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Five Hamilton juniors have been awarded Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships for study abroad during the spring 2020 semester. Recipients are Erin Bryant, Diamond Jackson, Savannah Kelly, Lynn Kim, and Maya Taliaferro.

It’s the time of the year to roll out “top 10” lists. Here’s a look at the Hamilton news readers found most captivating in 2019.

From questioning whether a coup should ever be labeled “good” to protesting recent immigration policies, opinions expressed by faculty appeared in major national publications via essays and letters to the editor throughout the year.

Digital media interns, who comb campus looking for real-life moments and the perfect photo, selected some of their favorite images from the past semester, and we've turned those into a Top 10 slideshow for you to enjoy. 

Eleven members of the Class of ’23 are serving as COOP Service Interns (CSIs) this year. The CSI program is designed for those students who are keenly passionate about service. Students are set up with a two-year paid internship at an area nonprofit. This year’s group is interning at Root Farm, Compassion Coalition, and the United Way to name a few.

With a semester to go before she graduates, public policy major Shadae Tingman ’20 has already landed a job as Consumer and Investment Management Operations Analyst at Goldman Sachs.

Teacher Tanya Namad Lerch ’05 and her high school student volunteers have made prosthetic hands that do all those things using a 3D printer. They create the free, custom-designed hands primarily for children and last school year delivered nine of them. 

'Hamilton has a strong commitment to undergraduate learning — that was something that really appealed to me. I take the idea of scholar-teacher seriously.'

As the end of the semester rolled around, students and members of the Hamilton community shared the spirit of giving and enjoyed some festive holiday events.

In “Trump's executive order raises important questions about Jewish identity and free speech,” co-authors President David Wippman and Professor of American Studies Glenn C. Altschuler question whether President Trump’s Dec. 11 Executive Order Combating Anti-Semitism adds to the protections already available for Jews under Title VI and conclude that it “may well do more harm than good.”