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Richard Hanna – who served three terms (2011-2017) as a Republican in the House, representing New York's 24th & 22nd congressional districts – came to the Levitt Center to share his reflections on the current political moment and climate.

Gillian Mak ’18 has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Malaysia. Mak explained why she chose Malaysia. “First, I have a family connection. My grandmother moved to the United States for college and we still have a significant amount of family there-- though I have never visited,” she said.

Carl Rubino, the Winslow Professor of Classics Emeritus and senior lecturer in classics, recently presented a talk in New Zealand at a meeting of the Classical Association of Wellington.

Paula Ortiz ’18 will explore practices of active meditation in India, Japan, New Zealand, and Bolivia next year as the recipient of a Watson Fellowship.

Assistant Professor of Geosciences Catherine Beck is hosting a conference this weekend, April 20 – 22, titled Drilling Deeper for Connections between Environmental Change and Evolution that will address rates of paleoenvironmental change and their impact on hominin evolution.

Hamilton College received a plaque from Steinway and Sons designating the College as an "All-Steinway School" on April 14. The late Sam Pellman, the James L. Ferguson Professor of Music, diligently worked toward this status for approximately 17 years, and it was due to his efforts that Hamilton met the criteria for this distinction last summer.

In the past year, Visiting Associate Professor of Religious Studies Brent Plate has written and spoken about the socio-economic prominence of the Erie Canal in the 19th century and the rise of numerous religious movements along the canalway.

Assistant Professor of Anthropology Mariam Durrani discussed “Speech Codes” at Fordham University on April 14. Her talk was part of the Hate Speech or Free Speech: The Politics of Language on College Campuses workshop.

Fourteen hours of travel to and from Washington, D.C., did not deter 30 Hamilton students from participating in the 2018 March for Science on Saturday, April 14.

Hamilton College has joined the American Talent Initiative, a national alliance of colleges and universities committed to attracting, enrolling, and graduating more high-achieving, lower-income students.