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Cars, SUVs, minivans, and airport shuttles filled with new students and families were greeted by raucous singing and cheering Orientation leaders and President Steven Tepper in his full Alexander Hamilton costume. The Class of 2029 and transfer students arrived on College Hill on Aug. 19 to begin Orientation, embark on adventure trips, and matriculate into Hamilton.

The College will receive a $464,145 grant from the New York State Education Department over the course of five years that will support up to 37 students annually who are interested in STEM or health-related professions.

In an email to the Hamilton community on Aug. 21, Dean of Faculty Ngoni Munemo announced the passing of Samuel F. Pratt Professor of Mathematics and Statistics emerita Debra Boutin on Aug. 20.

We reconnected with some members of the Class of ’25 to ask a different question: What are you taking away from Hamilton?

Allie Ennis ’25 may have been singled out by the Class of 2025 as its student Commencement speaker, but when she stepped up to the podium, her remarks were all about community.

Parks, playgrounds, community centers, libraries, and cafés are the backdrop for many cherished memories, from chatting over coffee to playing tag. These places occupy a third sphere outside of the home and the workplace, a space emphasizing friendship and connection. Victoria “Vicky” Holland Oliveira ’26, Nicholas Kreidler ’28, and Chloe Root ’28 embarked on an investigation of these “third spaces” through a Levitt research grant this summer, seeking to understand the status and history of recreation and community in Utica, our neighboring city.

Michael N. Castle ’61, a former two-term governor of Delaware who later became the state’s longest-serving U.S. representative, died on Aug. 14, 2025, in Greenville, Del. He was 86.

Founder and medical director of the Gender Wellness Center of Oneonta, N.Y., Carolyn Wolf-Gould ’83 has been a pioneer in expanding access to transgender healthcare.

Supported by Hamilton’s International Summer Research Fellowship, five students found new perspectives on their studies, the global community, and their identities.

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. July’s news topics included coverage of the annual summer philosophy camp, the ALEX program, federal civil servant performance, and AI in the classroom, among others.