Honors Faculty
Honors Students Visit National Baseball Hall of Fame
Honors Students Visit National Baseball Hall of Fame In October, students from Professor Rick Burton’s HNR 340, Baseball and American Culture course visited the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY. Hall of Fame archivist Cassidy Lent gave students a behind-the-scenes look at the museum’s Giamatti Research Center where they viewed historic reference materials,…
Read MoreHonors Core Faculty Share Their Research Experiences With First Year Students
Honors Core Faculty Share Their Research Experiences Honors core faculty held research talks with first year students in Sadler Hall from Monday October 4th through Thursday October 7th. The research talks set the stage for the research fair, as faculty shared their professional journeys with first year students. They discussed their early explorations of many…
Read MoreHonors Hosts Annual Research Fair
Honors Hosts Annual Research Fair On a beautiful Friday kicking off Family Weekend, Honors hosted the annual student Research Fair in the Bowne Hall 3rd Floor Atrium, where a hearty to-go lunch was served. Research is a critical part of the Honors experience, and 18 seniors in the Honors Program devoted their time with juniors…
Read MoreMemoirs of a Ukrainian Soviet Dissident
Memoirs of a Ukrainian Soviet Dissident The Honors Program, Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics and the Center for European Studies hosted author and Vice-Rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, Ukraine and GULAG survivor, Dr. Myron Marynovych for a lecture in September. He shared his story of life in the Gulag in Ukraine…
Read MoreProf. Burton publishes guest column in Sportico
Prof. Burton publishes a guest column in Sportico Honors core faculty member, Prof. Rick Burton, recently published a guest column in Sportico. Prof. Burton teaches an Honors class on Baseball in American Culture and a recent class trip to the the NBT Stadium inspired his column titled, Baseball Reflects America – Labor Strive May Reveal…
Read MoreCritical Fat Studies Seminar Attracts Global Audience
Critical Fat Studies Seminar Attracts Global Audience Harriet Brown, Professor, Magazine, News & Digital Journalism, moderated the October 24th virtual event, “‘But Those People Are Disgusting!’: A Seminar on Fat Critical Studies.” Audience members attended from the SU campus, other universities, the Icelandic Ministry of Health, and beyond. More than 100 attendees zoomed in for…
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