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Maynard-Knox Professor of Government and Law Frank Anechiarico is gaining a different perspective this year by swapping his classroom on College Hill with one in Sweden. Anechiarico and Visiting Assistant Professor of Government Jonas Brodin, a faculty member of The Swedish Program at the Stockholm School of Economics, have exchanged roles, with Brodin teaching courses in public policy at Hamilton and Anechiarico teaching comparative policy and justice studies in Stockholm.

On day one of his internship in the Dutchess County Public Defender’s Office, his supervisor meted out an unvarnished observation about a law career. “If you like this,” the supervisor told Federico Romero ’22, “this is what you’ll do. If you don’t like it, I’ve had a lot of interns that don’t like it, and they pursue something else.”

Emma Tynan ’20 is one of 200 Hamilton students conducting research or completing an internship supported by the college this summer. Here she describes her Emerson Research project under the guidance of Professor Phil Klinkner.

Gordon Kaye ’74 and his daughter, Sasha Kaye-Walsh ’05 have started a joint podcast project with Graphic Design USA (GDUSA). “Conversations on Design” is a new weekly podcast series, conceived and produced by Sasha Kaye-Walsh. Each episode features a guest graphic designer or creative thought leader who is experienced in fields of design, advertising and marketing.

In high school, Maggie Cunha ’20 volunteered at a residential treatment center for mothers suffering from addiction, an experience that kindled both her anger about ineffective public policy and a keen interest in improving public policy. It’s helped shape her career goals.

Speaking on Friday, Oct. 26, to a standing-room-only crowd of parents, students, and faculty on careers in defense intelligence, Greenan chronicled her career path from that internship and another with U.S. Senator Richard Lugar (R-Indiana), to working for alumnus and former U.S. Congressman Michael Castle ’61 to the Pentagon to defense contractors.

James P. Du Vernay ’03 recently became the new United States Consul for Western France at the U.S. Consulate in Rennes.

It took just one public policy class to get Taylor Kim ’19 to reconsider her academic direction. “The whole point of my education is to give me the tools to help others,” Kim says.

Jamaica’s Prime Minister, The Most Honourable Andrew Holness, recently awarded alumnus Arthur Williams ’16 with the Youth Award for Excellence in the International Achievement category, acknowledging Williams’ accomplishments while at Hamilton and in the years following his graduation.

Hamilton will welcome two prominent visiting professors for the spring 2018 semester. Nicholas Rostow will serve as the Sol M. Linowitz Visiting Professor of International Affairs, and Gwen Dordick has been named Distinguished Lecturer in American Public Policy and Practice.