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Before she could start her job as a hotline intern at the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center, Katherine Barnes ’20 was required to take 40 hours of training, and even so, the work wasn’t easy. But the experience was profound.

The immigrants' stories, usually shared in French, were at times intensely personal, and Nora Silva ’19 has heard 10 of them. All of the people had escaped persecution back home.

Suzanne Keen, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty, announced the appointment of new faculty for the 2018-19 academic year, including six tenure-track appointments.

Professor of Comparative Literature Peter J. Rabinowitz contributed an essay titled “The Intention Debates” to A Companion to Literary Theory, edited by David H. Richter and published by Wiley Blackwell.

Amelia Boyd ’20 began every morning at 5 a.m., searching for bird nests in Butte Valley, California. Once the nesting season got started, Boyd and her research team had a limited window, so they had to work hard to take advantage of it. After the early wake-up call, Boyd spent up to 11 hours each day combing the grasslands and juniper forests of Butte Valley.

Lily Delle-Levine ’21 participated in the American Alliance for Theatre & Education (AATE) national conference held in Minneapolis on August 1 - 5. She co-authored a presentation titled “Love is Love: Same-Sex Romeo and Juliet,” performed scenes from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, and participated in a panel discussion on her experiences performing in a queer reimagining of this iconic story of star-crossed lovers.

Mercedes Girona ’20 just wanted to do some good for the world. When she first started her internship at Rosie’s Place in Boston, her goal was to do her small part to learn about social injustices and make the world a better place.

Black Spaces: African Diaspora in Italy, by Professor of Africana Studies Heather Merrill, was recently published by Routledge.

Several papers by Assistant Professor of Physics Kate Brown, that included Hamilton students as co-authors, have received attention recently.