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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.

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. July’s news topics included varied subjects from our carbon foot print to the presidential campaigns, conventions, and election.

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. May’s news topics included varied subjects from twin co-valedictorians to communism to the consumer price index.

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

As long as she has been a student at Hamilton, Mary Hurner ’24 has been passionate about building community both on and off the Hill, and this summer was no exception. Hurner was recently recognized as an inaugural awardee of the Obama-Chesky Scholarship for Public Service, also known as the Voyager Scholarship. The scholarship granted her a $10,000 stipend and free Airbnb housing to pursue a self-designed work-travel experience.

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.

After roughly four years of work, filmmakers Loch Phillipps ’83 and Adam Bedient ’04 will screen their documentary for what may be the most discerning audience they’ll ever face — the hometown crowd at the Stanley Theater in Utica.

“The Happiness of Refugees in the United States: Evidence from Utica, NY” is featured in the current issue of the Journal of Refugee Studies.