Strange, but exciting. That’s how Kate Harloe ’12 described the somewhat unusual academic pursuit that she and Corinne Bancroft ’10 took on this semester. Not only did Harloe and Bancroft propose a new interdisciplinary course for the upcoming spring semester, but they wrote the syllabus and recruited an enthusiastic team of faculty to teach it. The enterprise was strange due to its role-reversing nature, and exciting in that the students assumed a new involvement in their education. More ...

Students from first and second year Arabic classes in the Critical Languages Program (CLP) visited the Mosque located on Court Street in Utica on Dec. 4. They were accompanied by Mireille Koukjian, instructor of Arabic; Ahmad Alshorman, Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant; Mary Beth Barth, director of the CLP; and Aaron Spevack, visiting professor of religious studies. More ...

On Dec. 2, students in the Washington Program were hosted at the World Bank by Hasan Tuluy P’08, vice president for human resources. At lunch Mr. Tuluy briefed the group on the history, mission, organization, and strategy of the bank. Drawing on his experience as a development economist, he also discussed careers in the field and the value of a liberal arts education.
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Questions flew and tensions flared Wednesday evening in the Science Center’s Kennedy Auditorium as the students of Government 112 participated in the culmination of a semester of arduous effort. Under the guidance of Associate Professor of Government Sharon Rivera, students enrolled in the Comparative Politics courses realized the fruits of their labors as the “Simulated Election Campaign in the Country of West Europa” unfolded. The simulation’s debate was the finale of the semester-long project. More ...

Six Hamilton College students have been selected as recipients of the Class of 1979 Student Travel Award. The award, established by the alumni of Hamilton's Class of 1979, offers financial assistance to certain outstanding Hamilton students who wish to pursue extensive research projects in different parts of the world. More ...

Margeaux Annalett '10 co-authored an article that was published in the November edition of Psychiatric Annals. Annalett, a psychology major at Hamilton, externed at Buffalo Psychiatric Center's Research Department during the summer. While there she co-authored a case challenge article that concerned a 58-year-old woman who had attempted suicide several times. Hamilton College is noted in the publication as Annalett’s affiliated institution. More ...

Members of the Hamilton College Junior Year in France group traveled to Provence on Nov. 13-15. The first stop of the weekend trip was the Roman aqueduct, the Pont du Gard, built between 38 and 52 A.D. Guided by Hamilton Junior Year in France art professor Laurent Lecomte, the students also visited the amphitheater, stadium and baths in Arles, the picturesque town known as well as the setting for a number of Van Gogh’s paintings. More ...

Eleven Hamilton students participated in the University of Pennsylvania Model United Nations Conference (UPMUNC) Nov. 12 - 15 in Philadelphia. The conference drew approximately 1,400 delegates. The keynote speaker at the opening ceremony was Scott Harrison, founder of the non-profit organization Charity: Water, which aims to provide safe, clean drinking water to those in less-developed nations. More ...

After a briefing at the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Justice in Rosslyn, Va., on Nov. 18, students in the Program in Washington D.C. traveled to the bowels of 1401 Wilson Ave. to visit the space 32D, the spot where “Deep Throat,” later identified as Mark Felt, met with Bob Woodward during the Washington Post’s investigation of the Watergate scandal. More ...

Passing by Utica’s Salvation Army on a Thursday evening, one might assume a carnival is taking place behind its doors. Crashing cymbals, the occasional crack of a snare drum and muddled piano melodies can be heard from the Salvation Army’s chapel, their sounds pouring out into the street. Nearly overpowering this raucous symphony, the playful laughter and boisterous voices of the performance’s participants bring life to the musical melee taking place within. More ...