Alexander Metcalf is a 2021 Goldwater Scholar

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Alexander Metcalf is a 2021 Goldwater Scholar Honors junior, Alexander Metcalf ’22, is a recipient of the 2021 Goldwater Scholarship. Alexander is an aerospace engineering major in the College of Engineering and Computer Science. The Goldwater Scholarship is the most prestigious undergraduate scholarship awarded in the natural sciences, engineering and mathematics in the United States.…

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Honors Seniors are 2021 SU Scholars

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Honors Seniors are 2021 SU Scholars Five Honors students are among the twelve seniors who have been named as the 2021 Syracuse University Scholars, the highest undergraduate honor that the University bestows. The five Honors seniors are: Katelyn Bajorek, an anthropology and history major in the College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School…

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Honors Welcomes New Students

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Honors Welcomes New Students On Sunday February 7, the Honors program hosted a virtual welcome event for 54 new honors students. Many are first year students in their second semester at Syracuse University, while a few are sophomores. Collectively, this group of new Honors student is quite accomplished. They are involved in research projects that…

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Catherine Campbell ’22 On a Quest for Knowledge

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Honors junior, Catherine Campbell ’22 possesses a strong desire to learn—and it’s opened a world of new experiences for her. Whether she’s studying the interaction of proteins in a lab, leading a team of peer educators or hitting a Central New York hiking trail, her open-minded approach helps her take on challenges and gain an…

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New Anthology Showcases Creative Work by the Honors Community

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Students in Professor Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers Honors class created the Tell Your Story Walking anthology throughout the fall semester, and it’s now published on their website. The anthology’s first edition holds a collection of stories, poetry, visual art, and multimedia submitted by current and former honors students at Syracuse University. The new publication is dedicated…

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Gabriella Esposito ’22 Prepares for a Future in Finance

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Honors junior, Gabriella Esposito ’22, is laying the groundwork for her honors thesis project, exploring gender equity in financial services leadership and the historical role of women in the finance industry. Gabriella is a junior double majoring in finance and marketing management in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management. Her goal is to become…

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Honors Class Crochets to Give Back to the Community

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Students in Syeisha Byrd’s HNR 210: Crochet for a Cause are relieving stress by crocheting items for donation to the community. The class was recently featured on the local Spectrum news. Watch and read about this on Spectrum News.

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Eva Scott ’21 Explores a Winning Connection

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Honors senior, Eva Scott, is majoring in nutrition science in Falk College and studying the interconnectedness of individual, communal and environmental health. Inspired by the work of scientists at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry to develop a blight-tolerant line of the American chestnut tree, Scott studies uses of the chestnut as food.…

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