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David Gapp, the Silas D. Childs Professor in Agricultural Chemistry and Professor of Biology Emeritus, recently chaired a panel and presented a talk at a conference on "Food and..."

Five Hamilton students attended the 2018 Ashoka U Exchange, a conference that invites educators, social entrepreneurs, and students to discuss the importance of social innovation and how to cultivate unique ideas for change. With over 700 participants from around the world, the conference was held in Boston from April 5-7.

Rachel Alatalo ’18 will combine a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship with an independent research project in Argentina following her graduation from Hamilton in May.

The Hamilton College Department of Music, along with The Society for New Music presents Vision of Sound, a program of live new music and dance, on Saturday, April 7, at 7:30 p.m., in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center.

Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation, will deliver Hamilton College’s 2018 Commencement address and receive an honorary degree on Sunday, May 20, at 10:30 a.m., in the Margaret Bundy Scott Field House.

Assistant Professor of Literature Pavitra Sundar presented a paper and co-organized a seminar at conferences in Toronto and Binghamton, N.Y.

The Outing Club had an eventful spring break, sending out two trips over the course of the two week respite from school. The first week’s trip took a group eight strong into the Shenandoah National Park of Virginia, where they encountered a series of unfortunate events which forced them to scramble and improvise their plans.

Barbara Gold, the Edward North Chair of Greek and Greek Literature and Professor of Classics, recently gave two talks in New Zealand at Victoria University of Wellington.

The Chapel is filled to the brim. Students and administrators fill the two floors; two students run up and down aisles to hand students microphones, and the line that had formed outside slowly disappears as people trickle into the crevices of the room, eager to stand and watch: everyone is here to take part in Hamilton’s first Town Hall.

What does it mean to have “equal access” to higher education in different cultures? Kureem Nugent ’18, recipient of a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship intends to spend the next year answering just that. He said his experience at a small liberal arts college as a first-generation student will lead him to explore how cultural capital plays a role in the path to higher education.