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An alumna of the University Honors Program, McElwee began formally studying climate change as an undergraduate student before it was a front-page story.

The honors program at KU is a university-wide program with participation from students and faculty across disciplines and schools, which helps to foster interdisciplinary connections.

Among the dozens of first-year Honors seminars offered this fall includes one involving a partnership with the Lied Center for the Performing Arts and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

The 2021 course titled “Marginalized Bodies & ‘Medicine’ in Literature,” was taught by Dr. Giselle Anatol. Dr. Anatol is a professor and Interim Director of Graduate Studies in the English Department. 

In 2021, we started to see a resumption of experiential learning activities, including study abroad.

With the creation of Common Cause in 2021, the honors community established a student-directed program to engage in research, conversation, and service around an urgent social-justice issue.

When Mugabi Byenkya says he didn’t plan to become an internationally acclaimed author, he means it. Many professional writers play coy about their ambitions, but Byenkya was in fact well on his way to an entirely different career.

Shannon Stewart got into human trafficking because someone asked her about it.

Navya Singh’s summer was unique, even by COVID standards.

The University Honors Program (UHP) at the University of Kansas has received a top rating, along with six other programs, in INSIDE HONORS: Ratings and Reviews of 40 Public University Honors Programs.