Honors News
Presented a research paper at the 2025 Richard Macksey National Undergraduate Humanities Research Symposium at Johns Hopkins University, March 20-22, 2025.
Delivered research and poster presentations at the 2025 Conference of the Great Plains Honors Council at the University of North Texas, March 7-9, 2025.
Awarded a scholarship and an assistantship to cover the majority of her educational expenses to pursue a Master of Arts in Criminal Justice and Criminology at Sam Houston State University.
Selected to participate in the 10-week University of Michigan 2025 Summer Research Opportunity Program. Co-authored a paper on the mitigating effects of probiotics on obesity which was accepted for publication by the journal Microbes and Immunity

Lauren Parker, a third-year student at the University of Houston-Downtown, is a student leader active in issues impacting...