HP in the News
![Samantha Mutiti, winner of the 2024 Honors Program Outstanding Student Award. Samantha Mutiti, winner of the 2024 Honors Program Outstanding Student Award.](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_large_800x800_/public/hg_media/Mutiti.png?h=96d0c9fc&itok=XsUCVfsU)
Honors Program Recognizes Excellence with the 2024 Outstanding Student Award
Samantha Mutiti is recognized with the highest award for a graduating Honors Program student.
![Panagiotis Saliaris shared the joy of cooking and baking with the younger generations.](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_large_800x800_/public/2024-05/thumbnail_IMG_6153_0.jpg?h=a7d2deb9&itok=-RutxWba)
From Greece to Georgia Tech to Switzerland: Honors Program Student is on a Culinary Journey
Panagiotis Saliaris’s interest in the culinary arts began in the streets of Chios, Greece, where his grandfather owned a bakery, crafting traditional Greek desserts.
![Carlos Márcio de Oliveira e Silva Filho presents his research at the Georgia Collegiate Honors Council annual conference.
Carlos Márcio de Oliveira e Silva Filho presents his research at the Georgia Collegiate Honors Council annual conference.](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_large_800x800_/public/hg_media/a0fbf5e0-1730-409d-9ed0-208717798088.jpg?h=d614c65a&itok=BKZ56yek)
Honors Program Student Selected for the Letson Internship
Carlos Márcio de Oliveira e Silva Filho will conduct funded research on blazars this summer.
![Team Makr Papr at the 2024 InVenture Prize](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_large_800x800_/public/hg_media/Screenshot%202024-04-15%20at%201.20.04%E2%80%AFPM.png?h=c0af9e69&itok=P31fnmO3)
Honors Program Students Take Second Place at the 2024 InVenture Prize
Team Makr Papr is recognized for its innovative product, the Only Tag.
![Honors Program students Ihsaan El-Amin and Papa Quainoo, named 2024 Patti Grace Smith Fellows. Honors Program students Ihsaan El-Amin and Papa Quainoo, named 2024 Patti Grace Smith Fellows.](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_large_800x800_/public/hg_media/Smith_Fellows.png?h=2a04432d&itok=t7VSJcq7)
Two Honors Program Students Named Patti Grace Smith Fellows
Ihsaan El-Amin and Papa Quainoo will spend the summer interning in the aerospace engineering industry.
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Honors Program Student Named Brooke Owens Fellow
Nina Otebele takes her passion for flight to Amazon Prime Air through her summer internship.
![Honors Program staff and students at the 2024 GCHC annual conference.
Honors Program staff and students at the 2024 GCHC annual conference.](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_large_800x800_/public/hg_media/6fc8ae2c-f3d6-4bee-8c63-7e266da151fc.jpg?h=827069f2&itok=0cfZGwk_)
HP Students Present Their Research, Win Accolades at GCHC Conference
Seven students presented their research, one won a paper award, and two were elected to officer positions.
![Co-founder Kiandra Peart poses with a prototype of Reinvend in front of a campus vending machine.](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_large_800x800_/public/2024-02/Peart_Reinvend1.png?h=d318f057&itok=97d-Im_0)
Honors Program Graduate Brings Innovation to Campus Dining Options
Kiandra Peart co-founded Reinvend to solve a campus dining dilemma.
![Stephen and Christopher Linder](/sites/default/files/styles/focal_large_800x800_/public/2024-01/IMG_7971.jpg?h=71976bb4&itok=4_yRuy-L)
Brothers in the Honors Program Tutor Ukrainian Refugees
The Linder brothers combine their love of the Russian language and math to help displaced Ukrainians.
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Honors Program Students Excel at the Capstone Design Expo
Three HP students were on winning Capstone teams, creating innovative products to safely unbraid hair, grow food, and allow human enabled robotic exploration of Venus.