Archive for July 2024
Phil Lockitt
Phil Lockitt The Honors Professional Development Grant helped fund an annual benchmark trip for the Newhouse student-run advertising agency, TNH, wherein me and twelve other TNH seniors traveled into NYC to visit four of the biggest names in corporate advertising. We had the opportunity to visit Amazon’s Ad Sales team as well as three advertising…
Read MoreNash Pena
Nash Pena During my internship, I worked with an organization called Inkululeko to assist in designing and formatting an Annual Report. I assisted in creating graphic designs and layouts for the non-profit, which helps provide education in South Africa, in order to demonstrate their accomplishments and mission throughout the past year. I utilized what I…
Read MoreGrace Ripperger
Grace Ripperger For two weeks in July 2023, I stayed at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs for the New York State Summer Writers Institute. When I was a first-year student, I attended a panel hosted by faculty and graduate students associated with the creative writing program. They spoke about their experiences as writers and gave…
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Alexis Wilner Thanks to the gracious funds provided by the Crown Award, this past summer I was able to attend the Leadership Exchange in Arts and Disability in Boston, led by the Kennedy Center. The conference’s combination of workshops, lectures, and networking gave me access to brilliant new resources for my honors thesis. The connections…
Read MoreMegan Cooper
Megan Cooper In May 2023, I returned to Chile, where I studied abroad in the first semester of 2022 to research populism and indigenous conflict in the south of the country. I spent two weeks in Chile: the first week in Santiago, where I conducted interviews with government leaders, and the second week in the…
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Tynan Weathers Utilizing my research done for my “Baseball in American Culture” final paper, I was able to speak at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum during the 34th Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture. After watching other presentations for two days, as well as dining in the “plaque room” at the…
Read MoreVeronica Poole
Veronica Poole For my Honors thesis, my research has focused on the analysis of low-quantity and low-quality DNA. Crime scene investigation has made significant advancements in the collection and analysis of exceedingly small DNA samples, such as touch DNA. However, the realm of touch DNA remains relatively unexplored, lacking a comprehensive understanding of its components.…
Read MoreMJ Gray
MJ Gray Hosting the Orange Trial Tournament Open (OTTO) Mock Trial competition is a monumental step for Mock Trial at Syracuse University as we establish our newer team in the American Mock Trial Association. As a tournament co-coordinator, along with fellow honors student Lucio Maffei, we have been able to outline and plan our entire…
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