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The small state of New Hampshire is famous in the political world for its early presidential primary, a contest that has catapulted underdogs such as Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, and John McCain to eventual nomination. For two weeks in January, eight Hamilton students got a first-hand look at the presidential nomination process in Nashua, N.H.

Hamilton’s Common Ground program ventured to the nation’s capital on Jan. 29 where a dozen students in the Washington, D.C., program and about 20 area alumni area engaged in discussion around impeachment.

In an opinion piece published by The Wall Street Journal, Professor of Sociology Daniel F. Chambliss writes about “the best teaching advice I ever received.”

What better way to learn about different science disciplines than seeing them demonstrated? That’s what Hamilton faculty did as they recently hosted the second annual Lab Crawl in the Taylor Science Center.

As part of its continuing Common Ground series, Hamilton welcomed five experts who presented varying viewpoints in the discussion “Affirmative Action: Support, Critiques, and What’s Lost in the Discussion.”

The Federalist Papers, written primarily by Alexander Hamilton, have been the subject of much discussion during the current impeachment proceedings. In an interview with a Syracuse television station, Professor of Government Robert Martin talked about the papers, specifically Essay 65, in which Hamilton wrote about the "high crimes and misdemeanors" of impeachment.

"I’m admittedly only familiar with a handful of universities, but this is the first place I have been where it feels like everyone — students, faculty, staff, administrators — is on some sort of big team trying to make something great happen."

Hamilton’s faculty has voted unanimously to establish a minor in statistics. The new option, which consists of five courses, is available to students immediately. It follows the approval of a new teaching position in statistics, data science, probability, and stochastic processes.

Scholar Julie Parker wants to share the unsung stories of children in the Bible.

As they approach graduation and are hitting the job market, Hamilton seniors had the opportunity to improve interviewing skills at the Career Center-sponsored Interview Crash Course on Jan. 26.