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The work of Atelier Four, a group of four printmakers with ties to Hamilton, is on display through July 24 at View Arts Center in Old Forge, N.Y.

Sara G. Miller ’10, a staff writer for Live Science, recently wrote an article titled “How Much Sleep Does Your School-Age Child Need?” She has written many other articles for this site covering issues on healthy friendships and relationships, diets, weight loss, cancer and many other health-related topics.

BSS News Bites placed Michael F. Rosinus ’80 in the top ten percent of NASDAQ performers for his performance as director of Cordia Bancorp in the past year. The NASDAQ performance ranking ended on June 13, 2016. By that time, the shares were up 28.1 percent. He began his position as director of Cordia Bancorp and Bank of Virginia in April of 2014.

A little sun, a lot of rain, but plenty of good spirits marked Reunions 2016, June 9-12. Classmates reunited at traditional dinners, Alumni Colleges provided food for thought on a wide of topics, and the annual meeting of the Alumni Association featured presentation of the Bell Ringer Award to President Joan Hinde Stewart.  

Sasha Kaye ’05 is co-creator, executive producer and one of the stars in the new web series “Precious Cargo.”   The series follows the lives of two sisters, Lisa and Sandy, and their adventures as tutors of wealthy children in New York City. Seven episodes of the series are set to start airing weekly on June 13.

Beginning with his submission published in Vox titled The easiest way to guess if someone supports Trump? Ask if Obama is a Muslim, Professor of Government Philip Klinkner’s research has been referenced in articles in Salon, Fusion, New York Magazine, The Washington Post, The Guardian and DailyKos and in an MSNBC broadcast.

In celebration of the 50th reunion of Hamilton’s Class of 1966, student library and information technology research fellows have worked with the college’s research & instructional design team to create a personalized multimedia yearbook containing oral histories, a timeline of archival materials, a music playlist generator and other features for the Class of 1966. For those class members who have not yet participated in the digital yearbook program, there will be a booth on the first floor of the library Friday afternoon in which they can make a recording.

Reunions 2016 kicked off on Thursday, June 9, with a medallion ceremony honoring members of the Class of 1966 who are celebrating their 50-year reunion.

From hobbyists to full-time manufacturers – that’s the trajectory that the founders of Birdman Bats, a maker of top-quality, all-birch, baseball bats, hope to follow. Creative writing major Nick Geisler ’14 helped co-found the San Francisco-based company and manages most of the finances and bookkeeping. He is excited as the organization embarks on a fundraising campaign to buy the equipment necessary to become a full-scale manufacturer with the purchase of an automatic lathe.

Reunion is defined as “the act of coming together again.”  There will be plenty of opportunity to do that this weekend, June 9-12, as Hamilton will welcome back more than 1,000 alumni and guests for Reunions 2016.  A special welcome goes to members of the class of 1966 who will be celebrating their 50th reunion. A full schedule of events will keep attendees busy throughout the weekend.