Posts by Allison Heppner
Submissions for the SA Sustainability Form Green Innovation Competition are Open!
Submissions for the SA Sustainability Form Green Innovation Competition are Open! Honors students are encouraged to participate in this year’s Green Innovation Competition, organized by the SA Sustainability Forum. The goal of this competition is to encourage interdisciplinary solutions to address sustainability concerns within the Syracuse University community, both short and long-term. Available to undergraduates…
Read MoreSpring Break Honors Thesis Bootcamp – March 13-15, 2024
Are you staying on campus for Spring Break? Join us for our thesis boot camp. The concept is simple: we give you a quiet, warm place to crank out your thesis work and we feed you lunch. You sign up to work on your thesis from 11am-4pm each day in Bowne, March 13-15. The office…
Read MoreGabrielle Pinkney ’24 Named a 2024 VPA Scholar
Gabrielle Pinkney ’24 Named a 2024 VPA Scholar Gabrielle Pinkney, a senior in the Setnor School of Music, has been named a 2024 VPA Scholar! Often referred to as the highest undergraduate honor in the college, the VPA Scholar Program awards 12 seniors every year based on academic performance and service to the community. As…
Read MoreHonors Thesis Bootcamp – January 10-12, 2024
Honors Thesis Bootcamp – January 10-12, 2024 Honors Juniors and Seniors, make the most of your winter break with us! Work on your thesis project with support from your peers, Honors staff, librarians, and one super supportive dog! The bootcamp is from 12pm to 5pm, the W/Th/F before spring semester starts. This is a time…
Read MoreTyler Aitken
Tyler Aitken My broadcasting skills improved exponentially this past summer. Over a 42-game season with the Syracuse Salt Cats, I had the most consistent play-by-play opportunities of my life. I was able to work on my craft while getting feedback from my fellow broadcasters as well as some of my on-campus mentors. Charlie Ben-Ami, a…
Read MoreEllen Clark
Ellen Clark I spent summer 2023 in Makhanda, South Africa, interning with Inkululeko, a global non-profit focusing on bridging the educational divide in South Africa. During the internship, I visited two different schools and worked with staff to create a mental health check-in program for the students at those schools. We also helped tutor and…
Read MoreJose Venegas
Jose Venegas I spent my summer at the Adolphe Merkle Research Institute in Switzerland, conducting research and development on perovskite solar cells. My professors, Andria Costello Staniec and Zhao Qin, both informed me about this opportunity and provided letters of recommendation. My work aimed to increase their long-term stability by increasing ion-migration resistance through bio-inspired…
Read MoreAlexis Taliento
Alexis Taliento This past summer, I pursued an internship in financial services at Bloomberg in New York City. Over the course of 10 weeks, I had the opportunity to dive deep into the financial technology industry and even network in their media department. I learned so much about finance and was able to do client-facing…
Read MoreGrace Engel
Grace Engel From May to August, I interned full time with Regeneron at the Rensselaer, NY location. This location is home to Industrial Operations and Product Supply, where I was a member of the Process Sciences Upstream Investigations Lab. Over the course of 10 weeks, I received guidance from my mentor Andrew Parnes as I…
Read MoreAnanya Chandra
Ananya Chandra This past summer, I worked for Haley & Aldrich of NY as a Civil/Environmental Engineering Intern. After earning my OSHA 40, I had the opportunity to perform field work at several remediation sites and visit community repositories to inform people about local cleanups. When I was not in the field sampling groundwater, performing…
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