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.

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. November’s news topics included coverage of free speech, Democratic Socialism, and gambling, among others.

Marianne Janack, the John Stewart Kennedy Professor of Philosophy, and her co-editor, Elin Danielsen Huckerby of the University of Bergen, Norway, have published a collection of essays titled Solidarity in Contingency: Rorty's Constructive Project.

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.

Organic Chemistry is a course with a reputation, striking fear in the hearts of pre-med, biology, and chemistry students due to its notorious difficulty. However, Associate Professor of Chemistry Max Majireck is bringing a little light into the dark trenches of “Orgo” through a most unlikely medium — song lyric parodies in assignment emails.

Organizing events ranging from on-campus scavenger hunts and merch drops, to excursions off-campus to apple orchards and Syracuse’s Destiny USA mall, the First-Year Experience (FYE) student leaders are experts in making all the “new” of college life exciting. FYE leaders support first-year students through the difficulties of transitioning to college by providing ample opportunities for socializing, destressing, and recharging. We asked Dana Blatte ’26, a FYE leader since fall 2024, to share her experience with the program.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Literature and Creative Writing Patrick Joseph Caoile’s debut short story collection, Tales from Manila Ave., was recently published by Sundress Publications.

A proposal submitted by Assistant Professor of Chemistry Carolyn Hutchinson for the Jean Dreyfus Lectureship for Undergraduate Institutions program for 2025 was recently approved.

As November wraps up, we take a look back at the Continentals’ fall seasons, highlighted by the field hockey team's advancing to the second round of the NCAA Division III championship. Here’s a look at some of photographer Josh McKee’s favorite action shots from the fall. For more on the Continentals’ fall season, visit the Athletics site.

In celebration of National First-Gen Student Week, we are recognizing our many students who identify as “first-generation” — the first in their families to complete or pursue a bachelor’s degree. Alejandro Sosa Hernández ’26 recently interviewed several of our first-gens to get their thoughts on being college trailblazers.