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A new economic impact study commissioned by the Albany-based Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities (CICU) for its members found that Hamilton College’s estimated economic impact in the Mohawk Valley for 2016-17 totaled $322 million, nearly half of the total $683 million that all private non-profit colleges in the Mohawk Valley contributed.

Here is a selection of our favorite videos from 2018. Enjoy!

Robert Martin, the Sidney Wertimer Professor for Excellence in Advising and Mentoring, was invited to discuss “Fake News” in a lecture at the opening reception for an exhibition about the life and times of Alexander Hamilton.

Today marks the 100th birthday of jazz singer Joe Williams (1918-1999), Hamilton honorary degree recipient in 1988 and co-founder of the Fillius Jazz Archive.

College photographer Nancy Ford shares her Top 10 Hamilton photos from the past year. 

Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures Kyoko Omori recently gave an invited talk at the Edogawa Rampo’s Modernity Symposium at Rikkyo University in Tokyo.

On the eve of the public launch of Because Hamilton, a fundraising campaign to raise $400 million, Hamilton College trustees and friends surprised long-time volunteer Jeff Little by announcing they had committed $1.2 million to create an endowed scholarship in his name.

A member of the Oneida Indian Nation of New York joined the Hamilton community on Dec. 7 to help commemorate Samuel Kirkland’s birthday. A community lunch, sponsored by the Shenandoah-Kirkland Initiative, Chaplaincy, and other organizations on campus served as a celebration of Kirkland’s vision to connect with Haudenosaunee culture and the Oneida people.

Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Aaron Strong presented “Mitigation and Adaptation” as part of a collaborative lecture series on climate change organized by the Town of New Hartford Climate Smart Committee.