Richard Nelson '72 delivered the Tolles Lecture on March 11. More ...
Plate's book was given a starred review by the Library Journal. More ...
Prizes were awarded in three speaking competitions on March 8. More ...
Uncommon Schools founder, author discussed “the most important sector in a functioning democracy.” More ...
They'll be partners as new contributing members in the nonprofit online learning platform. More ...
Tull was part of a group of foundation and business leaders invited to the White House by President Obama. More ...
Students from the Hamilton College Program in New York City, directed by history professor Maurice Isserman, took a "Big Onion" walking tour of Harlem that included sites associated with the Harlem Renaissance. They also visited the last home of Alexander Hamilton. More ...
Although the annual homicide rate in NYC dropped from 2,245 to 333 between 1991 and 2013, civilians are now less trusting of law enforcement than they ever have been. No era before has faced such a looming reality of Big Brother as we do in the modern day. Renown author Christopher Dickey, who currently serves as the Paris Bureau chief and Middle East regional editor for The Daily Beast, presented a lecture on March 6 on “Policing, Politics and Paranoia in Post 9/11 America.” More ...
Doug Lemov ’90 returned to the Hill on March 6 to initiate a policy conversation on public education reform. While encouraging dialogue and discussion throughout his lecture, Lemov expressed his own ideas of how the current educational system can progress in the midst of poverty. In his presentation, titled “Which Reforms Will Save American Education – and Which Will Kill It?” Lemov addressed the different ways in which the nation must improve “the most important sector in a functioning democracy.” More ...
