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Designer and artist Bruce Mau, the co-founder and CEO of Massive Change Network, a global design consultancy in the Chicago area, will deliver Hamilton’s 2025 Commencement address and receive an honorary degree on Sunday, May 25, at 10:30 a.m., in Margaret Bundy Scott Field House. A class of 568 students is expected to receive bachelor’s degrees during the Commencement ceremony.

Andrew Fredericks ’25 and Charlie Haberstock ’25 both received a 2025 Thomas J. Watson Fellowship, a national $40,000 grant to pursue a one-year passion project anywhere in the world. While receiving the award is a feat in and of itself, the two geosciences majors were particularly excited when they heard that the other had won. Close friends since their first year at Hamilton, the pair had supported each other throughout the Watson application process.

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 varied subjects from gambling during March Madness to a possible third term for President Donald Trump.

Barack Obama, 44th president of the United States, captivated a capacity crowd on April 3 at Hamilton College where he reminded those who may be seeking change: “The most important office in this democracy is the citizen, the ordinary person, who says, ‘No, that’s not right.’”

Professor of Africana Studies Heather Merrill recently published "AfroItalian (Be)longings and Innocent Betrayals," an article she was invited to write for Oxford Intersections: Racism by Context, edited by Meena Dhanda.

A historic winter season for Hamilton athletics featured record-setting achievements, national championship berths, and top individual honors.

The Sacerdote Great Names series in a massive annual undertaking that brings renowned leaders in government, entertainment, the world of sports, and more to Hamilton. Planning begins months in advance, and involves employees from every part of campus. Here are stories and first-person reflections from some of those behind-the-scenes people who make it all happen.

Assistant professors Viva Horowitz (physics) and Wei Zhan (economics) were approved for tenure at the March meeting of the Board of Trustees.

Anti-ageism activist Ashton Applewhite K’74 is 72 and she’s good with that. The Decade of Healthy Ageing, a U.N. collaboration with the World Health Organization, recently honored her as one of its Healthy Ageing 50.

Fabulous — that’s the word Nanelle Napp K’74 uses to describe the Alumni Colleges and author talks presented by her classmates at their 50th reunion in 2024. Napp has always learned and taken inspiration from fellow Kirkland women, from her first semester at the College to her reunions and beyond.