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“Everything I Need to Know About Polygons I Learned from My Pre-Kindergartner,” by Associate Professor of Mathematics Courtney Gibbons, was recently published as a “Featured Column” on the American Mathematical Society (AMS) website.

This summer, Levitt Center student researchers Luke Hanson ’26, Delaney Patterson ’26, Samuel Low ’28, and Ton Somnug ’27 joined forces with Griffiss Institute CEO and Hamilton alumna Heather Hage ’02 to investigate the holistic impact of federal spending on the local economy. In November, the Griffiss Institute released findings from the research study.

“Generalized Quandle Polynomials and Their Applications to Stuquandles, Stuck Links, and RNA Folding,” co-authored by Associate Professor of Mathematics José Ceniceros, Ekaterina Bondarenko ’25, and colleagues at the University of South Florida (USF), was recently published in Open Mathematics.

When tsunamis inundate the land or wildfires leave nothing but ash, even insurance companies feel the crushing weight of disasters. In these scenarios, insurance companies rely on reinsurance — the insurance for insurers that helps them weather the storm during rare mass claims incidents. This summer, Peter Dillman ’26 worked at Gallagher Reinsurance Brokers, applying his mathematics background to real-world scenarios.

“Banach algebras of sequences of generalized bounded variation,” co-authored by Robert Kantrowitz ’82, the Marjorie and Robert W. McEwen Professor of Mathematics, was recently published in the research journal Archiv der Mathematik.

Through Emerson Foundation Grants and Levitt Summer Research Fellowships, Hamilton students forge their own research paths. Explore what three summer grantees said about the inspiration and significance of their projects.

With 26 locations needing a different number of food pallets each day — and 10 trucks each with their own capacity limits — designing an efficient route had been an arduous task for the Food Bank of Central New York (FBCNY). That’s where Hughes “Hugh” Williams ’26 came in. This summer he created an algorithm that can determine each day’s optimal route within seconds.

In an email to the Hamilton community on Aug. 21, Dean of Faculty Ngoni Munemo announced the passing of Samuel F. Pratt Professor of Mathematics and Statistics emerita Debra Boutin on Aug. 20.

Allie Ennis ’25 may have been singled out by the Class of 2025 as its student Commencement speaker, but when she stepped up to the podium, her remarks were all about community.