Student Project Profiles
Monica Kemoli-Savanne, creator, Tangaza Magazine
Monica Kemoli-Savanne (the Bandier Program, 2020), created Tangaza Magazine to showcase the vibrancy of East African music. Tangaza focuses on contemporary and alternative music, and highlights East Africa’s urban and contemporary music scenes. Check out the magazine for more content and podcast series: tangazamagazine.com
Read More2019 Honors Thesis Prizes
2019 Honors Thesis Prizes The typical Honors Thesis Project is an outstanding piece of scholarly work. The threshold for receiving a prize, however, is extraordinarily high, and the choice is always difficult. Committees made up of faculty met to evaluate many outstanding projects, and determined prize recipients in five different categories: creative, humanities,…
Read MoreTattoo Culture: Ink in East Asia Symposium and Film Screening
Tattoo Culture: Ink in East Asia is an interdisciplinary undergraduate collaboration between Cynthia Wang (Public Relations and International Relations, 2019) and Gabrielle Marzolf (Television, Radio and Film and Political Science, 2019). Their work examines the historical context of stigma surrounding tattoos in China and Japan by presenting ethnographic interviews the pair filmed with tattoo artists and…
Read MoreLeonardo Marino’s Senior Thesis Composition Recital
On Sunday, November 11, in Crouse College auditorium, we enjoyed Leo Marino’s piano composition, “Year,” which consists of 8 movements representing different months and seasons, and plants found during those seasons. Congratulations to Leo on this achievement!
Read MoreHonors Students present at the 2018 McNair Scholars Research Symposium
Honors Students present at the 2018 McNair Scholars Research Symposium Two Honors seniors, Noelle Rowe ( Falk ’19) and Corbin Simenz (AS ’19) were among the 13 McNair Scholars who presented their research at the 2018 Summer Research Symposium on August 9 and 10, 2018. The presentations were the culmination of a 6-week long McNair…
Read MoreThe Work and Family Researchers Network Conference
The Work and Family Researchers Network Conference By: Danielle Lippman, ’19 Attending the Work and Family Researchers Network conference was a really amazing experience. I was there to give a poster present on work I am doing with a graduate student about the Sri Lankan immigrant experience. This grad student, Susima Weerakoon, has become a…
Read MoreHonors Students Head to Meeting of the Minds Conference
Honors Students Head to Meeting of the Minds Conference Six Syracuse undergraduates will participate in the 2018 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Meeting of the Minds conference April 6-8 at Boston College. The annual event is hosted by one of the 15 ACC member schools. A faculty panel selects the winners based on the academic quality of the…
Read MoreHonors Alumna and Students to Present at Meredith Symposium
Honors Alumnus and Students to Present at Meredith Symposium On Saturday, Nov. 4, A&S will host the Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Symposium in the Chemical and Biological Sciences from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Life Sciences Complex’s Breed Lecture Hall (room 105). The program will include two alumni keynote addresses and eight student…
Read MoreCrisis Text Line Benefit Festival
Crisis Text Line Benefit Festival What: Crisis Text Line Benefit Festival When: Wednesday, October 25th; doors at 6pm, music at 8pm Where: Funk N Waffles Downtown, 307-313 South Clinton St, Syracuse, NY Who: Laura Stevenson headlining, Cat Clyde direct support (bios linked below) Why: All proceeds will be donated to Crisis Text Line, a 24/7 crisis hotline via text. The…
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FibreFree Your favorite clothes may be polluting the world’s water supply. Synthetic clothing including polyester, acrylic and nylon fabrics release millions of microfibers every time they are washed. Even though they are too small to be seen by the naked eye, microfibers have become a massive problem and two undergraduates from the College of Engineering…
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