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The man is 60 years old when the state police show up at his door. He came to the U.K. in 1984 and lived there nearly 30 years, working first as a journalist and then as a plumber. He was invited here to work, his daughter was born in the country, and for a half a lifetime, this was the place where he made his home.

Articles by Director and Curator of Special Collections and Archives Christian Goodwillie were recently published in the journal Communal Societies and in Early American Life magazine.

Before studying abroad, everyone encouraged me to visit the fun, touristy areas of London as well as the historical, local neighborhoods. They advised that I explore London and try to learn more about the culture from its natives, taking advantage of every learning opportunity. When they said to explore London, I don’t think they expected that I’d have the opportunity to marvel at the incredible chambers of the UK House of Lords in a tour led by an actual member of Parliament.

As a part of their summer summer sustainability internship, Emma Karsten ’18 and Olivia Shehan ’18 researched ways to both reduce Hamilton’s carbon generation and beautify the campus at the same time. One strategy they identified was to reduce certain acreage mowed by the College, by way of low mow zones and pollinator gardens.

Assistant Professor of Religious Studies Seth Schermerhorn published a chapter in Indigenous Religions, part of Routledge's Critical Concepts in Religious Studies series.

Over fall break, Hamilton College hosted an intensive two-day seminar called “Wall Street Prep: Accounting & Financial Modeling Liberal Arts Boot Camp.” This program is made free to students by the generosity of Hamilton alumnus Howard Morgan '84 in honor of the Alexander Hamilton Institute.

Five students spent the Fall Break AXB volunteering at Pathfinder Village, a residential community for individuals with Down syndrome and developmental disabilities in Edmeston, N.Y.

A paper co-authored by Assistant Professor of Biology Rhea Datta was recently published in the peer reviewed journal eLife. “Ancient mechanisms for the evolution of the Bicoid homeodomain's function in fly development” found that two mutations that arose 140 million years ago changed the function of a critical developmental gene, which now regulates development of the head and other structures in virtually all species of present-day flies.

Dressed in their business professional best, students on Hamilton’s DC program took a trip to the courthouse to meet with the Honorable John D. Bates, the Senior United States District Judge of the District Court for D.C.

Assistant Professor of Psychology Rachel White recently published a paper on a method for adaptively coping with anxiety in the American Psychological Association journal Emotion.