Burton authors Guest Column for Sportico

portrait of Rick Burton

Honors Core Faculty Rick Burton recently authored a guest column, “MLB’s All-Star Brawl Shows Sports Can’t Escape Modern Politics” for Sportico. Burton, David B. Falk Professor of Sport Management and former commissioner of Australia’s National Basketball League, teaches Baseball and American Culture for the Honors program every fall semester. Burton shares his views on the…

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Virtual Living Library Event Shares Life Stories

April 7, 2021 Noon to 5p.m. on ZOOM Living books—SU faculty, staff, and students from a variety of campus departments and programs as well as others from the local community—will engage in one-on-one conversations with readers from different cultural backgrounds who share their life stories for 20 minutes at a time. For more information, visit…

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Honors COVID-19 Symposium

Honors COVID 19 Symposium Flier

Transformative Resiliency Building: Multi-Disciplinary Responses to the Covid-19 Pandemic On February 26, the Honors Program hosted its first symposium in the spring semester, in collaboration with the Office of Diversity and Inclusion. The Transformative resiliency building: Multi-disciplinary responses to the Covid-19 pandemic symposium, which was part of the Race and Equity Symposium, brought together Syracuse…

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Master Class: Just Write & Production

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Cedric T. Bolton, M.S.Ed. February 17, 2021 6:00PM-8:00PM Learn the mindset of how creatives include equity through spoken word poetry and music production. Creatives utilize soundtracks, writer’s prompts, and music production to reach a global audience. Students will gain access to lyrics, album reviews, producing tracks, and the uploads to sites to support creative independent…

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In Memory of Trevor Daley Pierce ’24

Trevor Pierce

We are sad to learn of the tragic passing of Trevor Pierce, a freshman student in the Honors Program.  Although Trevor had only just arrived at Syracuse University as a Freshman, he had engaged with his academics and interests. Trevor had already published a website about his experience, interests, and goals in his Honors Orientation…

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Maxwell in Washington

Learn how Washington (policy making) works and explore careers through a semester in DC with Maxwell in Washington! Information Session Wednesday, September 16 @ 5:00pm via Zoom Hear from Past Participants Meet the Director Ask Questions Apply for Spring 2021 by Sunday, September 27 Join Zoom Meeting https://syracuseuniversity.zoom.us/j/99789332498?pwd=T2JySEkyemNkTHVBbnV1d1YxdnJjQT09 Meeting ID: 997 8933 2498 Passcode: 449928…

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Paige Koss is named 2021 Senior Class Marshall

2021 Senior Class Marshalls

Honors rising senior, Paige Koss, has been named as one of two 2021 Class Marshalls. A prestigious honor for two seniors, Senior Class Marshals exemplify academic achievement, campus and community involvement, and Orange spirit. The selection process, managed by ESE, includes an application, recommendations, an essay and an interview. The Senior Class Marshals not only…

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Black and White: Narratives of the Civil Rights Movement

Feb 10, 2020, 10:00 AM to Mar 28, 2020, 4:00 PM Community Folk Art Center (CFAC) The exhibition developed from the Fall 2019 African American Studies and Honors seminar, Photography of the Civil Rights Era, taught by Professor Joan Bryant. Student curators, representing schools and colleges from across the University, are: Adiba Alam, Rachel Behrent,…

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Honors Thesis Exhibition — Please Come!

Please join Shannon Ferguson and the Honors Community at her thesis exhibition Smith Hall 117 Opening Reception February 7, 2020 5-8pm  This exhibition showcases interactive and multi-sensory works that deal with touch in relation to other senses, particularly sound. Topics explored in these works include the ideas physical interactions with strangers in relation to wanted…

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