Magazine Stories

Hamilton’s last major curricular review came in 2000. As the campus community begins envisioning “Open Curriculum 2.0,” here’s a look at how the College’s academic program has developed over the past 200+ years.

Omar Reid ’80 gets around. As a school psychologist and president of the Black Mental Health Alliance of Massachusetts, he has visited schools across the state and worked with children for 40 years.

Why does Hamilton have a big pot of money and only spend such a small percentage? Who decides how funds are invested? How have recent federal tax and policy changes affected the College’s financial picture? Senior Vice President for Administration and Finance Karen Leach shares an Endowment 101 primer.

Artificial intelligence, big data, predictive analytics, and machine learning are reshaping how we work, learn, and live. See how Hamilton students and faculty are drawing on a mix of technology and authentic intelligence to advance new ideas.

Consider the endangered dusky gopher frog. When threatened, the best this three-inch amphibian can do is cover its eyes with its hands. By 2002, its habitat had shrunk to only one or two ponds in Mississippi. It likely would have become extinct had Joe Pechmann ’76, a population ecologist at Western Carolina University, not come to the rescue.

To get a better sense of the work of Career Community alumni volunteers, Hamilton Magazine recently asked a few of them to share their insights on what it’s been like working with today’s students, what it takes to be successful in today’s workplace, and what students can do to best prepare for their futures. Here’s a snapshot of that conversation, edited for length.

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.

Hamilton students Angel Apollos ’26, Ricaldo Lewis ’26, and Mia Wrisley ’26 partnered with Eileen Brinck, OHSWA recycling coordinator, and Alma Lowry, lecturer in environmental studies, to create the app modeled after the “Am I Recyclable” feature on OHSWA’s website.

Fresh off his second term in the White House as U.S. secretary of agriculture, Tom Vilsack ’72 has joined the World Food Prize Foundation as CEO. The organization is devoted to driving transformative change in food security and sustainable agriculture.

Hamilton is steeped in stories that history alone cannot explain. From a trio of floating sisters to a mystery mummy to spectral professors who never left campus, these ghostly tales linger like unanswered questions, suggesting that College Hill holds more secrets than it chooses to share.