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Series features Prof. Calvar’s Original Composition
Series features Prof. Calvar’s Original Composition Hendrick’s Chapel’s “Music and Message” series is featuring four world premiere performances this spring semester. Among the premieres, on Thursday, March 10th there will be a performance of “Mass of Reconciliation” for choir and jazz/funk band. This piece was composed by Honors core faculty José “Peppie” Calvar, associate professor…
Read MoreHonors Student Selected for Kaish Fellowship
Honors Student Selected for Kaish Fellowship Honors student Elizabeth Su, biomedical engineering and neuroscience, was recently selected as first Kaish Fellow with the Syracuse University Art Museum. Syracuse University alumni and prominent artists Luise ’46, G’51 and Morton ’49 Kaish made a major gift to the university, the Luise and Morton Kaish Gallery Endowed Fund, that included the establishment of the Kaish…
Read MoreMurray ’22 Named ‘Unsung Hero’
Murray ’22 Named ‘Unsung Hero’ The 37th annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Committee has announced the 2022 Unsung Hero Award winners. Honors senior Nathena Murray, a senior medicinal chemistry and neuroscience major, was named among two Syracuse University students selected for the award. The Unsung Hero Award is given to community members,…
Read MoreHonors Class Examines Energy and Climate Impacts
Honors Class Examines Energy and Climate Impacts This spring semester, students in Professor Peter Plumley’s class, Science and the Public, will engage in regional and national forums with a focus on energy and climate impact. Students will read and report from the recently published book by environmentalist and climate activist Paul Hawken, Regeneration: Ending the…
Read MoreHonors Students Judge, Plumley Leads!
Honors Students Judge, Plumley Directs Local Science Fair This semester, Honors students will have the privilege of officiating student projects at the Central New York Student STEM competition in March. These students will serve as volunteer judges for the 4th-6th grade levels during this competitive, annual competition, scheduled for March. This fair allows local students…
Read MoreHonors Welcomes New Students
Honors Welcomes New Students The Renée Crown University Honors Program welcomes our newest members. Fifty-eight students joined our program in January, 2022. Their places of origin span the globe; from Skaneateles Falls to Saint Paul to San Paulo to Shanghai and beyond. Their emerging research interests include the “impact of China’s economic industries and recent…
Read MoreShare your Work at Inaugural Social Justice Symposium
Share your Work at Inaugural Social Justice Symposium The Renee Crown University Honors program is delighted to co-host the first annual Social Differences, Social Justice Symposium. The Symposium will be held in-person and virtually (hybrid) on March 31, 2022. Research scholars, including students, are invited to apply to present their work, performances, and other forms of…
Read MoreCall for Proposals for “Performing Identities”
Call for Proposals for “Performing Identities Across Cultures” Performing Identities Across Cultures (PICS) is looking for student and faculty performance artists of all crafts to submit proposals for Performing Identities Across Cultures (PICS.) PICS is a CUSE grant-funded performance initiative at Syracuse University through the Language Matters program. Performance artists are invited to contribute a…
Read MoreHonors Students Share Wit and Wonder in Stand-Up
Honors Students Share Wit and Wonder in Stand-Up Six Honors students who participated in Professor Ken Frieden’s Honors class, Writing and Performing Monologues, recently share their comedic and dramatic work in “Six Monologues” on Youtube. Monologues are everywhere you look today–TikTok, Instagram, Twitter. The students were inspired by the pandemic to produce their own creative…
Read MoreRose Hodges ’24 Selected for Lender Center Fellowship
Rose Hodges ’24 Selected for Lender Center Fellowship Honors student Rose Hodges was recently selected as one of the student fellows who will participate in the 2021-23 Lender Center for Social Justice Fellowship. During this fellowship, which lasts through Spring 2023, Rose will work with Dr. Seyeon Lee on the “Access to Wellness” project. A…
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