Sustainability News

If you walked around campus on a nice day this summer, you would likely have seen a pair of Hamilton students hammering metal tags onto trees. You might well have seen them doing it over, and over, and over again.

Some 159 students were honored with academic prizes and scholarships, and faculty were recognized for receiving teaching awards and dean’s scholarly achievement prizes, at Hamilton’s annual Class & Charter Day convocation on May 9. Earning special recognition were Ryan Smolarsky ’23, who received the James Soper Merrill Prize, and Eleanor “Ellie” Sangree ’24, who was awarded the Fillius Drown Scholarship.

Hamilton College has unveiled an ambitious approach to reducing the institution’s impact on climate change by integrating a culture of environmental responsibility into every aspect of campus life.

The Thomas J. Watson Fellowship offers participants the chance to explore their “absolute passion.” This mission appealed to Salwa Sidahmed ’23. After graduation, Sidahmed will visit five different countries to follow her passion: plant-based practices and sustainability.

Hamilton hosted the Sustainability Fair on Oct. 24, an event aimed at exposing students to local sustainability issues and the various opportunities for involvement.

Mona Campbell ’85 spent much of her childhood “clomping through the forest for fun” on her family’s farm. Now, she shares that important part of her with thousands of others while working to preserve it for generations to come.

With the support of many Hamiltonians from across campus, a small cohort of interns spent the summer developing a plan for how the College can use green landscaping as a tool in its sustainability efforts.

Jack Riffle ’12 was teaching in New York City when the reality of the climate crisis hit. It was something he’d recognized for years, but it was no longer something he could ignore.

Andy Jian ’23 explores the question: what happens to the environment in a closed system?

These two hockey goalies are gearing up to take on their master’s degrees. Sean Storr ’22 will be pursuing urban and environmental policy and planning at Tufts University. Gabrielle Venne ’22 will enroll at the University of Maine for a forest resources degree.