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Digital Hamilton
Hamilton seeks to instill in our students the skills necessary to communicate and work effectively in a digital world.

We want our students to understand the power and limits of computing processes; the potential uses of data, analytics, and computer modeling; the use of digital media to communicate and collaborate; the privacy, security, and other ethical and societal implications of living in an online world; and the basics of information fluency, including how to find, organize, evaluate, and interpret online information.

Digital Hamilton means hands-on learning with advanced technology and incredible support for student research projects that span campus disciplines.

The Latest

Tom Helmuth ’09
Intro to Computer Science: It’s Not Just for Majors Anymore: The Computer Science Department has redesigned its introductory course to give students from across the disciplines a basic understanding of programming.
Heather Kropp env. studies class
Digital Hamilton: Learning Data Science Across Disciplines: A math major with an environmental studies minor, Rachel Pike ’21 saw data science as a natural combination of her interests.
Computer Science Class
New Computer Science Professorships to Bolster Digital Emphasis: Convinced of the importance of digital technologies to the future of Hamilton and its students, two alumni with careers in finance each have endowed a pr
Digital-Courses-Hamilton
CAUTIOUSLY CURIOUS ABOUT COMPUTER SCIENCE? READ ON. Redesigned introductory course gives students from across the disciplines a basic understanding of programming and how computers can be used in their fields.
computer science neural outputs
COMP. SCI. GROUP TRAINS AI MACHINES TO COMMUNICATE: Visiting Assistant Professor of Computer Science David Perkins and his research group explore if AIs could learn from each other.
Torrey Foster '20
DATA ANALYTICAL SKILLS LEAD TO CONSULTING JOB: Two internships with consumer package goods (CPG) companies led Torrey Foster ’20 first to his senior thesis topic and now to a job. 
smart hoodie
WEAR YOUR TECH ON YOUR SLEEVE: Students created gadgets that, when attached to everything from hoodies to baseball gloves to plants, relay useful information.
New World Nature Project Collage
THE NEW WORLD NATURE PROJECT, leaning heavily on digital humanities skills, has produced new online tools and databases that will be of potential value to scholars everywhere.
The Seagull
THE SEAGULL YOU NEVER SAW: An interactive website was created to feature some 30 creative pieces inspired by Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull and the students’ current personal experiences during COVID-19.
Employees and family member volunteers engaged in printing face shield components
PUTTING 3D PRINTERS TO GOOD USE: Enterprising Hamilton employees use the College’s 3D printers to make visors for protective face shields used by health organizations.
Nannas with DNA
DNA IN 3D: Assistant Professor of Biology Natalie Nannas collaborated with Hamilton instructional designer Doug Higgins to create a flexible plastic DNA model using a 3D printer.
Judy Zhou VR
PRIVILEGE STEP BY STEP: Judy Zhou ’19 sports a virtual reality headset to experience her “empathy walk.”
Abhishek Amar and Nathaniel Colburn ’18
A SENSE OF PLACE: Associate Professor of Religious Studies Abhishek Amar supervises as Nathaniel Colburn ’18 takes a virtual trip to India’s Vishnupada temple.
Screenshot of The Marshall Project Episode 1
THE ZO, BASED ON THE AMERICAN PRISING WRITING ARCHIVE DEBUTS: The series of videos from The Marshall Project takes a look at life inside prison through sentiments expressed in the APWA letters.
Students use an Oculus Rift while designing a VR environment and 3D objects while members of the library's Digital Learning and Research team look on
HAMILTON RECEIVES DIGITAL ARTS & TECHNOLOGY GRANT: The Sherman Fairchild Foundation has awarded a $493,321 grant to the College for Immersive Experiences in Arts and Technology.
Andrew Wei ’20
A MIND FOR DATA: Achievement. Ambition. American Dream. Capitalism. Maybe the most challenging part of the research for Andrew Wei ’20 was constructing the dictionary of terms he would use to mine Google News data.
Manuel Barrantes - Digital Ethics
ETHICS MEETS THE DIGITAL AGE: Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy Manuel Barrantes brings a new course to the Hill and examines the morality of technology.
Digital Pedagogy Award recipients
ANNOUNCING ‘CULTIVATING DIGITAL PEDAGOGY’ FELLOWSHIPS: Eight individuals have received fellowships focused on innovations in digital pedagogy under a new program.
computer lab
SOCIOLOGY CLASS PODCAST SHOWS LIFE AT HAMILTON: Students in Sociology 101 presented podcasts of their own making that examined sociological issues on campus.
screenshot of video - VR Project of Julio Cortázar’s work
LITERARY DREAMSCAPES MADE "REAL": Designed to introduce students to the representation of virtual worlds in literature, the course explored emerging technologies such as Story Maps and 3D virtual objects and realities.
Rhudi Darko '20
THE MISSING PIECE: When part of a 25-year-old press at Hamilton’s Print Shop unexpectedly broke, the machine became inoperable. A student recreated the part using digital modeling and 3D printing.
Sacharja Cunningham '19
BEYOND WORDS: At first, you hear just a voice. From the bottom of the screen, a solitary figure in a hoodie rises, back to the camera, to speak the next line of his spoken-word poem.
Zhaosen Guo '21 and Wei-Jen Chang
DIGITIZING THE PAST: Zhaosen Guo ’21 created a online database about the first Chinese student to study at Hamilton College and the first to graduate from an American university.
virtual heart
Students in Survey of Human Anatomy use virtual reality tools to create videos about explorations of the human body.
Hayoung Lim '21, Donald Holley '20 and Professor David Perkins work on a program that will turn a photograph into a watercolor .
CAN A COMPUTER PAINT A PICTURE?: Hayoung Lim '21, Donald Holley '20 and Professor David Perkins work on a program that will turn a photograph into a watercolor.
Experiencing Empathy
STORYTELLING WITH A TWIST: Creative writing major Hannah McLean ’19 tells of the post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans education system using virtual reality.
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