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December’s news highlights include an essay co-authored by President David Wippman on whether college is too hard and a New York Times essay featuring the use of oral exams at Hamilton.

“Something Came Undone,” by Professor of Religious Studies S. B. Rodriguez-Plate, was recently published in Lion’s Roar, a North American Buddhist magazine.

This semester I’m taking “Mormonism in America and the World” taught by Professor of Religious Studies Quincy Newell. I chose this class because I am interested in learning about a religion that is highly stigmatized and controversial. I was also intrigued by how the course explores the public perceptions of Mormonism and how they shape the religion.

Professor of Religious Studies S. Brent Rodríguez-Plate recently published contributions to two edited volumes.

Major national and regional news organizations regularly interview Hamilton faculty, staff, and students for their expertise and perspectives on current events, and to feature programs and activities on campus. Highlights of June’s coverage have been compiled by the Media Relations Office.

Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Director of the American Studies Program Seth Schermerhorn presented on his first book, Walking to Magdalena: Personhood and Place in Tohono O'odham Songs, Sticks, and Stories.

Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Director of the American Studies Program Seth Schermerhorn was recently awarded a Franklin Research Grant by the American Philosophical Society.

Associate Professor of Religious Studies and American Studies Program Director Seth Schermerhorn recently published a special issue on "Movement and Indigenous Religions" in Material Religion: The Journal of Objects, Art, and Belief.

During his Hamilton years, Michael Lang ’67 was a habitue, maybe the only habitue, of the Rare Book Room (then known as the Treasure Room), which saw little use by students. That seemed a shame to Lang.

Professor of Religious Studies Heidi Ravven recently presented an invited paper on “Love and Love: From Maimonides to Spinoza” at the annual meeting of the Association for Jewish Studies (AJS) in Chicago.