What’s a UHPer gotta do around here to finish their Honors senior requirements??
Come by the Club Room on Tuesday, September 6th between 6 and 7 for an info session about Honors senior requirements.Professors Ralkowski and Trullinger will be on deck to talk about the ins and outs of writing a thesis and Catherine and Mary will be there to discuss all things UHP requirements. There will be lots of opportunities to ask questions and eat (captain) cookies.
Juniors and seniors are (highly) encouraged to attend! If you can’t make it to this info session, you can make an appointment with Catherine or Mary to talk senior reqs.
Category: Events
Museum Trip with Catherine
Join UHP Program Officer Catherine on a strangely enlightening journey with a personal tour of “The Art of Romaine Brooks” at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Brooks was an American ex-patriot painter and a member of the Parisian counterculture of the early 20th century. Brooke’s portraits capture in muted colors and lively brushstrokes the unconventional lives and identities of her circle of friends.
Catherine earned her Bachelor’s in art history at Wheaton College, her Master’s in art history at the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU, and pursued further graduate work at Bryn Mawr.
Saturday, September 3, meet at the Honors Townhouse (714 21st Street NW) at 1pm before hopping onto the metro to Metro Center.
To join the tour, contact Catherine directly at cbrady@gwu.edu.
Freshman Honors Community Welcome [Event]
Freshman move in is right around the corner, and we are so excited for you to get here! There’s going to be a lot going on your first week at GW, but don’t miss the Honors Community Welcome dinner, exclusively for incoming Honors freshmen, on Wednesday, August 31st from 6-8 PM in Post Hall on the Mount Vernon Campus.
This is going to be a super fun, no-pressure way to get to know your new peers, meet some staff and faculty, and grub on some free dinner! We can’t wait to assimilate – I mean welcome – you to the Honors Program!
2016 Research Showcase Recap
Last week’s Research Showcase saw presentations from original research performed by UHPers this year.
Eliza Goren‘s research stemmed from her research assistantship with Prof. Josef Przytycki from the Mathematics department. They spent the semester create a program based in knot theory. She helpfully explained knotting and unknotting through DNA transcription, drawing from an interest in DNA that begin with her Scientific Reasoning and Discovery class with Prof. Hammond!
Ben Helfand presented the findings of his senior thesis, researched through the Enosinian Scholars program. Advised by Prof. Nathan Brown, Ben researched the incorporation of human rights laws in constitution and domestic legal system of Tunisia after the Jasmine Revolution. He even travelled to Tunisia with the help of the SURE Award!
Eileen Emerson compared local and national TV and newspaper coverage of the 2015 Baltimore protests after death of Freddie Gray in police custody. Advised by Prof. Kim Gross, she wanted to find out which coverage was more racialized, sensationalized, legitimizing or delegitimizing through language and images. Eileen also is a SURE Award winner!
Pooja Shivaprasad worked on her senior thesis with Prof. Hossein Askari comparing the migration of refugees to oil rich and oil poor countries. Despite the frustrating lack of available data, Pooja found that oil rich countries take in fewer refugees, and that shared borders are more significant than shared language in refugee intake.
Eva Martin considered the UN’s treatment of human trafficking. Advised by Prof. Ingrid Creppell (Deputy Director of the UHP!), Eva developed an ambitious proposal for a dedicated UN Office on human trafficking, combining the resources of various offices on crime and human rights to greater effect.
Congratulations to our presenters for completing an incredible year of research!
TEDxFoggyBottom 2016
Join us for TEDxFoggyBottom 2016!
About
TEDxFoggyBottom is a local version of the popular TED conference that’s organized entirely by a team of 50 students here at GW. Every year, we plan a full-day thematic event at Lisner Auditorium featuring 20 speakers from government, education, technology, and more.
Theme
Our event will take place THIS Saturday, April 23rd from 9am to 5pm. This year, our theme is “Think Next,” and we’re encouraging our speakers and attendees to consider the impacts that their forward-thinking pursuits will have on our community over the next few years.
Tickets
Tickets are available now through me or through Lisner for just $25. We’re also excited to offer group discounts. If you purchase 10-19 tickets, we can offer them for $15 per ticket. If you purchase 20 or more, we can offer them for just $10 per ticket. You can contact experience@tedxfoggybottom.net for more information regarding group sale tickets.
Tickets can also be bought through Lisner Auditorium with this link — http://bit.ly/fobo16tix
Connect
You can learn more about our event on our website and on our event page. For updates regarding our speakers, you can follow our Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat. We’re announcing new speakers every single day!
Spring 2016 Student-Faculty Dinner
The end of the semester is rapidly approaching- papers, exams, presentations- yikes! Fortunately, for us UHPers, semester’s end also marks the arrival of the always-anticipated Student Faculty Dinner. Join us on Thursday, April 28th from 5pm to 7pm at Chalin’s Chinese to gorge on Crab Rangoons and other delectable treats.
