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In the days following the passing of country music legend Dolly Parton on Aug. 25, media outlets reached out to the Hamilton College John and Anne Fischer Professor of Fine Arts in Music, Lydia Hamessley, for her expertise as an author of two books about the singer and her songs.

Hamilton welcomes 40 new faculty members for the 2026-27 academic year, including six tenure-track professors in Economics, French and Francophone Studies, Government, German/Russian/Italian/Arabic, History, and Mathematics and Statistics.

A new fellowship is giving Hamilton students the chance to develop leadership skills not just in the classroom, but in workplaces and communities throughout the Mohawk Valley.

Some stories are told through words; others through music. This summer, Macy Carter ’28 is exploring the latter.

Joanna Langfield K’76 has built her long-held passion for the arts into a career as a film critic and media personality. From writing reviews to hosting programs, she has a reputation for garnering celebrities’ insights that go beyond just news about their latest projects. Through her website, The Movie Minute, she has reached millions with her insightful capsule reviews of the latest films.

The literary magazine will celebrate its 50-year anniversary this fall. Article by Jo Pitkin K’78.

A lifelong passion for soccer gave Finn Norsen ’28 the opportunity to combine his love of the game with his growing interest in photography. This summer, Norsen served as the photographer and multimedia creator for the Western Mass Pioneers, documenting everything from pregame preparations to match-winning celebrations, while gaining firsthand experience in the fast-paced world of sports media.

At 10 a.m., the cast and crew of The Tempest began rehearsing. They shifted between dissecting Shakespeare’s text, blocking scenes, experimenting with movement, and figuring out how to bring a century old story to life in a barn.

On Florida’s Wakulla and St. Marks rivers, a group of Hamilton researchers spent their summer snorkeling for freshwater snails, watching for alligators and manatees, and collecting samples that preserve thousands of years of environmental history.

Professor of French and Francophone Studies Martine Guyot-Bender will spend this fall in Cambodia studying the country’s emerging art-house cinema and teaching screenwriting at the Royal University of Phnom Penh, after having been selected for the prestigious Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program. Her research will explore how a new generation of Cambodian filmmakers represents a society still navigating the legacy of the Khmer Rouge while moving toward modernization.