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Students studying in the Hamilton College Academic Year in Spain (HCAYS) had the opportunity to engage in discussion with Spanish political scientist and former Vice President Pablo Iglesias Turrión in November.

“… tenure remains essential to the core mission of higher education: the creation, preservation and dissemination of knowledge, without fear or favor,” write President David Wippman and his co-author Cornell Professor Glenn Altschuler in their most recent essay in Inside Higher Ed.

Digital media interns working in Hamilton’s Communications and Marketing Office captured beautiful campus photos and snapshots of life on the Hill this past year.

The Washington Post devoted an entire page of its Outlook section to 18 Steps to a Democratic Breakdown co-authored by Associate Professor of Government Erica De Bruin online on Dec. 10 and in the Sunday, Dec. 12, print edition.

As far back as middle school, Eleanor Wefing ’23 loved working with people who have developmental disabilities. One big reason she chose Hamilton was its off campus-study program at the New England Center for Children, which serves people with autism.

Hamilton students got into the holiday spirit of giving through several campus initiatives. HAVOC sponsored its annual mitten tree where participants each volunteered to fulfill a gift request from a needy child.

As an early-career geomorphologist who studies glaciers, polar climate, and climate change, Drew Christ ’11 wasn’t expecting to be in the spotlight. Then he began to research core sediment samples taken in the 1960s from beneath Greenland’s ice sheet.

Each year, a group of dedicated students are selected by the Community Outreach & Opportunity Project (COOP) as senior fellows whose job it is to connect students with volunteer opportunities, building a bridge between the Hill and the local community. For 2021-22, the senior fellows are Casey Brown, Mackenzie Christensen, Lila Kirchhoff, and Amy Zhai.

Katherine (Kate) Burnham ’23 and Jacquelin (Jackie) Prunier ’23 have been awarded Coccia Foundation Scholarships for study in Italy in 2022.

Hamilton Sustainability Club, HSC, hosted an on-campus thrift shop on Dec. 3, and its success proved thrifting is here to stay. Catherine McFarland `22 explained, “Gen Z is very conscious of our individual footprints and passionate about thrifting, so I thought it was great that HSC was able to bring this opportunity right to the Hill.”