Tickets will be on sale beginning THIS Wednesday, 4/13, in the UHP Townhouse, and they’re only $5. That’s cheaper than Chipotle, even without the guac. For less than the cost of a subpar “burrito,” you can enjoy mountains of Chinese food and stimulating conversation with your favorite students, faculty and staff of the UHP. It’s really a win-win situation. Tickets will be on sale until 4 PM on Thursday, 4/28 – after that, you can purchase your ticket at the door at the event. We’ll see you there!
Spring 2016 UHP Hike – New Date!!
Itching to get outside in this lovely spring weather? Us too! That’s why we rescheduled our Spring Hike in Shenandoah. If you have already registered and paid the fee, you’re still good to go, but due to cancellations from the date change, we’re reopening registration! To join Professor Ralkowski and your fellow UHPers on this wonderful outdoor adventure, register for the trip here. Space is limited, so don’t hesitate for a minute! The $5 cost of the trip can be paid in cash at the Townhouse.
Looking for details? On Saturday, April 23rd, we will be meeting at 8:30AM at Honors Program townhouse at 714 21st NW. The Honors program will provide you breakfast and lunches to pack! Then we will be taking the bus to the Shenandoah National Park arriving around 10:30AM. We will hike the 9 mile loop that extends around Old Rag which features narrow passageways, rock scrambles, and gorgeous views of the Shenandoah Valley. We will be stopping for lunch at the beautiful Old Rag Overlook. After completing the 9 mile circuit we will drive back to campus arriving approximately at 8:00 PM.
Here’s a sweet pic of Eva from last year. Texting on the mountain… smh.
*This trail is a 9-mile loop and considered to be a strenuous hike*
A Millennial and Her Mother: Lessons on Climate Change
The Office of Sustainability and GW Roots and Shoots would like to cordially invite the University Honors Program to attend a screening of the documentary, “The Anthropologist.”
THE ANTHROPOLOGIST considers the fate of the planet from the perspective of an American teenager. Over five years, she travels alongside her mother, an anthropologist studying the impact of climate change on indigenous communities.
Susie Crate, the Anthropologist that the documentary follows, will be attending the screening and doing a Q&A session at the end.
The screening is an opportunity for students to consider with the human impacts of climate change and listen to lessons from one of the stars of the documentary.
The screening will take place on Wednesday, April 20th at 7:30 PM in the Marvin Center 3rd Floor Amphitheater.
Please RSVP to the screening through the Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/547157245458654/
We look forward to hosting the University Honors Program at the screening.
Elliott Undergraduate Scholars Symposium
All members of the University Honors Program are cordially invited to this years Elliott Undergraduate Scholars Symposium on April 13th!
The Elliott School Undergraduate Scholars program is an enhanced independent research opportunity for outstanding Elliott School juniors and seniors. After months of research and writing, this year’s cohort will be presenting their work April 13th from 11:00am – 3:00pm. As members of this program, two honors program students, Shannon McKeown and Maggie Wedeman, will be presenting their research on the impact of US mediation in the Northern Ireland and Israel/Palestine peace processes and Chinese discourse on non-traditional security respectively. We would love for any and all to attend, ask questions, and support us in our presentations!
For underclassmen honors students in the Elliott School, this would be a great opportunity to explore one type of research opportunity available at GW!
11:05 am to 12:00 pm
Religion, State, and Migration: Global Forces in Development
Ethan Nava, Caroline Anapol, Kelsey Hatchitt, Hannah Hassani
Moderated by Brittany Goetsch, Graduate Student Mentor
12:05 to 1:00 pm
Democratic Transitions and Peacebuilding
Michelle Avrutin, Nicole Compton, Aleksej Demjanski, Shannon McKeown
Moderated by Adrianna Hardaway, Graduate Student Mentor
1:05 to 1:50 pm
Identity Formation and Social Change
Anabelle Suitor, Claire Crawford, Janie McDermott
Moderated by Liliana Martinez, Graduate Student Mentor
2:00 to 2:45 pm
China as a Global Actor: Economic Engagement, Space Debris Mitigation, and Non-traditional Security
Gerard Gayou, Tianyao Xiao, Marguerite Wedeman
Moderated by Andrew Arveseth, Graduate Student Mentor
Lecture: Cultivating Ethical Perception: A Buddhist Perspective on Moral Development.
“Cultivating Ethical Perception: A Buddhist Perspective on Moral Development”
Ethics is a shared concern with many of the Honors’ courses. But what is ethics about? Is it about virtue? About rights and duties? About spreading happiness? Each of these views has partisans in the Western tradition. But what if it is about none of these? What if it is about how we experience the world? That is how the Buddhist tradition sees matters. In this talk, we will explore this idea together, drawing on Buddhist philosophers as early as the Buddha as well as modern ones such as the Dalai Lama.
All interested students may join us in Phillips Room 411 on April 14th at 4pm, please RSVP here!
