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Professor of Africana Studies and Classics Shelley Haley recently attended the annual meeting of the Classical Association of the Atlantic States (CAAS) where she participated in several events.

Artnet News tapped Tracy L. Adler, the Johnson-Pote Director of the Wellin Museum of Art, to offer her opinion for the publication’s article, Who Are the Most Influential Artists of the Last Century?

Eight students launched Hamilton’s inaugural Alternative Fall Break trip with a four-day visit to Double H Ranch in the Adirondacks, Oct. 11-15. The camp was founded by Charles R. Wood, and actor Paul Newman as a part of his SeriousFun network of camps for children with life threatening illnesses.

Sam Lebovic, assistant professor of history at George Mason University, delivered a lecture on Oct. 16 discussing the ideas in his book Free Speech and Unfree News: The Paradox of Press Freedom in America. In a country where free speech is extremely protected it should follow that the press is extremely free. But, according to Lebovic, that is not the case. There are two key crises facing the free press today–corporate consolidation and the rise of state secrecy. Both are grounded in history, having originated in the 20th century as the country decided what exactly freedom of press meant.

His research project was meaningful in and of itself — investigating high salt levels in wells not far from campus. But Chris Klein ’18 also gained experience in handling the unexpected, as in, “What else can we try to figure this out?”

Contesting the Repressive State: Why Ordinary Egyptians Protested During the Arab Spring, by Assistant Professor of Government Kira Jumet, was recently published by Oxford University Press.

When Robert Hayden ’14 entered Hamilton he had med school in mind but kept himself open to other options in science and healthcare. Still, his early interest held true, and he's now a student at Harvard Medical School.

Programs have been developed on campus around the same and similar themes as those offered via Wednesday's Common Ground event.

Associate Professor of Africana Studies Nigel Westmaas presented a paper titled “Firebrands, Trade Unionists and Marxists: The Russian Revolution and the Emergence of the Left in Guyana 1917-1956” at the Institute for Black Atlantic Research, University of Central Lancashire, on Oct. 15.

Parenting can be challenging enough but parents of autistic children sometimes need additional socialization opportunities for their children. Hamilton Autism Advocates for Neurodiversity (HAAND) is giving parents a place to turn for help with their child’s social development, said HAAND president Serena Persaud ’20.