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For most people, the sound of croaking frogs signals a summer evening. For a small group of Hamilton researchers, it’s a sign that the workday is just beginning.

As the 2025-26 academic year wrapped up, students were honored with scholarships and awards, and presented research at professional conferences.

Provost and Dean of Faculty Ngonidzashe Munemo recognized 10 faculty members with Dean’s Scholarly Achievement Awards in three categories — career achievement, early career achievement, and notable year — at the May 5 faculty meeting.

Assistant Professor of Biology Elena Tonc recently received funding from the National Vulvodynia Association (NVA) to study the pathophysiology of vulvodynia and identify therapeutic targets for this chronic pain condition.

Four Hamilton seniors are finalists for the 2026-27 Thomas J. Watson Fellowship, a national fellowship for purposeful, independent exploration outside the U.S.

“Reflections on Twenty Years of Teaching a College Seminar on the Adirondack Park,” by Onno Oerlemans, the Elizabeth J. McCormack Professor of Literature, was recently published in The Adirondack Journal of Environmental Studies.

Three Hamilton students – Lula Dalupang ’26, Andrea Jivanny Hernandez Ramirez ’27, and Tenniyah Jennings ’28 – presented two posters with Assistant Professor of Biology Ariel Kahrl at this year's Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology in Portland, Ore.

Max Girard '24, Charlotte Clark '25 and Assistant Professor of Biology Ariel Kahrl recently published work in the journal Integrative and Organismal Biology that began as a summer science research project lead by Girard.

Associate Professor of Biology Natalie Nannas is the senior author of a paper published recently by the MDPI journal, Education Sciences.

Assistant Professor of Biology Ariel Kahrl recently published a book chapter on comparative fertilization modes and two co-authored papers in the journals Evolution and the Journal of Evolutionary Biology.