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Claire Williams ’25 conducted research earlier this summer with Visiting Assistant Professor of Geosciences Kris Kusnerik and Andrew Fredericks ’25 on the Wakulla River in Florida.
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Roughly 30 years ago, microbiologists discovered a new group of bacteria that “breathe” iron in the same way we breathe oxygen: by the transfer of electrons.
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“We are responsible for 11,700 tons of carbon in the atmosphere every year,” said Brian Hansen, Hamilton’s director of environmental protection, safety, and sustainability. The reduction of this imposing number, which stands between the College and its goal of carbon neutrality, is being approached from a variety of angles, among them, switching energy systems from fossil fuels to greener sources.
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Twenty-two Hamilton students displayed posters and gave oral presentations on their research at the Ninth Annual New York Six Undergraduate Research Conference on Oct. 26 at Union College in Schenectady, N.Y.
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Twelve members of the Class of 2019 were recently initiated into the Hamilton College Chapter of Sigma Xi, the international research honor society for science and engineering.
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The Hage Family, a well-respected family of Hamilton alumni, recently had a new SUNY Polytechnic lab named in their honor. In recognition of decades of support for SUNY Polytechnic Institute, the institution held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new “Hage Family Robotics Lab.”
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When Yeo Jean Song ’21 applied to take part in a summer research project, she hoped to come out of it with a better understanding of molecular biology.
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Working with Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology Simon Coppard, Tayzia Santiago ’19 spent time this summer studying how sea cucumbers cope with increasing temperatures in oceans.
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During her sophomore year, Katie Guzzetta '18 received funding from Hamilton to begin her own microbiome study with lemurs in Madagascar. Her next research project was closer to home, with mice at Hamilton College.
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Associate Professor of Chemistry Adam Van Wynsberghe recently presented results from his research laboratory's efforts at the 254th National Meeting of the ACS in Washington, D.C. in s seminar titled, "Multiscale modeling of the complete ligand binding pathways to influenza neuraminidase."
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