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Hamilton students on the Program in Washington, D.C. this semester recently met with Niels Lesniewski '07, a senior writer with Roll Call, a newspaper and website published in Washington when Congress is in session.

Twenty-three Hamilton students presented their research at the 7th annual New York 6 Undergraduate research conference, held on Sept. 23 at Skidmore College.

Eight Hamilton College seniors were elected to the Epsilon chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest honor society, at the September meeting. The inductees are Rachel Alatalo, Kara Burns, Julia Carpenter, Dana Holloway, Sarah Magee, Theodore McKenna, Clare Munroe and Madeleine Roehl.

Teach For America released its 10th annual list of the schools contributing the greatest number of alumni to its 2017 teaching corps and Hamilton College is among the top 10 small colleges and universities. This is the fourth year Hamilton has been named to the list.

Tickets for Hamilton College’s “Common Ground” discussion with political strategists David Axelrod and Karl Rove will be available to the public on Wednesday, Sept. 27. To obtain free tickets visit https://hamiltoncommonground.eventbrite.com

Chiedera Onyeoziri ’18 and Gillian Mak ’18 recently returned from Japan where they participated in HELIO (Human Ecology Lab In Osakikamijima). HELIO is an intensive two-week program that brought together 24 changemakers from around the world to help launch the next era in Japanese higher education by co-designing a new Japanese “college”’ in the community of Osakikamijima, Hiroshima.

Hamilton Association for Volunteering Outreach and Charity (HAVOC) helped students get to know the local community and provide service to non-profit organizations on Sept. 9 when it sponsored the 16th annual Make a Difference Day.

Paige Zupan ’17 came to Hamilton planning to major in biology. But thanks to economics classes that intrigued her, advice from faculty, and a semester in the New York City program, she found a path that led to an internship and ultimately a job with Sara Weinstein ’02 at Weinstein Carnegie, a cause marketing agency in New York City.

Margaret Gentry, interim vice president for academic affairs and dean of faculty, announced the appointment of new faculty for the 2017-18 academic year, including 13 tenure-track appointments, 12 visiting professors and instructors, four lecturers and five teaching fellows.