News

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.

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. September’s news topics included coverage of international students, Confederate monuments, and inflation, among others. Links are provided, but some may require subscriptions to access content.

When Tori Campbell Nelson ’86 talks, children listen. The co-founder and anchor of KidNuz, “a fun, fresh, first-of-its-kind kids’ podcast,” delivers age-appropriate news stories to her third- to sixth-grade audience five days a week.

Preston Sutton ’97 follows where science, the wind, and his interests take him. As operations manager at Sail & Explore, this polymer physicist does field work and expedition planning for a Switzerland-based nonprofit that explores the possible effects of micro- and nanoplastics on human health.

Thirty-three trips into the wilderness, 68 student leaders, 287 student participants. Plus dozens of canoes, tents, sleeping bags, rain gear, pounds of cheese, and other essentials. The planning that goes into Hamilton’s Adirondack Adventure (AA) orientation program is extensive, and the process has run like a proverbial well-oiled machine for the past four decades thanks in large part to Director of Outdoor Leadership Andrew Jillings, who came on board in 1997 to expand the program from a modest six trips.

An article co-authored by Associate Professor of Sociology Matthew Grace and Danny Lee ’23 was recently published in the journal Social Science & Medicine.

Eric Kuhn ’09 has been at the cutting edge of social media strategy and content production since his time as a student on College Hill. Now he is preparing for yet another on-stage responsibility: hosting Hamilton musical composer, creator, and star Lin-Manuel Miranda for the Sacerdote Great Names series.

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.

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. August’s news topics included coverage of campus speech, Upstate New York brain drain, and reinstallation of Confederate statues, among others.

Michael N. Castle ’61, a former two-term governor of Delaware who later became the state’s longest-serving U.S. representative, died on Aug. 14, 2025, in Greenville, Del. He was 86.