The College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) is pleased to announce that Heidi Hehnly, associate professor of biology and leader in the BioInspired Institute, is the inaugural Renée Crown Professor in the Sciences and Mathematics and Karin Nisenbaum, assistant professor of philosophy, is the inaugural Renée Crown Professor in the Humanities. The professorships are made possible thanks to a generous gift from the family of esteemed alumnae and Trustee Emerita Renée Schine Crown ’50, H ’84.
In 2002, a contribution from the Crown family enabled an ambitious revision to the honors program at Syracuse University. Over the past two decades, the Renée Crown University Honors Program has helped countless high-achieving students become leaders who are socially aware, globally informed and finding solutions to real-life problems. The Crown family has now renewed its commitment to the program with a gift to establish the Crown Honors Professorships in A&S.