Student Research in Honors | University Honors Program | SIU

Congratulations to all of the Honors Students
who received REACH grants for 2019-2020!

• Sarah Booth
• Tra'Deidra Davis
• Carly Kasicki and Elizabeth Saery
• Omar Khader
• Amanda Leppert-Gomes
• Cassidy Lounsbury
• Reise Malone
• Benjamin Polo
• Luis Prado
• Karalyn Rich
• Lincoln Weber

Amanda Blocker, senior in microbiology, and Scott Hamilton-Brehm, Assistant Professor of Microbiology, look at a sample of a microbe isolated from a 900-meter-deep borehole located on the border between California and Nevada.  Read more.

Congratulations to  Lacey Gibson for publishing, A Tale of Two Cities:  Differences in Wine Cultures in Nice and London in Gastronomica: The Journal of Food Studies (Volume 18, Number 4. pp 77-81.  2018)  Lacey developed this paper as an Honors thesis with Dr. Hurlburt, Professor and Chair, Department of History.  In the paper, Gibson argues, that French wine culture may be a powerful tool to promote mindfulness and moderation.  Read more about Lacey's adventures after graduating here