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Joining the ongoing examination and analysis of human-caused environmental changes in the Adirondacks, a group of Hamilton researchers spent four days taking sediment cores from four Adirondack lakes.

Sarah Kane ‘19 spent the spring semester in Bristol, England, in a behavioral biology program studying animal welfare and the laws that surround wild animals, and clinical animal behavior focusing on cats and dogs. Kane also wrote a dissertation with Dr. Nicola Rooney on the accuracy, or specificity and sensitivity of diabetic alert dogs.

It’s summer, and the stream of fervent energy that fuels life on the Hill for most of the year has slowed to a trickle. Much of campus lies dormant now: there is no smell of bacon wafting out of Commons or McEwen in the early morning, and times like 11:15 or 2:30 no longer draw hordes of backpack-wearing students walking from one class to another on Martin’s Way. In the back corner of campus, however, there is a familiar hum of activity rattling the lethargy of hot summer afternoons and evenings.

The June issue of the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports (JASREP) contained a special section on landscape archaeology that highlighted the research of several Hamilton faculty and alumni.

Looking for an internship that fit his love for biology, Jesse Yu ’19, came upon an opportunity in a lab at New York University’s Center for Genomics and Systems Biology, and he snagged a position there spring semester. Later he was off to STARS, a program in California.

Kayla Self ’21 has been listening to her Puerto Rican mother speak Spanish at home since she was a child, but she didn’t get much practice speaking it herself. After enrolling in a few Spanish courses at Hamilton, she decided to take her oral communication skills to the next level.

Derek Jones, the Irma M. and Robert D. Morris Professor of Economics, and Associate Professor of Economics Jeffrey Pliskin recently attended the 19th Conference of the International Association for the Economics of Participation.

The Levitt Public Affairs Center’s Freedom of Expression Research Group is exploring the policies of institutions across the country including Hamilton's 1967 policy in order to make recommendations for revision.

As Shelby Castillo ’19 interviews residents of Puerto Rico about the devastating impact of Hurricane Maria, she’s been struck by their strength of spirit. Castillo is working as a research intern in Puerto Rico, gathering firsthand perspectives related the hurricane.

As an activist and a trauma survivor, Emily Aviles ’19 is always looking for new ways to find healing. When she first came to Hamilton, she planned to major in creative writing, but everything changed after she took her first theatre class.