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Torrence Moore ’92 is approaching his 30th year on the board of LINK Scholars Unlimited, a Chicago nonprofit that helps promising Black high school students gain access to college. Moore was once one of those students, and through LINK he met the man who would become his mentor and introduce him to Hamilton — Art Massolo ’64.

From faculty and staff to students, the Hamilton community counts among its members many who are the first in their families to attend college. To celebrate the diverse perspectives first-gens bring to College Hill, Hamilton joined in marking national First-Generation Student Celebration month.

Pre-health professions tracks are known for their rigorous requirements and demanding workloads that often result in perpetually sleep-deprived students. And although these associations may, to varying degrees, be accurate, the challenges undergraduates face while pursuing a pre-health track are certainly better faced together.

“Sleep on it.” “Measure your tone.” “Consider your representation.” These are three tips Vice President for Communications and Marketing Melissa Richards offered in her essay, “Express Your Opinion — but First, Check Yourself.” The Nov. 9 essay was subtitled, “Emotion can fuel great writing. It can also be a vulnerability. Consider these steps to ensure your arguments are sound.”

Sarah Damaske ’99 has long been interested in understanding and ameliorating class and race inequalities. Her research culminated in the book , "The Tolls of Uncertainty: How Privilege and the Guilt Gap Shape Unemployment in America."

Christina Romer, a professor of economics at University of California, Berkeley, and former chair of the Council of Economic Advisers under the Obama administration, engaged in a dialogue with Greg Mankiw, a Harvard University professor of economics and former chair of the Council of Economic Advisers under President George W. Bush.

John Brisotti ’73 played guitar at Hamilton and had a mandolin that he picked up on occasion. After College he kept learning, mostly by ear, before taking lessons with Mike Compton, perhaps the foremost Bill Monroe-style mandolinist today.

After graduation in May, Kate Biedermann ’22 will join Partners Group in its financial analyst program. She tells here how her Hamilton experience led her to this path.

Critical thinking requires the freedom to take ideas wherever they lead, as well as a willingness to consider opposing viewpoints and re-examine one’s own assumptions,” writes President David Wippman, co-author of “How Colleges Can Counter ‘Cancel Culture’” in Inside Higher Ed.

After roughly four years of work, filmmakers Loch Phillipps ’83 and Adam Bedient ’04 will screen their documentary for what may be the most discerning audience they’ll ever face — the hometown crowd at the Stanley Theater in Utica.