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Syracuse University announced the recipients of 2022 University Scholars, the highest honor available to undergraduate students at the university, according to an SU News release. This year, 12 seniors have been chosen as University Scholars by a selection committee composed of SU faculty members.

Selection criteria for the honor include coursework and academic achievement, independent research and creative work, evidence of intellectual growth or innovation in their disciplinary field, a personal statement and faculty letters of recommendation, the release reads.

The 2022 University Scholars are:

• Erik Bakken, a student in the School of Architecture and member of the Renée Crown University Honors Program
• Julia Chou, a student in the School of Architecture and member of the Honors Program
• Gretchen Coleman, a political science major in the College of Arts and Sciences and Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, a political philosophy major in Arts and Sciences and a member of the Honors Program
• Ghael Fobes, a broadcast and digital journalism major in the Newhouse School of Public Communications
• Cameron Gray, a film major in the College of Visual and Performing Arts
• Lindy Melegari, a biomedical engineering major in the College of Engineering and Computer Science and a member of the Honors Program
• Alexander Metcalf, an aerospace engineering major in ECS and a member of the Honors Program
• Ifeyinwa Ojukwu, a psychology and biology major in Arts and Sciences and a member of the Honors Program
• Salvatore Pepe, an entrepreneurship and emerging enterprises and supply chain management major in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, an information management and technology major in the School of Information Studies and a member of the Honors Program
• Sydney Ringel, an inclusive elementary and special education major in the School of Education and member of the Honors Program
  Cassandra Rodriguez, a neuroscience and psychology major in Arts and Sciences
• Cassandra Rodriguez, a neuroscience and psychology major in Arts and Sciences
• Thomas Shaw, a psychology major in Arts and Sciences, history major in Arts and Sciences and Maxwell, photojournalism major in the Newhouse and member of the Honors Program