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That we sometimes want friends who are mean is not only the topic of a journal article co-authored by a Hamilton College professor, it’s now award-winning research on a global stage.

Maurice Isserman, the Publius Virgilius Rogers Professor of American History and author of Continental Divide: A History of American Mountaineering, is featured prominently in Pete Takeda’s Alpinist article “Stepping into the Syllabus: A Veteran Alpinist Sees the Himalaya Through the Eyes of College Students” (Issue 94, Summer 2026), about Isserman’s course History and Literature of Himalayan Mountaineering, from the Nineteenth Century to the Present.

Director of Athletics Kristine Fowler arrived at Hamilton in March after 28 years in college athletics administration, most recently at Dartmouth College where she served as senior deputy athletics director and chief operating officer. We asked her to share her thoughts on Division III athletics and her priorities as she begins her first full academic year on the Hill.

Dr. Jamie Linsin joins Hamilton as its new director of counseling, bringing a wealth of experience in higher education and private practice. A licensed psychologist, he takes a warm, collaborative, and whole-person approach to mental health care and counseling.

Jasmine Bonilla ’28 has found that understanding policy means more than just studying ideas — it means seeing how those ideas can become meaningful change.

In the days following the passing of country music legend Dolly Parton on Aug. 25, media outlets reached out to the Hamilton College John and Anne Fischer Professor of Fine Arts in Music, Lydia Hamessley, for her expertise as an author of two books about the singer and her songs.

Hamilton welcomes 40 new faculty members for the 2026-27 academic year, including six tenure-track professors in Economics, French and Francophone Studies, Government, German/Russian/Italian/Arabic, History, and Mathematics and Statistics.

A new fellowship is giving Hamilton students the chance to develop leadership skills not just in the classroom, but in workplaces and communities throughout the Mohawk Valley.

Some stories are told through words; others through music. This summer, Macy Carter ’28 is exploring the latter.

Joanna Langfield K’76 has built her long-held passion for the arts into a career as a film critic and media personality. From writing reviews to hosting programs, she has a reputation for garnering celebrities’ insights that go beyond just news about their latest projects. Through her website, The Movie Minute, she has reached millions with her insightful capsule reviews of the latest films.