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Scott Kelsey ’93 is a vocal beneficiary — and architect — of compassionate communities. He’s the founder of Shareapy.com, a platform that connects people to therapeutic support from guided peer groups.

Last year at about this time, members of the Class of 2025 were starting to receive news about acceptances to post-graduate and professional degree programs. We caught up with a few of these recent graduates to find out what they’ve learned, what they’ve enjoyed, and any challenges they faced as they pursue graduate degrees.

During winter break, 150 Hamilton students and alumni met at 1290 6th Ave. in New York City to participate in a Connecting Over Careers panel, presented by the Hamilton Career Network, part of the Alumni Council.

National and regional news organizations regularly interview Hamilton faculty, staff, alumni, and students for their expertise and perspectives on current events, and to feature programs and activities on campus. December’s news topics included coverage of AI, inflation, art, and poetry, among others.

Big — in fact GREAT — Names on campus. Student research with a practical use. Memorable seasons for the Continentals. Check out our most popular stories from 2025.

Tom Ducibella ’69 and his wife, Angela Nannini, believe strongly in the power of mentorship. They know firsthand how the profound relationships between professors and students, mentors and mentees, foster the passage of expertise, guidance, and knowledge across time. In alignment with this value, the couple initiated the Tom Ducibella and Angela Nannini Distinguished Professorship in spring 2025. This fund will support a professorship in the Biology Department to be awarded to a tenured faculty member at Hamilton.

Hamilton College faculty, staff, and alumni continued to appear in national media outlets and prominent higher education publications in 2025 as thought leaders, providing their expertise on a wide range of topics.

Trustee David Blood ’81, founding and senior partner of Generation Investment Management and a leader in establishing Hamilton’s need-blind admission policy, received an honorary Doctor of Laws from the College on Dec. 5 at the annual 1812 Leadership Circle dinner in New York City.

Max Girard '24, Charlotte Clark '25 and Assistant Professor of Biology Ariel Kahrl recently published work in the journal Integrative and Organismal Biology that began as a summer science research project lead by Girard.

This summer, Levitt Center student researchers Luke Hanson ’26, Delaney Patterson ’26, Samuel Low ’28, and Ton Somnug ’27 joined forces with Griffiss Institute CEO and Hamilton alumna Heather Hage ’02 to investigate the holistic impact of federal spending on the local economy. In November, the Griffiss Institute released findings from the research study.