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The Hamilton Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa recently elected 39 members of the Class of 2020: Mackenzie Aldridge, Lillian Behm, Alexandra Blomfield, Laura Boyman, Yueran Ding, Eloise Doubleday, Ariana Giramita, Mercedes Girona, Eliza Glaser-Kshensky, Claire Gordy, Julia Hartnett, Haley Hassell, William Kaback, Jacob Kahn, Janice Kang, Joyce Lee, Kimberly Lifton, Claire Lincoln, Olivia Maddox, Lucas Mangold, Melissa Mouritsen, Christina Naston, Elizabeth O’Keefe, Blayne Oliver, Meghan Pawlik, Julian Perricone, Federico Pollevick, Haley Raphael, Corinne Russell, Ruth Schmidt, Vincent Sorrentino, Aoife Thomas, Micaela Tobin, Matthew Tom, Robert Treadwell, Alayna Trice, Nicholas Walters, and Anna Warrell.

Thanks to a Bristol Fellowship, psychology major Angelica Coutinho '20 will spend time in four countries examining how sound and music function as healing tools across cultures.

What better way for a musician to pay tribute to her graduating friends than creating a music video? That’s what Jiin Jeong ’21 did, but she took it a step further by creating a video montage of Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance March No.1, with members of the Hamilton College Orchestra, faculty, and others.

Inspired by her study abroad experience in Asia last year, Eliza Renn ’20 is eager to return and learn about education reform in Taiwan. She’ll do that in 2021 as the recipient of a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship.

The 208th Commencement was unlike any other in Hamilton’s history. Due to COVID-19, the College held a virtual ceremony celebrating the 497 members of the Class of 2020 and honoring many of the annual traditions on Sunday, May 24.

Field hockey and women's hockey all-American Michaela Giuttari '20 and men's basketball all-American Kena Gilmour '20 received the 2020 Jack B. Riffle Awards as Hamilton College Director of Athletics Jon Hind '80 revealed this year's senior varsity athlete award winners via a live video announcement on Friday, May 22.

Two internships with consumer package goods companies led Torrey Foster ’20 first to his senior thesis topic and now to a job with Cadent Consulting Group, a sales and marketing firm.

After studying abroad in Spain for a semester during her junior year, Charlotte Freed ’20 knew she would one day return. As the recipient of a Fulbright English teaching assistantship, she’ll have that opportunity starting in January.

Assistant Professor of Literature Pavitra Sundar and students in her “English and its Discontents” senior seminar recently presented their research at a virtual conference titled “Thinking with an Accent: Through Voice, Across Media.”

Emma Belanger ’20 knew that she wanted to explore pursue her interests in Chinese and Russian language and culture after graduation, but wasn't sure how. Then, while studying abroad, she learned of Harbin, a town in China on the border of Russia.