Students Go the Distance in Annual Thesis Bootcamp

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Students Go the Distance in Annual Thesis Bootcamp In mid-January, eight juniors and seniors attended the week-long thesis writing bootcamp, an Honors annual event. Thesis bootcamp is intended to provide a quiet and collaborative space where students make progress on their theses and set goals before the semester begins. Students receive guidance from a librarian…

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Dr. Hall Awarded”Spirit of Service” Award

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Dr. Hall Awarded “Spirit of Service” Award   Dr. Karen Hall, Assistant Director, Honors, is a 2022 recipient of The Arthur O. Eve Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) and TRIOs Student Support Services (SSS) Spirit of Service Award.  The award was established to honor extraordinary members of the Syracuse University community who have supported the efforts…

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Beggs Creates App; Jin Designs Space for Dialogue

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Projects Explore Human Cognition, Connection In less than one month, more than 100 seniors will submit their final thesis projects. Seniors Dara Hui Jinn, Architecture, Fiona Powers Beggs, Computer Science and Neuroscience, and Mohamed Khan, History and Public Health, recently shared their research with Honors faculty. Fiona’s thesis project is a combination of mobile application…

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Explore Sport, History and Culture in Australia

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Explore Sport, History and Culture in Australia Honors students are invited apply to Professor Rick Burton’s short term study abroad experience: SPM 300/SOC 300 Australia: Sport, History and Culture. Students will be offered Australia’s unique opportunities to experience a rich cultural exchange and fascinating historical exploration…all mixed with a population’s passionate love for sport that…

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Honors Welcomes New Students

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Honors Welcomes New Students The Renée Crown University Honors Program welcomes our newest members. Fifty-eight students joined our program in January, 2022. Their places of origin span the globe; from Skaneateles Falls to Saint Paul to San Paulo to Shanghai and beyond. Their emerging research interests include the “impact of China’s economic industries and recent…

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Sareta Gladson is a 2018 SMART Scholar

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Sareta Gladson is a 2018 SMART Scholar Sareta Gladson, a freshman aerospace engineering major in the College of Engineering and Computer Science from San Pedro, California, and a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program, was recently named a recipient of a Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship from the U.S. Department…

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Writing Tip: Seek Critical Feedback 

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All writing will eventually reach a reader.  Thus, good writers learn to keep their audience in mind as they write and revise. (Successful writers revise.) Such writers know the importance of feedback—they seek out readers and ask for opinions. They solicit advice on what is interesting and what is not. They choose readers who can…

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Silence Weighs more than the Blank Page

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We have all been in a situation where our responsibilities are piling up, we feel freaked-out and out-of-control, and we start despairing. The immediate future doesn’t look inviting—we dread the upcoming weeks of slogging through work while the sun is shining outside. Sometimes the stress of this situation can cause us to freeze up in…

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Give Us More Homework!

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This was a common cry among students enrolled in HNR 309, “Capstone Project Planning Seminar.” All the members in the class found an advisor, crafted a topic, and completed their Capstone Proposal. Students said, “I feel much more prepared for the Capstone Project and it no longer feels insurmountable,” and “I am way more informed about…

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