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. 120 students are participating in a research program this summer.

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Chemistry

Hamilton Hosts SmORS Organic Chemistry Symposium

The Chemistry Department recently hosted organic chemistry students and faculty from Colgate University and Hobart and William Smith Colleges for SmORS, the annual Summer Organic Research Symposium.

Mathematics Research

Ryan ’21 Takes on New World of Math

Maggie Ryan, a rising junior, is spending the summer working on an Emerson project that investigates non-commutative algebra. She is one of 200 Hamilton students who are doing summer research or an internship supported by the College.

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Improvising and Collaborating

Inspired to create an all-Hamilton album, musician Anthony Reyes ’20 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.