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Six faculty members were approved for tenure by Hamilton’s Board of Trustees at its recent meeting. They include Catherine Beck (geosciences), Erica De Bruin (government), Susan Jarosi (art history), Jaime Kucinskas, (sociology), Alexandra Plakias (philosophy), and Jesse Weiner (classics).

The bright orange lava that flows in Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano is breathtaking, but the cooled particles that end up in the Hamilton Analytical Lab are beautiful, too, to the scientists who analyze them for the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.

See how Professor of Geosciences Barb Tewksbury revamped her classroom to accommodate students, both on-campus and remote.

Hamilton is one of six institutions — the only undergraduate college — to share a $2.7 million National Science Foundation grant to investigate big questions about climate, tectonics, and the evolution of life at a rich location in Kenya.

Her current climate-change research at the Center for Strategic and International Studies takes on how to transition from carbon-based energy in a way that protects and even benefits communities and economies. That’s known as “just transition,” and it’s the type of work Mary Margaret Allen ’17 aspired to well before she started college.

Through a connection with a geosciences professor, Olivia Holbrook ’23 has spent the last two months living in a tent in Alaska, exploring a 27-mile-long glacier.

Having spent a semester studying in Perugia, Italy, Gloribel “Glori” Difo ’20 became so captivated with the city that she decided to take what she saw and learned to create an interdisciplinary senior project: A Walking Tour of Perugia, Italy: Exploring the Building Stones Used in the City’s Construction.

A longtime commitment to community service has led Maddy Totman ’20 to the next step on her career path — she will join the national service organization AmeriCorps and teach math at Match Charter School in Boston.

Three faculty members were named recipients of Hamilton’s highest awards for teaching in the 2019-20 academic year. Dean of Faculty Suzanne Keen announced the honors at the May faculty meeting.

Dean of Faculty Suzanne Keen recognized nine faculty members with Dean’s Scholarly Achievement Awards in three categories at the May 5 faculty meeting.