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When Tori Campbell Nelson ’86 talks, children listen. The co-founder and anchor of KidNuz, “a fun, fresh, first-of-its-kind kids’ podcast,” delivers age-appropriate news stories to her third- to sixth-grade audience five days a week.

Preston Sutton ’97 follows where science, the wind, and his interests take him. As operations manager at Sail & Explore, this polymer physicist does field work and expedition planning for a Switzerland-based nonprofit that explores the possible effects of micro- and nanoplastics on human health.

In 2020, when the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War forced Nana Hayrumyan ’27 and her family to flee to Armenia from their home in the Republic of Artsakh, her schooling was put on hold. But Hayrumyan never gave up her belief in the value of education.

Founder and medical director of the Gender Wellness Center of Oneonta, N.Y., Carolyn Wolf-Gould ’83 has been a pioneer in expanding access to transgender healthcare.

Scott Kleinklaus ’11, a longtime Formula 1 racing fan, saw an opportunity to turn his passion into a profession.

Kiki Yang ’00 has never stopped learning. It’s been the one constant in her career. As a senior partner at the consulting company Bain & Company in Shanghai, she said, “Every day is about thinking. Clients come to me with issues they can’t solve, and we have to understand their problems. It’s never easy.”

Charlotte Ameringer ’88 works small. As chief conservator at the Portland Art Museum, she recently spent nine months ever so gently removing varnish from a painting in Monet’s famous “Waterlilies” series.

Bob Halligan, Jr. ’75 has written over 1,100 songs, 200 of which have been recorded by such artists as Cher, KISS, Michael Bolton, Blue Oyster Cult, Kathy Mattea … the list goes on. But to his classmates, Halligan is perhaps better known for his performances with the campus band Steak Nite.

They arrived with curiosity, drive, and a sense of possibility — and now Hamilton’s Class of 2025 is stepping boldly into what’s next, with graduation canes in hand and valuable lessons learned. What shaped them during their four years on College Hill? Which moments, mentors, and courses stand out?

Anti-ageism activist Ashton Applewhite K’74 is 72 and she’s good with that. The Decade of Healthy Ageing, a U.N. collaboration with the World Health Organization, recently honored her as one of its Healthy Ageing 50.