Courses
Art in Life Class Engages with CNY Artists
Honors students in Prof. Ellen Blalock’s Art in Life: CNY Artists class have an opportunity visit art exhibitions in the Syracuse area and meet with various artistes in Central New York. In early September, they visited the Yoko Ono exhibition at the Everson Museum in Syracuse, NY. This exhibition has several works of art that…
Read MoreBaseball in American Culture
Honors Core Faculty Professor Rick Burton (third from right) poses with his HNR 340 class (Baseball in American Culture) on the steps of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, NY on October 11. Each year, Professor Burton’s class visits the Hall of Fame and meets with Erik Strohl, the Hall’s Vice…
Read MoreInstructor and Mentor, Prof. Bill Peace
We are sad to share with our community that our friend and teacher, Prof. Bill Peace died Tuesday, July 2nd. He was with his partner and son. Prof. Peace taught two popular and influential classes in Honors, “Body Art and Modification” and “From Prenatal Testing to Alzheimer’s: Issues in Bioethics and Disability”. In the description…
Read MoreAlumni Spotlight: Celina Rosita Tousignant (A & S/PC, 2009)
Alumni Spotlight: Celina Rosita Tousignant (A & S/PC, 2009) What are you currently doing? Currently, I am working as a project manager at Mission Lane, a new financial services company founded in January providing credit cards to the subprime market with a focus on fair and clear products. I oversee the firm’s larger projects,…
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 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 MoreAnd Justice for All…?
And Justice for All…? “Cripping” the Comic Con 2019 Saturday, April 13, 2019 * 9:00 AM – 8:00 PM Syracuse University – Schine Student Center Our sixth “Cripping” the Comic Con — “And Justice for All…?” — focuses on disability justice, freedom of expression, and comics culture in today’s world. *Graphic Memoirs and Disability *Design…
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 MoreHonors Alum, Alexander Weiss (ECS ’12), Reflects on the Influence of an Honors class
Honors Alum, Alexander Weiss (ECS ’12), Reflects on the Influence of an Honors class Alexander R. Weiss (ECS ’12) has a library full of books and journals, from arcane treatises on science and engineering to timeless works of literature and philosophy. One book he holds dear is The New York Times Bestseller “The Brain That…
Read MoreHonors Professor Sally Wagner comments on “The Year of the Woman”
Forbes recently asked Honors professor Sally Roesch Wagner to weigh in on this year’s mid-term election, which has been dubbed “The Year of the Woman.” In the article, Roesch Wagner shares some little-known stories from the women’s suffrage movement including how Frederick Douglass assisted, the role of Matilda Joslyn Gage, and Haudenosaunee women’s historical right…
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