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National and regional news organizations regularly interview Hamilton faculty, staff, alumni, and students for their expertise and perspectives on current events, and to feature programs and activities on campus. February’s news topics included varied subjects from President Barack Obama’s upcoming visit to campus to the possible economic and political effects of decisions made by President Donald Trump.

Hamilton College Professor of Economics Erol Balkan and Professor of Sociology Stephen Ellingson, in collaboration with On Point for College, surveyed more than 200 members of the Myanmar, Bosnian, and Somalian communities in Utica, N.Y., in 2024 to ascertain the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, they examined the effects on refugee physical well-being, employment and finances, housing stability, youth education, and emotional well-being.

Professor of Economics Erol Balkan introduces “Displaced and Dispossessed,” a collection of photographs he has taken of Syrian refugees at their camps in Turkey.

Erol Balkan, the Leonard C. Ferguson Professor of Economics, recently presented a talk titled “Displaced and Dispossessed: Photographs from the Border” at Guilford College.

Erol Balkan, the Leonard C. Ferguson Professor of Economics, co-edited Refugees on the Move: Crisis and Response in Turkey and Europe, published by Berghahn Books.

“Professor Balkan goes above and beyond to help his students engage in the classroom, on campus, and in the local community.”

“Convergence and Competition Among the New Turkish Middle Classes,” co-authored by Professor of Economics Erol Balkan appears in the December issue of Current History.

Professor of Economics Erol Balkan is the co-author of a chapter in the recently published book Globalization and Higher Education.

Professors Erol Balkan and John Bartle and Britt Hysell, director of the English for Speakers of Other Languages Program, presented “Refugees Welcome Here" at a conference at Vassar College on Feb. 25.

A far-reaching economic policy that impacts countless lives can start with something as small as a grain of rice. Linh Do ’18 is spending her summer working on a research project titled, “Vietnam’s Economy in Transition,” which aims to analyze the effects of the Renovation Policy on Vietnamese rice production. Her project, undertaken with economics professor Erol Balkan, is supported by a Levitt Center Summer Research grant.