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Max Girard '24, Charlotte Clark '25 and Assistant Professor of Biology Ariel Kahrl recently published work in the journal Integrative and Organismal Biology that began as a summer science research project lead by Girard.

This summer, Levitt Center student researchers Luke Hanson ’26, Delaney Patterson ’26, Samuel Low ’28, and Ton Somnug ’27 joined forces with Griffiss Institute CEO and Hamilton alumna Heather Hage ’02 to investigate the holistic impact of federal spending on the local economy. In November, the Griffiss Institute released findings from the research study.

Professor of Art Robert Knight and Michael Shapiro ’71, director emeritus of Atlanta’s High Museum of Art, first taught From Collecting to Curating five years ago, but it has returned this year with a twist. The course is divided into three parts with one new goal: to curate an exhibition at the Munson in Utica, N.Y.

Community is a theme that shows up again and again for Sam Besca ’22. Community is what she has fostered with fellow artists in New York City since graduation, and community is what she was seeking — and found — when she transferred to Hamilton from New York University as a sophomore.

National and regional news organizations regularly interview Hamilton faculty, staff, alumni, and students for their expertise and perspectives on current events, and to feature programs and activities on campus. October’s news topics included coverage of Lin Manuel Miranda’s Great Names appearance, Democratic Socialists and Secretary of War Hegseth, among others.

Fresh off his second term in the White House as U.S. secretary of agriculture, Tom Vilsack ’72 has joined the World Food Prize Foundation as CEO. The organization is devoted to driving transformative change in food security and sustainable agriculture.

“Generalized Quandle Polynomials and Their Applications to Stuquandles, Stuck Links, and RNA Folding,” co-authored by Associate Professor of Mathematics José Ceniceros, Ekaterina Bondarenko ’25, and colleagues at the University of South Florida (USF), was recently published in Open Mathematics.

Hamilton is steeped in stories that history alone cannot explain. From a trio of floating sisters to a mystery mummy to spectral professors who never left campus, these ghostly tales linger like unanswered questions, suggesting that College Hill holds more secrets than it chooses to share.

Colleen Hallagan Preuninger ’06 has returned to College Hill for her first semester as Hamilton’s inaugural dean of spiritual and religious life. We asked her to share some initial thoughts about her new role and what she’s heard already from students. (Full interview to appear in the Winter edition of Hamilton Magazine.)

Will Kaback ’20 draws on his Hamilton experience and range of creative and intellectual pursuits in his current role as a senior editor at Tangle News, an independent news startup that focuses on bringing people of differing political backgrounds together to discuss topics in a constructive way.