Levitt Center
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Our History
In 1980, the family of long-time public servant Arthur Levitt established the center in his honor.
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The Justice Lab
Apply for the spring term Justice Lab! Topic: Inspired Action: Community Building and Social Change
Research
Levitt research grants provide funding for students and faculty to conduct collaborative research.
Community Engagement
Our community-engaged learning opportunities help students understand the needs and circumstances of others and to work ethically with them.
Transformational Leadership
Our transformational leadership programming works to develop self-awareness as a tool to confront challenges. It nurtures transformational leaders who follow ethical principles, inspire others and use creativity and innovation to implement change.
Social Innovation
Our social innovation initiatives introduce students to the ideation and creative problem-solving processes, and they nurture creative solutions to social problems with financial and mentoring support.
Sample Projects
Students and Faculty Travel the World for Summer Research
Hamilton faculty and students traveled the globe this summer, collaborating on research projects from the UK to Romania. See what some had to say about their research and travels.
Throughout history, art has repeatedly pushed for change by unsettling conventional perspectives on social issues. This summer, a team of Hamilton students hopes to accomplish something similar with their Levitt Center research project by portraying the lived experience of disability through theatre.
Filming a Documentary in the United Kingdom
Rob Knight, associate professor of art, traveled with Alya MacDonald ’25 and Hugh Williams ’26 and conducted audio and video interviews for the documentary “Strangers in a Strange Land.”
Students Travel to Ireland for Program on Human Rights, Civil Rights, and Conflict Resolution
Associate Professor of Philosophy Justin Clark and Assistant Professor of Government Ashley Gorham traveled with 15 students to Bundoran, Ireland, for an interdisciplinary program taught through the lens of Irish history and culture.
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