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Pre-health professions tracks are known for their rigorous requirements and demanding workloads that often result in perpetually sleep-deprived students. And although these associations may, to varying degrees, be accurate, the challenges undergraduates face while pursuing a pre-health track are certainly better faced together.

“Sleep on it.” “Measure your tone.” “Consider your representation.” These are three tips Vice President for Communications and Marketing Melissa Richards offered in her essay, “Express Your Opinion — but First, Check Yourself.” The Nov. 9 essay was subtitled, “Emotion can fuel great writing. It can also be a vulnerability. Consider these steps to ensure your arguments are sound.”

Sarah Damaske ’99 has long been interested in understanding and ameliorating class and race inequalities. Her research culminated in the book , "The Tolls of Uncertainty: How Privilege and the Guilt Gap Shape Unemployment in America."

Christina Romer, a professor of economics at University of California, Berkeley, and former chair of the Council of Economic Advisers under the Obama administration, engaged in a dialogue with Greg Mankiw, a Harvard University professor of economics and former chair of the Council of Economic Advisers under President George W. Bush.

John Brisotti ’73 played guitar at Hamilton and had a mandolin that he picked up on occasion. After College he kept learning, mostly by ear, before taking lessons with Mike Compton, perhaps the foremost Bill Monroe-style mandolinist today.

After graduation in May, Kate Biedermann ’22 will join Partners Group in its financial analyst program. She tells here how her Hamilton experience led her to this path.

Critical thinking requires the freedom to take ideas wherever they lead, as well as a willingness to consider opposing viewpoints and re-examine one’s own assumptions,” writes President David Wippman, co-author of “How Colleges Can Counter ‘Cancel Culture’” in Inside Higher Ed.

After roughly four years of work, filmmakers Loch Phillipps ’83 and Adam Bedient ’04 will screen their documentary for what may be the most discerning audience they’ll ever face — the hometown crowd at the Stanley Theater in Utica.

The Hamilton community is grateful for the 23 members of Hamilton College Emergency Medical Service (HCEMS). These student volunteers are New York State certified EMTs whose work helps keep the College community safe 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week while classes are in session.

Anne Washburn's 10 Out of 12 is a behind-the-scenes look at how theatre is made, inviting the audience into the complicated and fascinating rehearsal process, and ultimately reminding us of the joys of live performance.