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Hamilton College welcomed an array of scholars to campus for the inaugural Natural Things Conference arranged and hosted by Mackenzie Cooley, assistant professor of history from April 7 to 9.

This is a story of a creative partnership, Hamilton style. It began when two strangers were assigned to be first-year roommates. In the latest chapter of the continuing friendship, one writes a novel, and the other helps get it published.

Professor of Biology Herm Lehman recently presented an invited talk to the Zoology Department at Stockholm University. He presented student research that led to the discovery of a novel enzyme called TbhR.

Molly Clark ’19, a public policy major and Hispanic studies minor, has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to South Korea.

The North East Middle East Politics Working Group (NEMEPWG) settled into the Hamilton College campus for a weekend of peer discussion and review on April 12 to 14. The aim of NEMEPWG, which consists of academics who specialize in topics based in the Middle East and Northern Africa, is to provide a space where scholars with similar backgrounds and knowledge can help one another with their studies and writings.

Assistant Professor of Biology Rhea Datta recently presented research in Dallas and at the Marine Biology Laboratory in Woods Hole, Mass.

Nobel Prize-winner Paul Greengard '48, a neuroscientist whose study of brain cell messaging opened new pathways to studying psychological diseases, died at the age of 93 on April 13.

In a Chronicle of Higher Education article titled Are Students Socially Connected? Check Their Dining-Hall-Swipe Data, Daniel Chambliss, Eugene M. Tobin Distinguished Professor of Sociology, confirmed that social connections are crucial to student success.

Erik S. McDuffie ’92 returned to the Hill on April 10 to highlight the intersectionality of racial justice and women’s rights. The lecture, sponsored by the History Department, served to bring awareness to the often overlooked impact black women have had in social movements over the years.