Kathryn Hansen '07 and Amber Gillis '06 tested glucose levels in turtles in their study on the effects of different hormones, drugs and neurotransmitters on the smooth muscle contractions.

Summer research at Hamilton provides undergraduate students with unique opportunities to conduct hands-on collaborative research with Hamilton faculty. Projects range in focus from the creation of a photographic documentary to the development of computational approaches to drug design. Many of these projects lead to papers co-authored by students with Hamilton faculty and evolve into senior theses. This summer there are more than 100 students conducting research on campus, 10 of whom are entering first-year students who have the opportunity to begin establishing ties with faculty before they are formally enrolled in the College. Some students also travel internationally to conduct some or all of their research.

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Featured Projects

Sarah Felder '07 worked on a summer-long photography project titled, "Documenting a Disappearing Culture: The Small Farming Community in Oneida County."


Yejun Qian '08 returned to his native China to conduct research for his project on e-waste and globalization.


Advised by Associate Professor of Chemistry Karen Brewer, Jodi Raymond '08, Kim Roe '08, Elizabeth Faroh '08 (pictured) and LeAnne Pasquini ’07 are continuing an investigation of the optical properties, the synthesis and spectroscopy of rare earth based solid materials.



Erik Goulding '06, Mike Gruen '06 and Aram Kudurshian '06 are working to create a system in which people can work in the same computer files in different places and use a programmed Bluetooth cell phone to automatically synchronize the data.


William Hoffman '07 spent two weeks in the Great Basin of Central Nevada collecting chert samples before returning to campus to prepare them for geochemical analysis.