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Mele Kaneali’i ’27 is Hamilton’s latest — and fourth ever — recipient of the prestigious Harry S. Truman Scholarship, a graduate fellowship awarded to college juniors pursuing careers in public service. After graduating from Hamilton, the government major intends to pursue a J.D. and a master of urban and regional planning in housing policy.

As the 2025-26 academic year draws to a close, we’re happy to celebrate students who have received national fellowships and scholarships, published papers, presented at conferences, and earned other recognition. 

“Liberal arts-affiliated startups are underrepresented and outperform. We’re here to unlock that potential.” That’s what Jacob Shulman’26 says about the Trivium Venture Network, a business he launched out of his Kirkland Residence Hall room last year. Shulman is a passionate believer in the transformative potential of a liberal arts education and its transferability to entrepreneurship.

Sofia Santana ’26 came to Hamilton from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., with a plan. Now a senior, she has accomplished many of her goals, but her path has taken some unexpected — and exciting — turns.

When Audrey Alix ’25 sits down at her desk in Utica’s City Hall, she’s greeted by the familiar sight of her class binder from Hamilton’s GIS for Geoscientists course. Occasionally, she will thumb through its pages, searching for techniques she learned on the Hill. On her computer, Alix keeps data that she created during an Emerson Grant project mapping the parks and trees of Utica. Every day, she is reminded of the work she put in to get to her current position as a city planner in Utica, N.Y.

The buzz of a GroupMe notification may become a Pavlovian response following the introduction of the Hungry Hamilton initiative, the Environmental Protection, Safety, and Sustainability Office’s (EPS&S) newest endeavor to reduce food waste on campus.

The Hamilton men’s varsity hockey team made history on March 29, winning the NCAA Division III national championship. The Continentals defeated Hobart and William Smith in overtime when Curtiss Sturgeon ’29 scored with 3:16 left in the first sudden-victory overtime period, and lifted Hamilton to a 2-1 victory. See photos of the game and more winter sports by Josh McKee.

How will Hamilton embrace AI boldly, intelligently, and effectively? How will the college integrate it responsibly and creatively into the curriculum? These are some of the questions being posed to the newly appointed faculty Lighthouse Fellows.

With construction progressing steadily toward a January 2027 opening, Hamilton College has announced the name of its newest building: The Nye Center for Innovation and Technology. The name of the 41,000-square-foot facility celebrates its ties to a branch of the Burke and Harding families which has provided unwavering support to the College for six generations spanning more than a century.

This year’s Tolles lecture began with a song, as award-winning cartoonist, professor, and writer Lynda Barry serenaded those gathered with a musical form of her bio. She explained that public speaking can be nerve-racking, and since singing is the scariest thing she could do in front of a crowd, it would only be uphill from there.