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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. April’s news topics included coverage of a new Hamilton partnership with several prestigious graduate schools to a faculty member’s debut novel, among others.

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.

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. March’s news topics included coverage of the lunar eclipse, the war with Iran, and alumni creative endeavors, among others.

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. February’s news topics included coverage of U.S. military strategy, film history, and recycling, among others.

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. January’s news topics included coverage of Venezuela, paramilitaries, the job market, and friendship, among others.

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.

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.

The national higher education publication Inside Higher Ed published an essay by President Steven Tepper titled My Conversation with AI's Ayn Rand, with the subtitle, AI may help higher ed with its viewpoint diversity challenges. The Dec. 9 piece chronicled Tepper’s exploration of his and Rand’s views on capitalism via the AI app, Claude.

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. November’s news topics included coverage of free speech, Democratic Socialism, and gambling, among others.