Honors Faculty Moderate Newhouse Discussions

featured speakers Strings and Farrell

Honors Faculty Moderate Newhouse Discussions Honors core faculty Melissa Chessher, interim associate dean for inclusivity, diversity, equity and accessibility, moderates the discussion, “Storytelling and Identity: Capturing Black and Brown Excellence,” on September 10 at noon, Newhouse 3, Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium. Featured on the panel are Angela Bundrant ’89, executive vice president, Rogers & Cowan PMK;…

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Welcome Honors Class of ’25!

photo of 5 new Honors students

Honors is thrilled to welcome more than 250 new students to the program! The Honors staff enjoyed meeting families as they helped with move-in at Sadler, where the Honors Learning Community resides. Staff were delighted to meet so many students and families who visited during our Open House. The Honors team is excited to support…

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2021 Honors Thesis Prize Recipients

Alec Thompson

2021 Honors Thesis Prize Recipients The Honors Thesis Project is an outstanding piece of scholarly work. The threshold for receiving a prize is extraordinarily high, and the selection process is quite challenging. Faculty committees evaluated many outstanding projects, and determined prize recipients in five categories: creative, humanities, social sciences, natural sciences & engineering, and professional.…

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Honors Thesis Presentations, Monday, May 17

Honors Research Fair Fall 2019

Honors Thesis Presentations, Monday, May 17 Join us to support Honors graduating seniors as they virtually present the research and creative projects they have completed for their Honors Thesis. Date: Monday, May 17 Time: 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Schedule and Links will be available on the Honors website on Friday, May 14.

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Honors Convocation, Friday, May 21

Grad Cap Quotes: Nevertheless, She Persisted

Honors Convocation, Friday, May 21 Congratulations Honors Class of 2021! The Honors Program convocation will be presented virtually at 3 p.m. ET on Friday May 21, and the recording posted on the Honors website, thereafter. Please join us to celebrate the Class of 2021. More information about how to access the virtual convocation will be…

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Breitbeck, Storino are Class of 2022 Senior Class Marshals

Ava Breitbeck and Morgan Storino

Breitbeck, Storino are Class of 2022 Senior Class Marshals  Honors juniors, Ava Breitbeck and Morgan Storino have been selected as as the Class of 2022 Senior Class Marshals. In this role, Breitbeck and Storino serve as the all-University representatives for their graduating class and will lead Syracuse University’s 168th Commencement ceremony. Senior Class Marshals are…

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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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