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Associate Director for Digital Learning and Research Nhora Serrano was recently selected to be one of 12 members of the inaugural cohort for the Next Leaders Fellowship.

During his Hamilton years, Michael Lang ’67 was a habitue, maybe the only habitue, of the Rare Book Room (then known as the Treasure Room), which saw little use by students. That seemed a shame to Lang.

Instead of heading to the local card store or sending an e-greeting through cyberspace, some Hamilton students crafted hand-printed Valentine’s Day cards in the College’s Letterpress Studio.

Associate Director for Digital Learning and Research Nhora Lucía Serrano participated in panels at the 2022 Modern Language Association (MLA) Conference.

From anarchist periodicals of the 1920s to a 16th century copy of Aesop’s Fables to paintings of 19th century everyday life in China, Hamilton’s Special Collections is a trove of fascinating publications and ephemera. More importantly it is a repository of primary source material for students and faculty to conduct research.

Associate Director for Digital Learning and Research Nhora Lucía Serrano recently participated in a virtual roundtable on scholarly publication in comics studies on Oxford University Press’ youtube channel spotlighting top scholars in a variety of scholarly fields.

In 2019, Director and Curator of Special Collections and Archives Christian Goodwillie and Photography and Digital Imagery Specialist Marianita Peaslee visited Nevis, Alexander Hamilton’s birthplace, with three students to begin the process of digitizing historical documents. The manuscripts are now available online.

Associate Director for Digital Learning and Research Nhora Lucía Serrano's review of Breaking the Frames: Populism and Prestige in Comics Studies was recently published in Inks: The Journal of the Comics Studies Society.

Kyra Richardson ’21, a digital media intern in LITS and a student writer for the Communications office, describes her new role on LITS’ virtual Student Support Center.

On March 30, Hamilton students and faculty began navigating a new way to teach and learn, as the College moved to remote online classes in response to the coronavirus outbreak.