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New Honors Program Director The College of Arts and Sciences has named Danielle Taana Smith director of the Renée Crown University Honors Program. Smith, who was selected after a national search, comes to Syracuse from the Rochester Institute of Technology, where she is a professor of sociology and director of the school’s honors program. Her initial term of…

Sawyer Appointed to Honors Program Core Faculty Roster School of Information Studies (iSchool) professor Steven Sawyer has been appointed as a core faculty member of Syracuse University’s Renée Crown Honors Program. His term will run through the spring semester of 2020. Honors Core faculty members help to shape Honors Program curriculum and policy, and assist…

Honors Student Pursues Research through NSF-Funded Program Mathematics major Danika Van Niel ’18 conducted original research in algebraic geometry last summer within the Mathematics Department at Purdue University. In the process, she learned what a career in mathematics research involves—and discovered more about herself. Van Niel, a member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program and a…

Cameron MacPherson Named as University’s First Mitchell Scholar Cameron MacPherson ’16, a graduate student in Pan African studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named a recipient of the prestigious George J. Mitchell Scholarship for graduate study in Ireland. He is Syracuse University’s first Mitchell Scholar. MacPherson is one of only 12 U.S.…

Steve Kuusisto Writes Tribute to Corky, His First Guide Dog When poet Stephen Kuusisto, a University Professor in Cultural Foundations of Education in the School of Education and a faculty member in the Renee Crown Honors Program, decided to train with a guide dog at age 39 he had no idea the decision would change every aspect…

Honors Student Recognized for PPIA Internship   Chizobam Nwagwu ’18 spent an intensive seven weeks as a Public Policy and International Affairs Program fellow at the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs. The summer institute program—with its three graduate courses, networking opportunities and   site visits that showed career possibilities—cemented her goals for her future.…

Honors Student & Remembrance Scholar Hosts this Week’s ‘Cuse Cast Remembrance Scholar Alex Alvarez ’18 anchors this week’s ’Cuse Cast, with details on Remembrance Week activities.  Watch the video here!

Honors Core Faculty Member Named 2017 Judith Seinfeld Scholar Awardees A Dean’s Associate Professor and chair of the reading and language arts center in the School of Education, Haddix received the Seinfeld Scholar Award in recognition of both her past accomplishments and her promising potential for greater achievements ahead. Read more about this Honors Core Faculty Member…

Honors Students in the Spotlight for Humanities Research “Emma Ettinger ’17 is a self-professed “Shakespeare nerd.” Before graduating in May, she produced a seven-woman play, adapted from 10 of the Bard’s histories. “And the Women Cried” evolved into her Capstone Project in the Renée Crown University Honors Program, and enjoyed a weeklong run on campus by…