Archive for February 2023
Knowing Through Making
Knowing Through Making Join artist and Watson Professor Rina Banerjee for a hands-on master class. The event will begin with a tour of the exhibition “Take Me to the Palace on Love”, focusing on the artist’s process and engagement with a wide range of materials. Then you’ll create your own artwork inspired by Banerjee’s version…
Read MoreLifting Every Voice at 38th Annual MLK Celebration
Lifting Every Voice at 38th Annual MLK Celebration Honors student Gabrielle Pinkney, ’24 (VPA, Music Industry) recently directed the Community Choir at the 38th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration held in the JMA Dome. Pinkney led the Community Choir, including members of local church choirs and the Black Celestial Choral Ensemble (BBCE), in singing…
Read MoreCreate a Comic Book
Create a Comic Book iDare you to create a comic book using artificial intelligence… Calling all students for a new iSchool challenge. *Learn more at the information session.* Thursday, March 2, 5-6pm Hinds Hall – iCafe
Read MoreRetrograde: A Film by Matthew Heineman
Retrograde: A Film by Matthew Heineman Retrograde captures the final nine months of the United State’s 20-year war in Afghanistan from multiple perspectives: one of the last U.S. Special Forces units deployed there, a young Afghan general and his corps fighting to defend their homeland against all odds, and the civilians desperately attempting to flee…
Read MoreAstronaut Fred Gregory to Speak
Astronaut Fred Gregory to Speak The Astronaut Scholarship Foundation and Col. Fred Gregory, a former test pilot, NASA Astronaut, and NASA Deputy Director, will be visiting campus on Tuesday, Feb 28. Col. Gregory will present awards to SU’s two most recent Astronaut Scholars, Alex Metcalf and Matt Cufari, and give a talk sharing his experiences…
Read MoreRecent Honors Alum Brennan wins Online Journalism Award
Recent Honors Alum Brenna Wins Online Journalism Award Recent Newhouse School graduate Kate Brennan ’22 is the winner in the Individual Student Portfolio category of the 2022 Online Journalism Awards competition. She was honored her in-depth multimedia reporting project, “Aloha ʻāina,” Brennan completed the work as her Renée Crown Honors Program thesis project. Brennan was the managing…
Read MoreSU Art Museum Awards Temerte ’23 Kaish Fellowship
SU Art Museum Awards Temerte ’23 Kaish Fellowship Alesandra (Sasha) Temerte is a senior at Syracuse University, double majoring in economics and writing and rhetoric studies, with minors in Spanish and strategic management. She is a Coronat Scholar, a member of the Renée Crown Honors Program and a 2022-23 Remembrance Scholar. Through the philanthropic gift…
Read MoreWalter ’20 and Baist ’22 Show Film at ESOTA Conference
Walter ’20 and Baist ’22 Show Film at ESOTA Conference In October, Honors alumni Kylie Walter ’20 and Olivia Baist ’22 (with Dr. Beth Myers and Dr. Christy Ashby, School of Education), presented their film, And They Were Roommates: Navigating Inclusive Mentorship in Higher Education, at the European State of the Art (ESOTA) conference in Austria, held…
Read MoreChancellor Inaugurates Honors Endowed Professors
Chancellor Inaugurates Honors Endowed Professors The first Renee Crown Endowed Professors were inaugurated by the Chancellor on January 13 in a ceremony held at the Goldstein Faculty Center. Heidi Hehnly, associate professor of biology, is the Renée Crown Honors Professor in the Sciences and Mathematics, and Karin Nisenbaum, assistant professor of philosophy, is the Renée…
Read MoreStudents Go the Distance in Annual Thesis Bootcamp
Students Go the Distance in Annual Thesis Bootcamp In mid-January, eight juniors and seniors attended the week-long thesis writing bootcamp, an Honors annual event. Thesis bootcamp is intended to provide a quiet and collaborative space where students make progress on their theses and set goals before the semester begins. Students receive guidance from a librarian…
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