Capstone
Advice to Illustrators
John McGowan (VPR ’14) created a one-artist anthology comic, consisting of the first chapter of a serialized story, The Turkey Avenger, a series of autobiographical comic strips, and a collection of developmental material from the two projects for his Capstone, “Millennial Rust.” His advice is sharp and to the point, just like his drawings. Start your…
Read MoreMore Risk = Better Payoff
Sarah Carlson Cassell (VPD ’14) produced and performed in a full-length, two-act musical for her Capstone, “Bat Boy: The Musical”. The show is a high camp, oddball piece which is about exactly what it sounds like – a boy who is part bat. The musical is quirky, but her advice couldn’t be more straight forward. Your…
Read MoreTo All Engineers: I did it, and so can you!
Gianna M. Curcio’s (EC ’14) Capstone resides within the field of Aging and Rehabilitation Engineering. After surveying city sidewalks, family gatherings, and hospital waiting rooms, Gianna saw the abundant need for more effective mobility aids. Gianna’s project sought to redesign the walker from both her mechanical engineering and sculptural perspectives. Her advice to begin before junior…
Read MoreConfounding Moments
In order to complete her Capstone, “Bidirectional Influence of Epinephrine on Hippocampal LTP via β-Adrenergic Receptors”, Georgia Christine Buscaglia (AS ’14) spent countless hours in the lab. Scientific research has its own unique challenges, and Georgia has some suggestions for how to stay the course when the course seems to evade you. Having been working…
Read MoreTopic Choice and Timing is Everything
Emma Van Wagenberg (MG ’14) was a finance major with a political science minor. She combined her interests in an interdisciplinary Capstone entitled, “The Nature of Lessons Learned from Argentina’s 2001 Financial Crisis”. Her advice to select a topic that plays to your interests and strengths is well worth heeding. My best advice for future Honors…
Read MorePassion Leads to Accomplishment
Mariann Yip (PC ’14) drew upon the knowledge she gained in her psychology minor when she created her Capstone, “Researching Campaign Materials for Ellie Mia Boutique”. Mariann tested the public relations campaign materials created for the Marshall Street fashion boutique, Ellie Mia. Her advice to you echoes that of many other Honors alums: start early,…
Read MoreAll Passions Meet in Your Capstone
If you’d like to learn more about Stephanie Breed (AS ’15), just go read the current profile of this University Scholar. In the interview you’ll find there, Stephanie shares information about her recent internship at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art. Stephanie, who also has a minor in entrepreneurship and emerging enterprises in the Whitman School of…
Read MoreUncommon Action in Brazil
In February 2013, Rachel Dentinger (VPM ’13) premiered her creative capstone project, “Uncommon Action,” an interdisciplinary arts performance in which instrumentalists move as they play, conveying a story through the music. The creative piece is based on a poem Rachel wrote about anti-bullying. The piece is first performed without movement, with the musicians seated,…
Read MoreHow Far Can a Capstone Go?
How far might your Capstone travel into the world, you wonder? All the way to iTunes! Yuki Mizuma’s (PC ’14) Capstone, Forward, Together, is available as an iBook through iTunes. The download is free and the pictures are amazing. Forward, Together uses photographs, informational text and captions to depict the lives of two refugees in Syracuse…
Read MoreDiaspora Times Two Photo Exhibition
Ben Cleeton (PC ’15) used his 2014 Crown-Wise funding to travel to China and Ghana. A photojournalism student completing a Capstone entitled, “Diaspora Times Two: A Photo Essay”, which will be comprised of a photographic study of Africans living in Guangzhou, China and Chinese living in Accra, Ghana. Ben left on his travels shortly after the…
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