Thesis
what she inherited
what she inherited Please join senior Asa Rogers at her installation, what she inherited: an installation exploring mother daughter relationships being held in Shaffer Art Building room 102 on May 10th-12th from 10:30am to 7:00pm with meet the artist times running from 5pm to 7pm, and again May 13th from 10:30am to 4pm with meet…
Read MoreFrom Generation to Generation
From Generation to Generation The day Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) began, CNN published an excerpt from Emily Steinberger’s Honors thesis, L’dor V’dor: From Generation to Generation — an exploration of her family’s escape from persecution during the Holocaust. Both sides of Emily’s family fled from Eastern Europe, bringing with them photographs, documents and memories…
Read MoreSenior Art Exhibition
Senior Art Exhibition Studio art major Maddie Chiarolanzio will hold her senior art exhibition Friday, March 31st from 4:30pm-6:30pm in the Comstock Art Building, Room 044 and the work will remain up for viewing through April 2nd. The exhibition aims explore the concept of growing up and one’s loss of innocence, which occurs through the…
Read MoreWrite With Honors!
Write With Honors! Come to the Honors suite Friday, March 31st for the first session of an exciting new Honors Thesis Writing Workshop. Aimed particularly at juniors and sophomores, the workshop will cover brainstorming thesis ideas, planning your project, and navigating writer’s block. There will also be pizza in the suite on Friday. This is…
Read MoreDecember Presentation Day
December Presentation Day Please join us Tuesday, December 13th for Presentation Day for our December graduates.
Read More“I Smiled As I Died”
“I Smiled As I Died” Tara Sandlin’s honors thesis, a multi-media performance on gendered violence in the Bible entitled “I Smiled As I Died,” will be performed on Saturday, December 10 at 5 pm in Hendricks Chapel. Tara’s program features music, poetry, and textile art inspired by two stories of physical and structural gendered violence…
Read MoreTarley’s Research Leads her to Hopkins for MPH
Tarley’s Research Leads her to Hopkins for MPH Honors alum Dorbor Tarley ’22, Human Development and Family Science graduate, utilized her thesis opportunity to explore inequity in maternal health care, with the intention that her findings would help improve care for Black women. Dorbor’s researched focused on the positive impact of community-oriented health centers. With…
Read More2022 Thesis Prize Winners Announced
2022 Thesis Prize Winners Announced The Honors program recently hosted its annual Thesis Presentation Day, during which nearly 170 graduates shared their work. In their projects, a significant number of students conceptualized a better humanity—revitalizing Syracuse’s 15th ward, police reform, the use of biofuels, more responsible journalism, machine learning, “Happiness without Wall Street,” how transfer…
Read MoreCan Responsible Journalism Shape Climate Change?
Can Responsible Journalism Shape Climate Change? For his Honors thesis, Gaurav Shetty (journalism and international relations double major) is studying how the power of journalism can produce clarity in our understanding of climate change, and shape positive outcomes. Historically, climate change has proven challenging for journalists, Shetty says, because it lacks the immediacy that drives…
Read MoreUpcoming Honors Funding Application Deadlines
Upcoming Honors Funding Application Deadlines Are you planning to apply for Honors Funding this spring semester? Mark your calendar for the following application deadlines: Thesis Funding The Honors Program thesis funding application is administered in collaboration with the Office of Undergraduate Research (SOURCE). Honors students can be awarded up to $5,000 to offset costs associated…
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