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It was virtual but it was real: the recent SpeakEasy spoken-word and open mic lounge at Hamilton was a reunion of creativity and affirmation for poet Terri Moise ’17, who, as an alum, returns to campus semester after semester to support the event.

A pandemic coupled with a presidential election have made for a challenging but successful season for the HamVotes team of students, faculty, and staff as they have focused on increasing the voter participation at the College.

Hamilton sustainability coordinators have found a way to reintroduce Food2Energy (a.k.a. suite composting) in Babbitt and Milbank residence halls despite the pandemic.

Yusef Salaam, one of the five boys wrongfully charged in the 1989 Central Park jogger case, spoke in a webinar on Oct. 29 as part of the C. Christine Johnson Voices of Color Lecture Series.

Hamilton College Professor Doran Larson, Nation of Islam representative Courtney Muhammad, and re-entry educator Lee Carr spoke in a webinar moderated by Mohawk Valley Community College Trustee Tony Colón on Oct. 28. This was the sixth installment of eight webinars in the series “Racial Justice and Criminal Justice Reform in Oneida & Herkimer Counties.”

They are three seniors who share a major, but you’d never know it from the courses they’ve taken. You might be able to tell it by their level of satisfaction with their academic agendas — as interdisciplinary concentrators they built their own majors to what interested them most.

Journalist Antonia Noori Frazen ’11, who won a George Polk Award in 2018, works as a general-assignment reporter for The Washington Post, she agreed to answer some questions about her career.

A love for lab research has characterized Kaela Makins’ ’21 Hamilton experience, and she wants to ensure that other students of color can discover and maintain their own passion for STEM studies. That’s why she serves as an organizer for Black in Cancer.

Communications Office student writer Melissa (Aurelie) Kaleka ’24 recently took part in a Musical Alchemy songwriting session with professional songwriter Anne Buckle, offered by the Counseling Center. Here, she talks about the experience.

A recent afternoon celebration of Kevin ’70 and Karen Kennedy’s generosity and participation in American Art 1900-1950 offered all those involved, directly and tangentially, an opportunity to revisit the wealth of experiences incorporated in the course.