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In a Guardian article titled "Paintings reveal early signs of cognitive decline, claims study," Assistant Professor of Physics Kate Brown firmly disagreed with the researcher’s findings. In her 2006 paper published by the journal Nature, Brown debunked a previous theory that fractal analysis could be used to authenticate Jackson Pollock’s drip paintings.

The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art continues to offer students the opportunity to engage with professional artists in preparing site-specific artwork for their shows. Six students returned to campus two weeks early in January to work with Julia Jacquette on wall murals.

The Business of Giving, a unique radio program that focuses on the world’s social problems and their possible philanthropic solutions, will air a pre-recorded interview with host Denver Frederick and President David Wippman and trustee Aron Ain this Sunday, Jan. 8, at 6 p.m.

The 2016 presidential election, the Broadway musical Hamilton, financial aid, career placement and diversity issues: these were topics for which the media sought interviews and quotes from Hamilton experts.

HowStuffWorks, a site that attracts 30 million visitors monthly, published an essay titled Was 2016 a Replay of 1968? in which Maurice Isserman, the Publius Virgilius Rogers Professor of American History, explained the similarities and differences between the two tumultuous years.

In celebration of the upcoming exhibition, Julia Jacquette: Unrequited and Acts of Play, opening at the Wellin Museum of Art on Feb. 18, Director Tracy Adler and New York-based artist Jacquette hosted a reception on this month in Manhattan.

The American Alliance of Museums published "It’s Time to Sell the Sizzle," an essay by the Wellin Museum’s Educator for School and Community Programs Amber Spadea, on its Center for the Future of Museums blog this month.

Immediately following the Federal Reserve’s Dec. 14 announcement of its first rate hike since 2006, Ann Owen, the Henry Platt Bristol Professor of Economics, discussed the decision on National Public Radio’s Here & Now program during a live interview.

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. announced today that alumnus and College trustee David M. Solomon ’84 was named president and co-chief operating officer along with Harvey M. Schwartz.

According to a study commissioned by the Albany-based Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities for its members, Hamilton’s estimated economic impact in the Mohawk Valley for 2014-15 totaled $344,200,000.