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HowStuffWorks, a site that attracts 30 million visitors monthly, published an essay titled Was 2016 a Replay of 1968? in which Maurice Isserman, the Publius Virgilius Rogers Professor of American History, explained the similarities and differences between the two tumultuous years.

While the Broadway musical Hamilton took the nation by storm in 2016, there was plenty happening at the “original” Hamilton too. Here’s a look back at the stories that garnered the greatest attention on the College’s news site this year, based on the number of views.

In celebration of the upcoming exhibition, Julia Jacquette: Unrequited and Acts of Play, opening at the Wellin Museum of Art on Feb. 18, Director Tracy Adler and New York-based artist Jacquette hosted a reception on this month in Manhattan.

A research article by Visiting Assistant Professor of French Cynthia Laborde appears in the December 2016 issue of the French and Francophone studies journal French Review.

Students participating in the Hamilton New York City Program visited the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for a guided tour of the museum on Dec. 9. The students learned about the history, roles and responsibility of the Federal Reserve and also took a look at the gold secured in an underground level of the Bank.

Five Hamilton juniors have been awarded Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships for study abroad in the spring 2017 semester. Recipients are Natasha Espinosa, Daiyan Hossain, Kalvin Nash, Kureem Nugent and Chidera Onyeoziri.

The American Alliance of Museums published "It’s Time to Sell the Sizzle," an essay by the Wellin Museum’s Educator for School and Community Programs Amber Spadea, on its Center for the Future of Museums blog this month.

Classes are over for the semester and students spent the week of December 12 taking finals and turning in final projects. That didn't prevent them though from taking a little time to get in the holiday spirit.

The Hamilton Microfinance Group recently paid a visit to Kelly's Closet, a thrift store in the Utica area with whom the group works.

The 50th anniversary celebration of Kwanzaa begins on Dec. 26 and continues to emphasize the importance of honoring the cultural heritage and traditional values of African-Americans.