Phi Beta Kappa 

The following students were elected into Phi Beta Kappa, Beta Chapter of New York and initiated on May 8, 2007:

Steven Higashide '07           Metropolitan Studies

Nicole E. Pandolfo '07          Metropolitan Studies

The May and Samuel RUDIN Memorial Internship Scholarship

This scholarship is a stipend of up to $1,000. It is intended partially to free students from outside job commitments for the semester in which they are registered for a CAS internship.

Fall 2006 winners:  

Suzanne Budesa '07             Metropolitan Studies

Cynthia Davidson '07           Metropolitan Studies

Elizabeth Losey '07              Metropolitan Studies

Valerie Pershad '07              Metropolitan Studies

Spring 2007 winners:

Paul Lee '07                          Metropolitan Studies

Johanna Rotta '07                 Metropolitan Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies

Kristina Yelton '07                Metropolitan Studies

The following SCA Departmental Awards were presented:

Metropolitan Studies Program Prize. For dedicated service to the program and the community at large and academic achievement. 

Carey S. Pulverman '07
Metropolitan Studies Program Academic Achievement Award. Presented to the senior with the highest grade-point average.

Kyle M. Peppin '07
Metropolitan Studies Urban Advocacy Award. Presented for intellectual and social engagement in the City through dedicated service to the community at large.

Meghna N. Shah '07

The following students graduated with Departmental Honors:

Highest Honors

Evan Goldstein '07, Metropolitan Studies, Honors Thesis:  Syringe Exchange:  A Historical Perspective of Program Sustainability in New York City

High Honors

Marcie Graham '07, Metropolitan Studies, Honors Thesis:  Police Brutality in New York City and How African American Organizations Respond:  A Case Study

Nicholas Judd '07, Metropolitan Studies, Honors Thesis:  The Omniscent Policeman:  Terror and Surveillance in the New York City Subways

Carey Pulverman '07, Metropolitan Studies, Honors Thesis:  Whose Park?  Negotiating the Public and the Private in Washington Square Park

Honors

Elizabeth Losey '07, Metropolitan Studies, Honors Thesis:  The Modern Irish:  Apathetic Illegals?

Kyle Peppin '07, Metropolitan Studies, Honors Thesis:  Building Symbols:  Freedom and America

Meghna N. Shah '07, Metropolitan Studies, Honors Thesis:  Grassroots Greening on The Lower East Side