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Herkimer County Community College Professor Mark Polkosnik, Utica College Professor Bernie Hyman, and Attorney Steve Lockwood discussed the use of force in policing in an October 14 webinar moderated by Hamilton Associate Professor of Government Gbemende Johnson.

President David Wippman co-authored an opinion piece published by Inside Higher Ed on Oct. 12 titled The Education Department’s Race to the Bottom.

For their summer research project Emnet Sisay ’22 and Mckela Kanu ’22 decided to create a podcast rather than a paper so their work would be more accessible. That’s how they discovered how hard it is to create a podcast, even with support. But it was worth it.

Gordon Jones, the Stone Professor of Natural History and Professor of Physics, was recently announced as the winner of the American Physical Society’s 2021 Prize for a Faculty Member for Research in an Undergraduate Institution.

Ty Seidule, a visiting professor of military history and retired brigadier general, is an expert on Confederate memorialization and the Lost Cause — the notion that the Confederacy was a doomed but noble undertaking is particularly attuned to the ways in which the war and its aftermath shaped American culture.

Over the summer, members of Untitled@Large came up with the idea of creating an e-newsletter to amplify the voices of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color) in theatre. The result, Center Stage, debuted last week.

Singer-songwriter Jess Klein ’95 learned her first guitar chords from a suitmate her sophomore year. He was Gabriel Unger ’97, who founded the campus Acoustic Coffeehouse series and eventually asked her to open for one of the visiting performers.

For members of one student organization, seven words continue to hold true over several generations. “Remember, you and I make La Vanguardia.”

The College’s Board of Trustees nominated and elected four candidates to serve as charter trustees. Mason P. Ashe ’85, Manal Ataya ’01, Peter B. Coffin ’81, P’14, and Sharon D. Madison ’84 joined the board on Oct. 2.

New York State Senator Rachel May joined Hamilton students and members of the local community for a town hall meeting about climate justice on Oct. 8, organized by Sunrise Hamilton. May answered a number of questions on bills, policies, and initiatives related to the event’s broad theme of climate justice.