Students
What are they doing in there…..
If you drop by the Honors suite on a Tuesday between 11 and noon, you’ll see that the library is FULL of people and the table is covered in….yarn! That would be the HNR 210 Knitting with a Purpose class. This hands-on class teaches students basic knitting skills so that the group can create items to…
Read MoreGive Us More Homework!
This was a common cry among students enrolled in HNR 309, “Capstone Project Planning Seminar.” All the members in the class found an advisor, crafted a topic, and completed their Capstone Proposal. Students said, “I feel much more prepared for the Capstone Project and it no longer feels insurmountable,” and “I am way more informed about…
Read MoreSing a Song
Come join us for a night of entertainment and musical discovery! From the guitarist you saw at Funk ‘N Waffles to the girl you sit next to every day in Writing 205, SU is full of musical talent, well-known and unknown. For the eighth consecutive year, the SU Songwriter Showcase will be giving you a…
Read MoreCivic-Minded
Remember your HNR 100 class? A group of this year’s new Honors students went to The Northeast Community Center for an introduction to the Syracuse community and civic engagement. They are even going to log their hours together to learn the (very simple) process! Did you know we had a Civic Blog that features all the…
Read MoreGive and Take
Senior Terry Jones (VPA ’16) received the exciting news that his film, “Give and Take” is an official selection in the LA Skins Fest. Terry, a member of the Seneca wolf clan, filmed the short on the Onondaga Nation in Nedrow, just south of Syracuse. In the film, a linguistic anthropologist travels to a nearby…
Read MoreOh the Places She’ll Go
Madeleine Durbin (AS ’16) was recently profiled in The Syracuse University News. Maddi is an international relations major (IR) with double minors in geography and global political economy. She plans to spend a year in Africa and then to take all of her knowledge and experience to law school and to one day have a career in human rights…
Read MoreExploring the Wonders of Bird
The title of Prof. Samuel Gorovitz’s class, “Beautiful Minds” (HNR 340) comes from Sylvia Nasar’s award-winning biography of Nobel Laureate John Nash. Given the context that Nash suffered from serious mental illness and spent much time as a psychiatric patient, Prof. Gorovitz and his class ask whether Nash’s mind would or should be considered a…
Read MoreSpring Classes Are Posted!
Have you heard?! We have posted the Honors courses available for spring semester. Go read about the amazing classes and instructors you could be a part of. Go now! Go fast! Click
Read MoreDigital Commoners at the Clinton Global Initiative
Students in Dave Reilly’s honors seminar this semester, Public Intellectuals and the Digital Commons, are expecting virtual visits to the class by some prominent public intellectuals. Slate’s Chief Political Correspondent Jamelle Bouie, the chair of the Philosophy Department at San Jose State University, ethicist and “lapsed chemist” Janet Stemwedel, and one of the web’s most…
Read MoreFamily Weekend Open House
Family Weekend is coming up! We’d like to invite you and your visiting families to an Open House on Friday here in the Honors suite; we’ll have light refreshments and it will be a great opportunity to mingle with Honors students and staff. Honors Family Weekend Open House Friday, September 25th 1:30-3:30 PM 306…
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