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Hamilton Receives $10 Million Gift; Arts Building Named

Hamilton College will name its theatre and studio arts building for Kevin and Karen Kennedy in recognition of their lifetime giving to the college, including $10 million for the new project. More ...

The Major Four-Teens Win Regional Competition

Seniors Gabe Mollica, Jake Taylor, Andrew Rippel and Will Robertson, coached by Associate Professor of Music Rob Hopkins, will compete in the International Collegiate Barbershop Contest on July 1 in Las Vegas. More ...

Samuel Matlick ’17 to Compete in NYS Business Plan Competition

In the regional competition at SUNY IT Matlick not only won his category but placed first overall in the entire competition with the only perfect score of 100 out of 100 possible points. More ...

Alvin Ailey's Judith Jamison to Give Voices of Color Lecture

Her lecture is Friday, April 18, at 5 p.m., in the Chapel. More ...

New York Times Features Chambliss Interview

The article offered a glimpse of the extensive results from Chambliss’ decade-long, Mellon-funded student study culminating in the newly published How College Works, co-authored with Christopher Takacs ’05. More ...

Leah Wolf '14 Awarded Fulbright ETA To Germany

The computer science major will teach English in Germany. More ...

New York Yankees Captain Derek Jeter is Next Guest in Sacerdote Great Names Series

Jeter will be the featured guest in a moderated question-and answer chat on Dec. 10. More ...

Other Recent News

Program in Washington D.C. students at the State Department.

DC Program Students Meet with State Department Officials

April 18, 2014

Students in the Hamilton College Program in Washington, D.C., met with officials from the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor at the U.S. Department of State on April 2. Representatives from press and policy, foreign affairs, the Office of Global Programs and a program analyst comprised a panel that discussed the bureau’s efforts to promote democracy, protect human rights and international religious freedom and to advance labor rights globally. More ...

Arboretum Association to Host Landscape Architect

April 18, 2014

Landscape architect Katchen Cardamone will deliver a lecture on Saturday, April 19, at 10 a.m., in the Kennedy Auditorium of the Taylor Science Center. The event is part of the Hamilton College Arboretum’s “Third Saturday Speaker Series,” and is free and open to the public. More ...

UCLA World Arts Professor to Lecture on Sacred Objects

April 16, 2014

Polly Roberts, professor of world arts and cultures/dance at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), will deliver a lecture on the display of sacred objects in a museum context on Thursday, April 17, at 4:15 p.m., in the Overlook of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art. More ...

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April is Jazz Appreciation Month. To celebrate, the Fillius Jazz Archive is highlighting an artist each day. Today’s featured artist is George Shearing H’94.