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Initiated this semester by the Residential Life Office, the RSA program includes two sophomores, one junior, and two seniors whose job is to be a friendly point of contact with students studying remotely, keep them engaged with the community on campus and off, and connect them to resources and events.

Major national and regional news organizations regularly interview Hamilton faculty, staff, and students for their expertise and perspectives on current events, and to feature programs and activities on campus.

Routledge Press has published Immigrants and Comics - Graphic Spaces of Remembrance, Transaction, and Mimesis, a volume edited by Nhora Serrano, associate director of digital learning and research at Hamilton.

The Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities (CICU) elected Hamilton College President David Wippman as one of nine new members to its board of trustees at the commission’s 65th annual meeting on March 2.

Associate Professor of Chemistry Max Majireck is one of a dozen faculty members at undergraduate institutions to be awarded a research grant from Organic Syntheses, Inc.

In “Why Colleges Should Take a Chance on Me,” writer John J Lennon, a contributing editor for Esquire magazine, pointed to Walcott-Bartlett Chair and Professor of Literature and Creative Writing Doran Larson as the man to whom he owed his career.

Associate Professor of Government Gbemende Johnson has received a $242, 810 grant from the National Science Foundation to examine what happens when a Freedom of Information request ends up in court.

The day the Senate passed a possible blueprint for President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID relief plan, Marketplace broadcast an appropriately timed interview with Ann Owen, the Henry Platt Bristol Professor of Economics. The segment addressed the question, how much control do presidents really have over the economy?

Assistant Professor of Government Erica De Bruin, author of How to Prevent Coups d'État, has been quoted extensively in the national media in the lead up to and in the aftermath of the assault on the Capitol. The primary question directed to her has been, “Is this a coup?”

“A radiant entertainer finally gets her due as a composer and lyricist—and champion of resilience amid troubles.” Thus began a review in The Wall Street Journal of three books about Dolly Parton, including Professor of Music Lydia Hamessley’s Unlikely Angel – The Songs of Dolly Parton.