2019 Honors Thesis Prizes

2019 Thesis Prize Recipients

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,…

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Omo-Lamai, Rosenblum Named Class of 2020 Senior Class Marshals

Head shots of Serena and Kyle

Honors juniors,  Serena Omo Lamai and Kyle Rosenblum,  have been named 2020 Senior Class Marshals. As Senior Class Marshals, Omo-Lamai and Rosenblum will represent and lead their class during Syracuse University’s 166th Commencement ceremony. Honors junior, Emerson Womble, majoring in citizenship and civic engagement, economics and political science and minoring in Spanish in the College of…

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Maxwell in Washington

Portrait of Justices of Supreme Court

Information Session Monday, September 24th 5:00pm in Eggers 060 Every year Honors students find valuable experiences in this program. Find out more and see if you should apply. Application is open now through October 1st  

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Honors Fall Welcome Dinner

On Sunday, August 26, the Honors Program was pleased to host over 260 first year students at its annual Fall Welcome Dinner at the Sheraton Syracuse hotel.  Students sat with their HNR 100 sections and enjoyed conversations with their classmates, professor and TA. Several upperclassmen reflected on their experience in Honors, including Rob Blecher ’20,…

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Honors Students present at the 2018 McNair Scholars Research Symposium

Noelle Rowe during her presentation 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…

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Santita Ebangwese (ECS ’19) named to Preseason All-ACC volleyball team

Santita in action during a volleyball game

Santita Ebangwese (ECS ’19) named to Preseason All-ACC volleyball team Honors bioengineering senior, Santita Ebangwese (ECS ’19), has been named to the Preseason All-ACC volleyball team for the second-straight season.  Following a First Team All-ACC campaign last season, Ebangwese is one of 18 players from 10 different schools named to the list.  Last season Ebangwese…

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Honors students Receive Fulbright UK Summer Institute Grants to Study Abroad this Summer

Portraits of Alaina Marra and Brittney Loper

  Honors students Receive Fulbright UK Summer Institute Grants to Study Abroad this Summer Two honors students, Alaina Marra and Brittney Loper,  are among the four Syracuse University students  who have been named as student cultural ambassadors through the US-UK Fulbright Commission’s UK Summer Institute program.  Marra, a freshman in the School of Architecture, will…

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Honors Students Named as 2018 – 2019 Remembrance Scholars

Picture of a past Remembrance scholar laying a rose on the Remembrance wall

Syracuse University’s Remembrance Scholar Selection Committee has chosen the 35 students who will be the 2018-19 Remembrance Scholars.  More than half of these new scholars are Honors students. Remembrance Scholars are chosen in their junior year through a rigorous, competitive process. Applicants write three essays as part of a comprehensive application, and finalists are interviewed…

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