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The Axolotl salamander can regrow not only its tail but also its limbs and parts of its brain, heart, and spinal cord. Based on research of the axolotl’s genome, Andy Chen ’16, along with his former professor at Harvard University and a team that includes the former CEO of a biotech company, have launched Matice Biosciences.

As a journalist, Greg Thomas ’85 keeps busy. Last summer he published a thought-provoking piece in Areo magazine, “Why I Am a Radical Moderate,” and he’s also active in a range of arts and culture work.

Ellie Sangree ’24 arrived for her first semester at Hamilton equipped with more than the usual college essentials; she came with a concept for an experiment. It involved eutrophication, which is when excessive nutrients, often from agricultural chemicals, taint a body of water. It’s a major cause of pollution in freshwater and marine ecosystems.

Once again, Hamilton College has been named a Fulbright U.S. Student Program Top Producing Institution. 13 students were named semi-finalists, 7 received the grant, and two were selected as alternates.

In the town-gown equation, Fran Alteri is town — the third generation of his family to operate Alteri’s Restaurant in the heart of the village of Clinton. As a high school kid, he was a regular at Hamilton hockey and football games. Now he loves to chat with alumni who stop by the restaurant to share memories of his late parents and the old days.

In its second meeting of the 2021-22 academic year, the Hamilton Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa elected 15 members of the Class of 2022.

“Why aren’t there more Black female judges on the federal bench?” an op-ed by Associate Professor of Government Gbemende Johnson published in The Washington Post on Feb. 22, addresses President Biden’s campaign pledge to appoint a Black woman to the U.S. Supreme Court and his record-breaking number of federal court appointments of Black women.

During their four years at Hamilton, Kye Lippold ’10, Geoffrey Hicks ’09, Robyn Gibson ’10, Amy Tannenbaum ’10, Corrine Bancroft ’10, Stephanie Tafur ’10, and Wai Yee Poon ’10 led an effort to improve the experiences of marginalized groups on campus.

“Joanies” say that résumé-writing and networking advice aren't the only benefits of the Joan Hinde Stewart Career Development Program. The experience is leading them on the path to “Know Thyself.”

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.