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Having traveled 80,000 feet into the stratosphere and 345 miles across three states, the Hamilton weather balloon finally came to rest in a tree on the edge of the White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire but not before capturing spectacular campus footage as it ascended.

Chinese language and culture students of all levels gathered on Dec. 6 for an end-of-semester dinner featuring traditional Chinese cuisine. The meal included hot pot, a traditional Chinese cuisine in which meat, dumplings, and vegetables are cooked in a simmering pot of stocks and broths. Students also collaborated with faculty to prepare jiaozi, or dumplings. Activities accompanied the dinner, including competitions testing chopstick skills and singing along to Chinese pop music.

Roberta (Bonnie) Krueger, the Burgess Professor of French, recently presented a lecture titled “Hearing Voices/Speaking Out: Joan of Arc, Christine de Pizan, and the Making of France” at Colgate University.

Hamilton College offers students the opportunity to study over 10 languages from Chinese and Spanish to Arabic and Japanese. While most of the learning takes place inside the classroom, foreign language enthusiasts have ample opportunity to brush up on their language and culture skills within the community.

In the final event of the Fall 2018 Washington D.C Program, Nathaniel Hurd ’99 met with the students on the program and recounted how his research at Hamilton led him to his current career.

Alan Cafruny, the Henry Platt Bristol Chair of International Affairs and Professor of Government, recently presented at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow and participated in an expert discussion at the Valdai International Discussion Club.

A new economic impact study commissioned by the Albany-based Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities (CICU) for its members found that Hamilton College’s estimated economic impact in the Mohawk Valley for 2016-17 totaled $322 million, nearly half of the total $683 million that all private non-profit colleges in the Mohawk Valley contributed.

Here is a selection of our favorite videos from 2018. Enjoy!

Robert Martin, the Sidney Wertimer Professor for Excellence in Advising and Mentoring, was invited to discuss “Fake News” in a lecture at the opening reception for an exhibition about the life and times of Alexander Hamilton.

Today marks the 100th birthday of jazz singer Joe Williams (1918-1999), Hamilton honorary degree recipient in 1988 and co-founder of the Fillius Jazz Archive.