Capstone Process
Concrete, So Sweet!
Concrete, So Sweet! by: Anna Feldman Steven Carlson (SOA ’17) completed his Architecture Capstone under the advisement of Nicole McIntosh. Concrete, So Sweet! A Study in Sustainable Durability seeks to counter concrete’s perception as uninviting and environmentally irresponsible by highlighting its ability to create buildings that are playful and sustainable in their durability. The ambitions…
Read MoreUsing Your Personal Story
Using Your Personal Story By Giovanna Saccoccio You might hear your professors say that your personal story is your best asset and needs to be integrated in your scholarship. Through her Capstone, Hasmik Djoulakian (AS ‘17) fully understood the weight and power of bringing poetry about her personal life into her academic analysis. Hasmik’s Capstone,…
Read MoreAdrift in the Abstract
Stephen Sorokanich III (AS ’15) completed a Capstone in mathematics and physics and worked with Prof. Leonid Kovalev as his advisor. His Capstone is entitled, Geometry of Hilbert Space Frames. Stephen has a lot of advice for math students in Honors, so I’m going to turn the stage right over to him: While the scientist has a…
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 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 MoreWe've Upgraded our Capstone Project Archive!
We have upgraded our Capstone project archive to the Syracuse University Library Research Database (SUrface)! We are pleased to announce that our new Capstone project archive is ready to use. We have almost ten years of full Capstone projects to upload, and we are starting with the most recent years of alumni first. We…
Read MoreCapstone Profile: Brian Steinberg (AS ’14)
Political Science and Policy Studies major Brian Steinberg (AS ’14) is researching the Singaporean opposition party and NGOs’ motivation to collaborate with the ruling regime and analyze the effectiveness of the strategy to spur liberalization and ultimately, democratization. Because touring Singapore for a brief five days while studying abroad in Hong Kong, did not give…
Read MoreCapstone Profile: Robert Murray (SH '14)
Robert Murray (HS ’14) has successfully completed (and early to boot!) his Capstone project, Where and Why Professional Football Players Are Coming from Certain Geographic Regions to be Drafted into the NFL. A soon to be graduate of Falk College’s Sports Management program, inspiration for his Capstone came from the September 17, 2010 60 Minutes…
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