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In celebration of its fifth anniversary, the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art is presenting an exhibition of 140 works of art drawn from its permanent collection.

Last fall, Chenchen Zhao ’18 took Linear Optimization, a mathematics course with Professor Sally Cockburn. Zhao and Cockburn are designing an integer linear program that places incoming students into orientation groups, with as many as possible getting their top choices.

Inspired early on by watching Neil deGrasse Tyson science shows on television, when Kalvin Nash ’18 entered Hamilton, the question wasn't if he would major in science, but which science? The answer turned out to be biochemistry.

Professor of Music Lydia Hamessley recently participated in an online panel hosted by Turner Classic Movies (TCM).

Inspired by writer Kathy Acker, Joe Rupprecht ’19 crafted a summer research project he called "Art as Resistance: New Narrative Writers and Queer Zine Culture of the 1980s."

Film-induced pilgrimages have become a research interest of Brent Plate, visiting associate professor of religious studies. His essay, “When Do Moviegoers Become Pilgrims?” was published at theConversation.com and reprinted in several media outlets, including Time.com.

As part of Performing Women, Caitlin McQuade ’18 read the work of an artist affiliated with The Orchard Project,  a non-profit arts incubator in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

As a student art assistant in the Kennedy Arts Center, Marisabel Rey ’19 spent hours loading and unloading kilns in the ceramics studio. Her interest grew, and eventually she would devote a summer to exploring the glazing process.

Environmental Studies students collaborated with Visiting Assistant Professor of History Peter Simons to publish a volume on the history of Hamilton’s natural environment.

For the past two years Rachel Alatalo ’18 has maintained a personal blog as a way to practice writing and acquire a personal voice. “When I came out as bisexual a year ago, it was a natural progression to start including LGBTIQ issues when I wrote about my life,” said Alatalo, a creative writing major.