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As we welcome new and returning members of our community back to College Hill, we want to offer a glimpse into what campus has been up to these past few months while many have been away. Here’s a sampling of new spaces, new faces, renamed buildings, major moves, and more.

As part of the Levitt Center’s Community Impact Summer Fellowship Program, a cohort of Hamilton students have been collaborating with local organizations focused on social and public policy across Oneida County. We chatted with a few of these students who spent the summer combining their academic pursuits with practical and hands-on skills.

Reading Prester John: Cultural Fantasy and its Manuscript Contexts, a new book by Professor of History John Eldevik, was recently published by Arc-Humanities Press. It examines the legend of Prester John, a powerful Christian monarch believed to have ruled a vast empire in Asia during the Middle Ages.

The Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College will host an exhibition called "Menagerie: Animals in Art" from September 7 to June 8, 2025. This exhibit will showcase hundreds of artworks featuring animals from ancient times to today.

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 varied subjects from the discussion of coups to the Federal Reserve and the vice presidency.

President Steven Tepper emphasized a message of optimism, and suggested students embrace a willingness to fail as Hamilton opened its 231st year with the traditional Convocation ceremony on Aug. 28.

People say eyes are a window to the soul — but what about the jawline? That’s a question Associate Professor of Psychology Keelah Williams tackled, along with five Hamilton student researchers, this summer.

“This project really taught us that to answer the big questions, sometimes you have to ask a bunch of little questions,” said Sara Cont ’27, who, with Maya Kannan ’25 and Madeleine Petro ’25 embarked on a trailblazing physics project this summer under the guidance of Assistant Professor of Physics Viva Horowitz.

The Class of 2024, along with a matching gift from a 2009 graduate, left its mark on Hamilton, contributing to a year of generosity from alumni, parents, and friends that included the 2023-24 Hamilton Fund exceeding its $7.3 million goal.

Greeted by a raucous and flamboyantly dressed group of Orientation Leaders waving witty signs and shouting words of welcome, nearly 460 new Hamilton students and their families arrived on College Hill on Aug. 20 to move in and begin Orientation.