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At Hamilton’s annual Class & Charter Day convocation on May 13, 144 students were honored with academic prizes and scholarships, and faculty teaching award recipients were recognized. Delbert “Del” Gonzalez ’25 was awarded the James Soper Merrill Prize, and Mohammad “Isa” Khan ’26 received the Fillius Drown Prize Scholarship. Associate Professor of Philosophy Justin Clark served as the keynote speaker.

Three Hamilton students —Gabrielle (Gaby) Guerra ’27, Tzu Han (Annie) Huang ’27, and Darian Torres ’27 — will study abroad during the next year, thanks to assistance from Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships.

In an article published recently in the journal International Mathematical Forum, Robert Kantrowitz ’82, the Marjorie and Robert W. McEwen Professor of Mathematics, took a new look at a classical optimization problem that dates back to Heron of Alexandria (10–75 AD).

“Pointed Quandle Coloring Quivers of Linkoids,” co-authored by Associate Professor of Mathematics Jose Ceniceros and Max Klivans ’25, was recently published in the Mediterranean Journal of Mathematics.

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. March’s news topics included varied subjects from gambling during March Madness to a possible third term for President Donald Trump.

Although students have only been back on campus for a month-and-a-half, they've been busy attending conferences, presenting research and enjoying experiential learning opportunities.

As snow falls on Hamilton’s campus, many students take the opportunity to try a new winter activity: cross-country skiing. Students can rent skis from the Glen House and take them out on the cross-country ski course, located behind the Taylor Science Center. With heavy snow, this course requires maintenance to ensure a safe place for beginner skiers, and that maintenance requires time and fuel.

An article by Samuel F. Pratt Professor of Mathematics Sally Cockburn and Max Klivans ’25 appears in this month’s issue of the Bulletin of Institute of Combinatorics and its Applications.

Robert Kantrowitz ’82, the Marjorie and Robert W. McEwen Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, recently presented a talk on “What does the condition f''' = 0 mean for f?” at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in Seattle.

Alex Kim ’25, a music and math double-major, spent his summer exploring machine learning and music through the help of an Emerson grant. With the guidance of Assistant Professor of Music Charlotte Botha, Kim developed a vocal register classification tool through machine learning models.