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On a family vacation to Nova Scotia in 1963, Jim Clough ’67 discovered bagpiping. The music moved his brother, and eventually him, when Clough heard his brother practicing at home. Two years later, Clough became a piper too, and he’s been cultivating and perfecting the art for nearly 53 years.

Like most Haudenosaunee, Andrew Lee ’94 learned from an early age that when setting a course of action, one must consider the wisdom of seven generations who came before and the consequences that decisions will have on seven generations ahead. Lee takes that advice to heart as chairman of the board of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian.

During a panel discussion, students heard from three alumni working in the field of policy and political research. Panelists included Ann Dubin ’06, a freelance political researcher and consultant, Marc Pitarresi ’10, a freelance political and communications consultant and researcher, and Cristina Garafola ’11, a research associate at RAND Corp. specializing in Chinese foreign policy.

Willa Mihalyi-Koch ’19 and Hannah Zucker '15 have been awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships. This is a highly competitive, prestigious, nationally recognized fellowship that is awarded to just under 2000 students in the natural and social sciences and engineering.

Kathleen "Kat" McGrory '05, former editor of The Spectator and currently deputy investigations editor at the Tampa Bay Times, was named a Pulitzer Prize finalist for "impactful reporting, based on sophisticated data analysis, that revealed an alarming rate of patient fatalities following Johns Hopkins’ takeover of a pediatric heart treatment facility."

This is a story of a creative partnership, Hamilton style. It began when two strangers were assigned to be first-year roommates. In the latest chapter of the continuing friendship, one writes a novel, and the other helps get it published.

Nobel Prize-winner Paul Greengard '48, a neuroscientist whose study of brain cell messaging opened new pathways to studying psychological diseases, died at the age of 93 on April 13.

Erik S. McDuffie ’92 returned to the Hill on April 10 to highlight the intersectionality of racial justice and women’s rights. The lecture, sponsored by the History Department, served to bring awareness to the often overlooked impact black women have had in social movements over the years.

Martine Kalaw ’03 met with students on the DC program to discuss themes in her recently published book, Illegal Among Us: A Stateless Woman's Quest for Citizenship. She discussed how her lack of citizenship status affected her experience at Hamilton, despite making the most of it as a Hamilton, Adirondack Adventure Leader, and Residential Advisor for her semester on the New York City program.

Yance Ford ’94 has been awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship. The Foundation offers Fellowships to further the development of scholars and artists by assisting them to engage in research in any field of knowledge and creation in any of the arts, under the freest possible conditions and irrespective of race, color, or creed.