Student Research

Through independent projects, the Senior Program, and summer internships with faculty members, Hamilton provides an increasing number of opportunities for students to engage in significant — often publishable — research at the undergraduate level.

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Research Programs

Hamilton offers its students outstanding opportunities to conduct research in all disciplines. Approximately 120 students receive research grants each summer.

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Research and Discovery

‘Feeding Our Past, Nourishing Our Future’: A Student Podcast

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Research and Discovery

Sheng’s ’21 Summer Research: Predicting Coronavirus Infection Rates

When Summer Sheng ’21 returned to campus last spring, COVID-19 had just begun to make international headlines. As a math major considering pursuing a graduate degree in applied mathematics, it didn’t take him long to realize that a pandemic-based project would be relevant to both the emerging crisis and to him personally.

Connections and Careers

The Doctor Is (Soon to Be) In

Accepted to the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry during the fall of her junior year, Acacia Bowden ’20 has been waiting to begin med school classes for almost two years. Actually, she’s been waiting to attend medical school ever since she was in elementary school.

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Improvising and Collaborating

Inspired to create an all-Hamilton album, musician Anthony Reyes obtained an Emerson grant to spend the summer collaborating on the project with jazz bassist and composer “Doc” Woods, the Leonard C. Ferguson Professor of Music.