Sara Barudin is a fifth-year senior from Albuquerque and Santo Domingo, New Mexico majoring in Environmental Studies. I am advising her honors thesis research, for which she is interviewing members of the Santo Domingo and nearby Pueblos about their opinions of casinos in their communities. As a member of one...
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Toluwanimi Obiwole is a Nigerian-born, Colorado-raised poet. Currently a senior here at CU, Tolu is an ethnic studies major and poetry editor for the school's Honors Journal. As a member of the 2013-2014 Minor Disturbance youth poetry team, Tolu became a Brave New Voices international poetry festival champion and finalist. In 2015, she was announced Denver's inaugural Youth...
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"Welcome! Tributes, we welcome you. We salute your courage and your sacrifice, and we wish you Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor." Finals week can feel a lot like The Hunger Games some days. We all "train" together, enter the "arena" (more like a...
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Lauren Bennett is a senior here at CU studying integrated physiology. She has been involved with the Honors Program since her freshman year when she lived in the Honors RAP. Since then Lauren has taken other honors classes, attended honors events, and is currently in the process of writing a...
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Are you interested in writing an honors thesis? Do you want to learn more about what an honors thesis is and what writing one involves? Come to the Honors Thesis Symposium to hear from students who have just defended their theses and find out more about how to get started...
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After just a few minutes of listening to Jennifer Fluri’s lecture on gender and conflict mediation in Afghanistan, I was shocked by the drastic differences between the culture outside our doors and Afghan culture. Despite hearing about Afghanistan on an almost weekly basis for the last decade, I was astounded...
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In the last few years, it seems that the world's eyes have been truly opened to the plight of women around the world. From the kidnappings in Nigeria to the brutal attempt to murder Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai, the violence against women, though not new in any way, has been brought...
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Want to watch the GOP debate on campus but didn’t get a ticket? Come get more out of the experience! The Honors Program is excited to announce that it will host a viewing of the GOP Debate on October 28 with Political Science professor Lauri McNown and Economics professor Robert McNown, who will offer insight into debate strategy...
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Welcome to the CU Honors Program Blog! This blog, which is entirely student run, has been a long time in the making! And we are really excited to create a space for honors students to gather together, engage with one another, ask questions, and learn more about the work that...
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Resources for learning about the Israel-Palestine Conflict
Update: It has come to the attention of the Student Advisory...
Writing an Honors Thesis in Ecological Biology: Louis Balas
This week we interviewed Louis Balas about his experience...
Recap of the Honors Sidewalk Symposium
Dear Honors Scholars, This past Friday, April 21st 2023,...