This past spring semester, a number of honors students received funding for their research and creative projects. Twenty six students received funding through the Syracuse Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Projects (SOURCE), while 20 students were recipients of Honors awards to fund their thesis research and creative projects. The Honors awards included 17 Crown awards, 2 Lynne Parker awards and one Marcus Wise award.
Crown Awards
Katelyn Bajorek
College of Arts & Sciences/Maxwell School
Major: Anthropology/History
Advisors: Prof. Shannon Novak
Project Title: Bioarcheology of Transylvania
Alana Barker
College of Visual & Performing Arts
Major: Stage Management
Advisor: Prof. Joseph Whelan
Project Title: Sound and Scenic Design of an Edinburgh Festival Fringe Dramatic Performance
Jackson Calhoun
College of Arts & Sciences
Major: Biochemistry
Advisor: Prof. James Hougland
Project Title: Chemoproteomic and inhibition investigations of ghrelin O-acyltransferase
Kailee Coonan
FALK College of Sports & Human Dynamics
Major: Health & Exercise Science
Advisor: Prof. Kevin Heffernan
Project Title: Association Between Exercise-Induced Broncho-Constriction and Cardiovascular Disease in Active Individuals.
Carly Francesconi
Newhouse School of Public Communications
Major: Advertising
Advisor: Keith Giglio
Project Title: POTS TED Talk
Scott Greenblatt
Newhouse School of Public Communications
Major: Television, Radio & Film
Advisor: Prof. Patrick MacDougall
Project Title: From Idea to iTunes: the interdisciplinary process of writing, recording and distributing an album as an independent artist
Harrison Higgins
College of Arts & Sciences
Major: Chemistry
Advisor: Prof. Nancy Totah
Project Title: Alkylation of Cyclic Enol Ethers with Trichloroacetimidates
Robert Martino
College of Arts & Sciences
Major: Biology
Advisor: Prof. Davoud Mozhdehi
Project Title: Exploring Myristic Acid Modified Resilin-Inspired Polypeptide as Thermally Stable Drug Delivery Platforms
Timothy Maynard
College of Arts & Sciences
Major: Biochemistry/Neuroscience
Advisor: Prof. Davoud Mozhdehi
Project Title: Synthesis and Characterization of ELP-Abiraterone
Lauren Miller
S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
Major: Photography
Advisor: Prof. Amy Toensing
Project Title: Contraception’s Impact on Young Guatemalan Women’s Identity, Womanhood and Life
Trevor Rittman
S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
Major: Television, Radio & Film
Advisor: Prof. Michael Schoonmaker
Project Title: A Bridge Across the Atlantic
Ivan Sarbinov
College of Engineering & Compute Science
Major: Chemical Engineering
Advisor: Prof. Shikha Nangia
Project Title: Confinement of wet ionic liquids in nanoporous host frameworks
Eric Storms
Whitman School of Management/S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications
Major: Marketing Management/Advertising
Advisor: Prof. Liangbin Yang
Project Title: A High School Novel Like No Other
Alexander Tsemberis
School of Information Studies/Maxwell School
Major: Information Management & Technology/History
Advisor: Prof. Jeffrey Gonda
Project Title: Race and Sport at SU
Kailee Vick
College of Arts & Sciences/Maxwell School
Major: International Relations
Advisor: Prof. Glyn Morgan
Project Title: Comparing the Rise of National Populism in Poland and German
Katherine Villarin
College of Arts & Sciences
Major: Psychology/Neuroscience
Advisor: Prof. Lynn Lohnas
Project Title: Understanding the Testing Effect in Human Memory Using Word Retrieval
Matthew Walsh
College of Arts & Sciences
Major: Biology/Chemistry
Advisor: Prof. Olga Makhlynets
Project Title: Rational Design of a CO2 Hydration Catalyst
Lynne Parker Awards
Yasmine Chahine
College of Arts & Sciences
Major: Biology
Advisor: Prof. Katharine Lewis
Project Title: The Function of Hmx3a in Spinal Cord Developmen
Simran Mirchandani
College of Arts & Sciences/Maxwell School
Major: Biochemistry/Economics
Advisor: Prof. Ramesh Raina
Project Title: Role of Jumonji-domain containing Protein JMJ 7 and JMJ 27 in Regulating Systemic Acquired Resistance Memory in Arabidopsis thaliana
Marcus-Wise 50 Year Friendship Award
Julia Catalano
College of Visual Performing Arts
Major: Drama – Theatre Management
Advisor: Stephanie Shirilan Project Title: Shakespeare on the Quad: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
