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2022 Thesis Prize Winners Announced
2022 Thesis Prize Winners Announced The Honors program recently hosted its annual Thesis Presentation Day, during which nearly 170 graduates shared their work. In their projects, a significant number of students conceptualized a better humanity—revitalizing Syracuse’s 15th ward, police reform, the use of biofuels, more responsible journalism, machine learning, “Happiness without Wall Street,” how transfer…
Read MoreA Joyful Convocation Celebrates Honors Graduates
A Joyful Convocation Celebrates Honors Graduates Members of the Honors community, Honors core faculty, esteemed deans and family and friends happily celebrated the graduation of nearly 170 Honors graduates in the class of 2022 on Friday, May 13th at the annual Honors Convocation in Hendricks Chapel. The graduates individually crossed the stage as their thesis…
Read MoreBurak Receives Chancellor’s Forever Orange Award
Burak Receives Chancellor’s Forever Orange Award The Chancellor’s Forever Orange Award is conferred on individual students, faculty or staff who—by virtue of extraordinary hard work, good values and commitment to excellence—embody the best of Syracuse University. This year’s recipients are Patricia Burak, part-time instructor of Russian literature in the College of Arts and Sciences and…
Read MoreCan Responsible Journalism Shape Climate Change?
Can Responsible Journalism Shape Climate Change? For his Honors thesis, Gaurav Shetty (journalism and international relations double major) is studying how the power of journalism can produce clarity in our understanding of climate change, and shape positive outcomes. Historically, climate change has proven challenging for journalists, Shetty says, because it lacks the immediacy that drives…
Read MoreTheoharis Examines School Equity, Pandemic Parenting
Theoharis Examines School Equity, Pandemic Parenting Honors Core Faculty George Theoharis is co-editor with Rebecca Lowenhaupt of the recently published book, Parenting in the Pandemic: The collision of school, work, and life at home, published by Information Age Press, Scottsdale, AZ. The edited volume consists of first-person essays written by education professors from around the…
Read MoreA Day at the MET
Honors Class Visits MET Professor Jim Watts and students in the Honors class Writing, Scripture Law visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET) in New York City in early April. Students have been studying the invention of ancient writing systems and the use of normative written texts in the history of economic administration, religion, and…
Read MoreStudents Tell Their Stories Walking
Students Tell Their Stories Walking Tell Your Story Walking is a collection of creative work by Syracuse University honors students and alumni, curated by current honors students. Guided by Honors instructor Jeffrey Pepper Rogers, Tell Your Story Walking is designed to create community by providing a platform for creative nonfiction, visual art, and multimedia to give…
Read MoreLiptrap Named 2022 NOAA-Hollings Scholar
Liptrap Named 2022 NOAA-Hollings Scholar Emma Liptrap, a sophomore civil engineering major in the College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS) is a recipient of a 2022 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship. Named for Sen. Ernest “Fritz” Hollings of South Carolina, the prestigious award provides tuition support ($9,500 per year)…
Read MoreBeggs Creates App; Jin Designs Space for Dialogue
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…
Read MoreHonors Community Examines Conflict & Loss
Honors Seminars Examine Conflict & Loss Refugee Communities in SyracuseAli Modabber, Immigration Legal Services Manager, Refugee Resettlement Services, was the guest speaker in Professor Roula Jneid’s course, Refugee Communities in Syracuse. The discussion focused on current policy proposals to help protected parolees gain citizenship. After Afghanistan fell to the Taliban, a fundamentalist religious group, the…
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