Two Hamilton chemistry students spent part of their summer unraveling a decades-old campus mystery – the true identity of the beloved peonies in Grant Garden. Saunders left behind scant documentation of what species he used to create his world-renowned hybrids. So, John “JP” Hoak ’27, Mark Khairallah ’27, and Biology Professor Wei-Jen Chang are sleuthing for clues not in records, but in DNA.

Associate Professor of Art History Susan Jarosi and Associate Professor of Biology Rhea Datta are among the co-authors of an article published recently in the journal Natural Sciences Education.

Charlotte Ameringer ’88 works small. As chief conservator at the Portland Art Museum, she recently spent nine months ever so gently removing varnish from a painting in Monet’s famous “Waterlilies” series.

Associate Professor of Classics Jesse Weiner recently completed a residency at the National Humanities Center (NHC) in Durham, N.C., where he worked on two intersectional projects joining classics with science fiction.

People, events, buildings, and symbols that collectively represent the long history of Hamilton’s Opportunity Programs (OP) are on brilliant display in a 4- by 7-foot painting designed and created by Nat St. Helen ’27 (they/them).

Dolly Parton's Jolene, a book by Lydia Hamessley, the John and Anne Fischer Professor in the Fine Arts (Music), was reviewed in The Washington Post on July 7.

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. June’s news topics included coverage of the economy, federal employees, and the Army’s 250th anniversary parade, among others.

Season 5 of the Jazz Backstory podcast, created and hosted by Monk Rowe, director of the Fillius Jazz Archive, launches on July 8.

Margie Thickstun, the Jane D. and Ellis E. Bradford ’45 Distinguished Writing Chair, recently presented a paper during the 11th Triennial Conference on John Bunyan at the University of Prince Edward Island.

Beth Eischen, visiting assistant professor of instruction for biology, presented a workshop titled "Using progressive team-based concept mapping to increase student engagement, feelings of belonging and understanding of core concepts in an introductory anatomy course" at the 2025 meeting of the Human Anatomy and Physiology Society (HAPS) at the University of Pittsburgh in May.