On September 19, 2025, the University of Tampa hosted Georgetown professor Nathan K. Hensley as part of its Utampa Honors Symposium. Hensley’s lecture, “Thought and Art in a Burning World: So What?”, drew upon his freshly published book, Action Without Hope: Victorian Literature after Climate Collapse, to consider what Victorian literature has to teach usContinue reading “Symposium: Thought and Art in a Burning World: So What?”