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As students in the 8th Levitt leadership Institute (LLI) head to Washington, D.C., or the Highlander Center for Research and Education for the second week of their program, Krista Hesdorfer ’14 offers this reflection as a member of the first LLI cohort. Hesdorfer says LLI helped shape her career path — she is currently working at Hunger Solutions New York as an advocate for federal nutrition assistance programs.

Ifeoluwa Aiyelabowo ’19 has been awarded a U.S. Department of State Critical Languages scholarship to China. Aiyelabowo will study in Dalian, China, this summer before he starts his career at the financial services consulting firm Capco, where he interned last summer.

As a part of our Seminar In Global Processes: The Global City, we delve into the creation and functioning of cities around the world, whilst focussing on the locus of our study- New York City. We live and breathe the city every day as we take the subway to work, grab a coffee at the closest Deli or try and figure out why the Walgreens is called Duane Reade here!

Some people spend their leisure time watching Netflix. Others go for a run in the Glen. Daniella ‘Danie’ Edwards ’21, however, spends her leisure time skiing competitively. The countless hours she has spent training and practicing throughout high school and college landed her a spot at the United States Collegiate Ski & Snowboard Association Nationals in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The competition takes place from March 11 to 16. Edwards qualified as an individual as part of the Alpine National Team for the region after Hamilton’s team did not qualify. Edwards cannot wait to represent Hamilton during the prestigious competition.

Emily Yong ’19 has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Taiwan. She is a Dean’s List neuroscience major from New York City.

Professor of Geosciences Barbara Tewksbury was recently quoted in an article on Space.com about how NASA astronaut candidates train for space exploration.

Freeman Hrabowski, III, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), will deliver Hamilton College’s 2019 Commencement address and receive an honorary degree on Sunday, May 26, at 10:30 a.m., in the Margaret Bundy Scott Field House.

Members of the cultural organization La Vanguardia joined students and young professionals from various different colleges across the country for a conference from March 8 - 10 to highlight the amazing work being done by Dominicans in the United States. The event, hosted at Columbia University in New York City, served as a celebration of the Dominican identity.

Four Hamilton researchers were among the presenters at the American Physical Society (APS) March Meeting that recently took place in Boston.

David Solomon '84 and Thomas Tull '92 gave a Hamilton audience a glimpse of their first-hand insights into the ways new technologies have revolutionized business and finance and what might come next.