Burak Receives Chancellor’s Forever Orange Award

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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…

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Can Responsible Journalism Shape Climate Change?

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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…

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Theoharis Examines School Equity, Pandemic Parenting

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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…

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Liptrap Named 2022 NOAA-Hollings Scholar

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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)…

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Madison Tyler Named 2022 Beinecke Scholar

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Madison Tyler Named 2022 Beinecke Scholar Madison Tyler ’23, a junior double major in African American studies and English (film and screen studies track) in the College of Arts and Sciences, is a recipient of a 2022 Beinecke Scholarship. The award provides graduate funding and mentorship for juniors in the arts, humanities or social sciences.…

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Maggie Sardino Receives Fulbright Award

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Maggie Sardino Receives Fulbright Canada Mitacs Globalink Program Award Honors junior, Maggie Sardino, is the recipient of a 2022 award through the Fulbright Canada Mitacs Globalink Program. Sardino is a writing and rhetoric major in the College of Arts and Sciences and citizenship and civic engagement major in the Maxwell School. The  Fulbright Canada Mitacs Globalink…

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Benjamin and Williams Named PPIA Fellows

2022 PPIA Fellows

Benjamin and Williams Named 2022 PPIA Fellows Two Honors juniors, Maya Benjamin and Hailey Williams, are among the four Syracuse University students who have been selected to participate in the highly competitive Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA) junior summer institutes. PPIA fellows are rising seniors who are committed to pursuing a master’s degree in…

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Matthew Cufari and Ellen Jorgensen are 2022 Goldwater Scholars

2022 Goldwater Scholars

Matthew Cufari and Ellen Jorgensen are 2022 Goldwater Scholars Honors juniors, Matthew Cufari and Ellen Jorgensen, are among the three Syracuse University students who have been selected for the 2022 Goldwater Scholarship, the most prestigious undergraduate scholarship awarded in the natural sciences, engineering and mathematics in the United States. The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence…

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Nine Honors Seniors Named 2022 University Scholars

2022 Syracuse University Scholars

Nine Honors Seniors Named 2022 University Scholars Nine Honors students are among the twelve seniors who have been named as the 2022 Syracuse University Scholars, the highest undergraduate honor that the University bestows. The Honors seniors include: Erik Bakken, an architecture major in the School of Architecture; Julia Chou, an architecture major in the School…

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Pulitzer Prize-winning Alum Speaks to Honors Class

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Pulitzer Prize-winning Alum Speaks to Honors Class Honors students in Prof. Margaret Thompson’s spring HNR 360 White Nationalism/Right Populism in Modern America class read the book, Rising out of Hatred by Eli Saslow and had a chance to speak with the author. Saslow, SU Class of 2004, is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for the Washington…

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