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Ten Hamilton faculty members were approved for tenure by the College’s Board of Trustees at its March meeting. They include Ryan Carter (music), Jose Ceniceros (mathematics), Alexsia Chan (government), Justin Clark (philosophy), Matt Grace (sociology), Tom Helmuth ‘09 (computer science), Natalie Nannas (biology), Colin Quinn (anthropology), Anne Valente (literature and creative writing), and Keelah Williams (psychology).

Professor of Philosophy Russell Marcus was an invited speaker at the Joint Mathematics Meeting (JMM) that took place recently in Boston, and several Mathematics faculty members and students presented research.

A research article jointly authored by Samuel F. Pratt Professor of Mathematics Debra Boutin and William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Mathematics Sally Cockburn appeared in the Wilfred Imrich Issue of The Art of Applied and Discrete Mathematics.

Assistant Professor of Mathematics Jose Ceniceros recently presented “Quandle coloring of topological circuits” as an invited lecture at the Circuit Topology 2022 symposium.

November’s news coverage highlights include a profile of alumnus and folk musician Jake Blount ’17, announcement of Hamilton’s new dean of admission, and an interview with the Wellin Museum’s director discussing its 10th anniversary.

Debra Boutin, the Samuel F. Pratt Professor of Mathematics, recently published a research article "Paint cost and the frugal distinguishing number," in a special issue of The Art of Discrete and Applied Mathematics.

Associate Professor of Mathematics Courtney Gibbons is one of 300 members of the 50th anniversary Science & Technology Policy Fellowship cohort. Her fellowship began in September.

Professor of Mathematics Sally Cockburn and Sean McAvoy ’23 worked on a research project exploring what happens when graph automorphisms that are usually applied to vertices are instead applied to edges.

Assistant Professor of Mathematics Jose Ceniceros was invited to contribute to a special Hispanic Heritage Month issue of Notices of the American Mathematical Society.

Solving example problems is only the first step in mathematical research. The most important part, the part that allows researchers to establish mathematical rules, occurs when they create generalizations about said problems.