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Damhnait McHugh, the Raab Family Professor of Biology at Colgate University, spoke with students in the New York City Program about her research on invasive species and the role that New York City plays as a port-of-entry for them. She told students about recently introduced species like the Crazy Jumping Worm and the Asian Long-horned Beetle that can wreak havoc on forests across the Northeast.

The Hamilton College Chapter of Sigma Xi, the international science research society, initiated several new members at a meeting that took place on May 18.

Seventeen senior docents at the Wellin Museum of Art graduated this past weekend, one of the largest groups since the museum’s opening five years ago.

For Samantha Donohue ’18, communication is key to success at her new position as a project manager with Epic, a health software company. Much of Donohue’s responsibilities will include traveling to hospitals to assist medical professionals in better understanding and using Epic’s software.

Ann Owen, the Henry Platt Bristol Professor of Economics, presented “The Performance Effects of Gender Diversity on Bank Boards” at the Gender and Career Progression Conference that took place at the Bank of England on May 14.

In his address at Hamilton’s commencement, Ford Foundation President Darren Walker urged graduates to embrace history – good and bad – and lead the way forward with empathy, courage, and compassion.

Associate Professor of Literature Katherine Terrell presented a paper at the 53rd International Congress on Medieval Studies, which met May 9-13 at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo. Terrell's paper, "Reevaluating Bannatyne's Chaucer," examined the role of Geoffrey Chaucer's poems in the Bannatyne Manuscript (1568), one of the most important manuscripts for the preservation of older Scottish poetry.

The Hamilton in NYC program went on a tour of the High Line with Class of 1960 alumnus John Allen and his wife Beth, long-time residents of the Chelsea neighborhood where the Highline is located. The High Line is a 1.45-mile-long elevated linear park, greenway and rail trail created on a former New York Central Railroad spur on the west side of Manhattan.

Assistant Professor of Classics Anne Feltovich and Tina Naston ’20 began work this week at archaeological excavation sites in Pylos, Greece. Jessica Williams ’18 will join them after graduation.

Professor of Comparative Literature Peter J. Rabinowitz recently presented a paper titled “Sedimental Education; or, The Ethics of Aging” at the International Conference on Narrative in Montréal.