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Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and Community Outreach and Opportunity Project (COOP) joined forces this month to volunteer at local organizations for the D-III Week of Service, a conference-wide community service competition. The goal was to gather as many hours of service as possible from April 2 to April 8. Hamilton had 128 athletes participate, and they amassed 300 hours of hands-on volunteer service during the seven-day event.

Back in the science classrooms that they had frequented not that long ago, four alumnae returned to campus for a “What I Did with My Major in Neuroscience and Psychology” panel. Hosted by the Career Center in collaboration with the Psychology Department on April 9, the event attracted 40 interested students and was followed by a networking reception.

An exhibition of work from Associate Professor of Art Robert Knight’s Transnational are on display at Millbrook School in Millbrook, N.Y., through April 27.

Journalist and sports writer Christian Red ‘90 visited on April 5 to speak with students about his experience at the New York Daily News and the changing nature of journalism.

We know him only as “John.” She cannot tell us his real name, nor his country of origin. As she tells John’s story of torture and imprisonment, she uses her finger to draw a line in the air every time his country is mentioned. John’s tale was one of attempted escapes, repeated imprisonment, and torture so brutal that he did not want it published; he didn’t want his children to know the worst details of what he had gone through.

David Gapp, the Silas D. Childs Professor in Agricultural Chemistry and Professor of Biology Emeritus, recently chaired a panel and presented a talk at a conference on "Food and..."

Five Hamilton students attended the 2018 Ashoka U Exchange, a conference that invites educators, social entrepreneurs, and students to discuss the importance of social innovation and how to cultivate unique ideas for change. With over 700 participants from around the world, the conference was held in Boston from April 5-7.

Rachel Alatalo ’18 will combine a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship with an independent research project in Argentina following her graduation from Hamilton in May.

The Hamilton College Department of Music, along with The Society for New Music presents Vision of Sound, a program of live new music and dance, on Saturday, April 7, at 7:30 p.m., in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center.

Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation, will deliver Hamilton College’s 2018 Commencement address and receive an honorary degree on Sunday, May 20, at 10:30 a.m., in the Margaret Bundy Scott Field House.