Posts by Allison Heppner
The 2019 Syracuse University Scholars
“Twelve seniors have been named as the 2019 Syracuse University Scholars, the highest undergraduate honor that the University bestows.” Quoted from the feature announcement by Kelly Homan Rodoski, Monday, April 8, 2019, Syracuse University News, Campus and Community. Read the full story: https://news.syr.edu/blog/2019/04/08/twelve-named-as-the-2019-syracuse-university-scholars/
Read MoreExploring the Russian Soul
Honors students and faculty experience a “Cossack” meal at the Green Gate Inn in Camillus, New York as part of the learning experience in the course, “The Russian Soul in Post- Revolutionary Russian Literature. This course explores authors, poets, dramatists and critics who continued the exploration of the Russian soul and exposed it to the rest…
Read MoreShatira Woods (2019) accepted in the American Sociological Association’s Honors Program
Shatira Woods (Sociology, Psychology and Neuroscience, 2019) has been been accepted into the 2019 American Sociological Association’s (ASA) Honors Program. As an ASA Honors student, Shatira will present her research at a round-table paper session in August at the ASA’s 114th Annual Meeting in New York. She will also take part in the meeting’s special events, including the Welcoming Party session…
Read MoreArts Without Borders
Honors course, Arts Without Borders, exposes students to diverse forms of Art throughout the semester. Here students visited the Everson Museum of Art to view the show “Female Artists over 60.” Students are pictured with Honors Deputy Director Kate Hanson and baby Sebastian. Photo by class instructor Jonathan English.
Read MoreAlumni Brianna Collins and Kate Marolf share about work, creativity and finding your professional path
Honors alumni Brianna Collins (Communications Design, 2010) and Deputy Director, Creative Content, Education for the Council on Foreign Relations and Kate Marolf (Communications Design, 2010) and Senior Graphic Designer and Manager for the Gap, met with students to talk about their professional trajectories, how to transfer skills and interests across diverse career paths, the intersections between education…
Read MoreSpring Research Presentations at the National Baseball Hall of Fame
In Professor Rick Burton’s fall Honors’ Baseball in American Culture course, students conduct a semester-long research project on a topic of their choice. Students then have the option of submitting their work to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, for presentation at the Hall’s annual Cooperstown Symposium. Papers by Professor Burton and…
Read MoreFilm Screening: A Plastic Ocean
Honors senior Katie Munster (Applied Mathematics/Information Management & Technology) presents a screening of the film A Plastic Ocean with an overview of her Honors Thesis research “An Analysis of Citizen Science and its Effect on Marine Plastic Pollution.” Film Screening: A Plastic Ocean Tuesday, February 26th, 6:30 PM, Shaffer 121
Read MoreRodney D. Sieh, Liberian investigative journalist, speaks with Honors students
On Tuesday, November 13th, Rodney D. Sieh, Liberian investigative journalist, spoke with students in the Honors course – Conceptualizing Human Rights. Mr. Sieh is founder and editor of FrontPage Africa, Liberia’s largest independent daily print and online newspaper. Mr. Sieh spoke about his work which exposed poor governance, limited accountability, and lack of transparency within Liberia,…
Read MoreDiwali, The Festival of Lights
The university community celebrated Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Lights on Thursday, November 8. Celebrants created 1700 radiant luminaries that lit up the Orange Grove for four hours during the evening. The festivities continued in Bowne Hall with Bollywood music, samosas, biryani, sweets and spiced chai. Nearly 300 students, faculty, and staff participated in the…
Read MoreMegan Phan Awarded the Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics
Megan Phan, Honors Program alumnus (Chemistry/Neuroscience, 2018), was awarded the 2018 First Prize in Ethics, from the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity. Her essay reflects on the Black Lives Matter and Blue Lives Matter social movements. The essay is written from the perspective of a police officer’s daughter. The Ethics Essay Contest provides a forum for college juniors and seniors to…
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