University Honors Program
ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ’s University Honors Program is designed for intellectually curious, academically engaged students who want to learn in a close-knit community of their peers at the heart of a vibrant research university. Its broadly based, interdisciplinary curriculum addresses our most pressing contemporary challenges with cutting-edge knowledge and research and the wisdom of centuries of Jesuit values and pedagogy. Our Honors values and learning outcomes emphasize curiosity and open-mindedness, active listening and dialogue, breadth of learning and experience, and a commitment to equity, justice, and human rights.
The UHP offers two ways to participate in Honors: Core Honors, in which students follow an Honors version of the ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Core Curriculum throughout their undergraduate career; and Disciplinary Honors, in which students do Honors work in their majors. Students may participate in either program or both. Core Honors is open to incoming first-year students, who apply after being accepted to ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ; students apply to Disciplinary Honors programs in their sophomore year. For more information on both programs, view our values and learning outcomes, browse our website, or contact us!
HONORS NEWS
Congratulations to Honors Study Abroad Winners for Spring 2026
Elanor Dolak (Arts & Sciences, Economics): DIS Study Abroad in Scandinavia – Denmark; spring 2026.
Itzel Martin (Health Sciences, Speech Pathology & Audiology): Universidad Loyola Andalucia - Cordoba & Sevilla; spring 2026.
Margaret King (Arts & Sciences, Criminology and Law Studies and Family Studies): Philipps-Universitat Marburg, spring 2026.
Fall 2025 Honors Undergraduate
Research Fair
Join us on Wednesday Nov. 12, 4-5:30 pm, in the Sensenbrenner atriums. The Annual Research Fair includes a browsing session with posters and light refreshments will be served. Here's a full listing of this year's recipients including their research titles and project mentors.
New Course Offering in Spring 2026
Are you looking to broaden your college experience or get more involved? Want to make the most of being an Honors student at a Jesuit university? Then register for a new class HOPR 1964H More Than Your Major, open to all honors students and taught by Lindsay Daigle on Mondays 1-1:50pm. It's a one-credit course which will count as one honors elective credit. For more information: HOPR 1964H "More Than Your Majorâ€
Honors Student Highlights
Ryan Smith was featured in ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Today for receiving the Fulbright Summer fellowship to study film and cinema at Lancaster University in the United Kingdom for a three-week film program.
Natalia Beans received the prestigious Barry Goldwater Scholarship to aid in furthering her STEM endeavors. Read the full story here.
Madelyn Filer was featured in ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Today for winning the 2025 Student Employee of the Year award for her position as an undergraduate research assistant with the Orthopedic and Rehabilitation Engineering Center Outreach Lab.
Sophia Halick was accepted to the Wistar Institute on the University of Pennsylvania’s campus this past summer. She worked in the Wistar labs doing genetics research with a focus on cancer research.
Sidor Clare, a first-year Biological Sciences major participated in a summer program in data analytics at the Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics at Brown University.
Honors Leadership Council
In September, the University Honors Program welcomed nine alumni to campus with the goal of furthering the mission of the program and to support positive alumni relations. Check out the Honors Alumni Leadership Council.
HONORS EVENTS
Behind the Doors of the Honors Living Learning Community
Riley Condon is an Honors student with a minor in Digital Media. She created this video to give prospective students a snapshot into the day in the life of an Honors student at ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ.
Honors Digest

Check out what's happening in Honors by logging into the published every other week.
What's happening this Fall?
- Skills Studio launched
Looking for the perfect place to explore creative hobbies like crocheting, baking, painting, yoga, photography, pottery, and more—all for free? Supplies are provided, and no experience is needed. Each month, Skills Studio hosts a themed session open to everyone. Want to help lead the way? Board members meet twice a month toplan upcoming events, and new members are always welcome. For more information: Tashala Hubanks.
- PSYC 2050H Advanced Research Methods
Honors is offering PSYC 2050H, a small serminar-style class focusing on more in-depth research methods. It’s also great preparation for students interested in Disciplinary Honors in Psychology. For more information, please email.