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WRT 209 Interactive Poster Session Event
Who: Honors WRT 209 Students What: Interactive poster session When: Thursday April 28th, 6:45-8pm (Open house style) Where: Keech Classroom (Room 011) in the Life Sciences Building The Honors WRT 209 class has been hard at work this semester researching topics within the field of “Science in Society.” Come see the fruits of our efforts and join…
Read MoreHonors Students Win STEM Research Award
Congratulations to Samantha Usman (AS ’16) and Snigdha Chatterjee (AS ’17), first place winners of the Norma Slepecky Undergraduate Research Prize for 2016. Snigdha works in the Raina Lab here at Syracuse University identifying the genetic pathways that plants utilize to cope with biotic and abiotic stresses. The long-term goal of research in the Raina…
Read MoreSilence Weighs more than the Blank Page
We have all been in a situation where our responsibilities are piling up, we feel freaked-out and out-of-control, and we start despairing. The immediate future doesn’t look inviting—we dread the upcoming weeks of slogging through work while the sun is shining outside. Sometimes the stress of this situation can cause us to freeze up in…
Read MoreHonors Senior Leah Garlock’s Capstone Exhibition Opens this Weekend!
A note from Leah to the Honors community: Defining I: Reflections on Adoption and Identity is a multimedia presentation of my Capstone Research. I hope you can join me at my opening reception at ArtRage Gallery on Saturday, March 26, from 7:00-9:00PM. The exhibit runs through April 1. Defining I: Reflections of Adoption &…
Read MoreStarting Over, Proactively
Spring break affords us a small, refreshing breath in the middle of a marathon semester. While our pursuits are numerous and it feels as though we barely had a break, we might find some rest or some change over this way-too-short week. Coming back is difficult–we know that March and April will fly by at…
Read MoreCome Have Recess with us!
The Honors Student Advisory Board is proud to bring you Recess! Recess coffee baristas will be in the Honors suite whipping up your favorite coffee drinks (lattes, macchiatos etc…) so come ready to be caffeinated*. There will also be scones, cookies, etc… munchies on hand so you can pair your frothy creation with a perfect treat. It’s…
Read MoreCan’t Beat These Sounds!
Students who took “Inside the Words and Music” last fall with Jeffery Pepper Rodgers had a chance to do archival research and create 90 seconds of music history. 90 seconds? Yes, that’s how long a Sound Beat segment lasts. Sound Beat is a daily show that highlights holdings of the Belfer Audio Archive, a part of the…
Read MoreCFSA Profile: Rachel Bass and CLS in Oman
Most people look for ways to escape the heat in the summer. Honors student Rachel Bass (’16, A&S) had to embrace it. Rachel spent this past summer studying in Oman, on the southeastern corner of the Arabian Peninsula, where the temperature routinely climbs above 110 degrees. She was there on the Critical Language Scholarship sponsored by…
Read MoreHonors Junior to Present Plant Biology Research
Congratulations to Snigdha Chatterjee (A&S ’17), who was awarded a Travel Grant by the American Society of Plant Biologists to present her work at the “Plant Biology 2016” meeting in Austin, TX, the largest annual international Plant Biology Conference in the world. She is the only undergraduate student in the nation to receive this award! Snigdha’s…
Read MoreFuture Academy Award Winner? Meet Veronica Ortiz
While we in Honors don’t have a red carpet, we do have many talented filmmakers in our midst… The short film Crown-Wise Award winner Veronica Ortiz (Newhouse ’16) is making for her Capstone project has wrapped. There’s a good deal of post-production work be be done, and after that the submission of her Capstone and…
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