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Samuel Finkelstein ’14 he’s heading into his first winter in Rockland, Maine, ready to work whatever the weather. He’s laid in a couple of cords of wood for the stove that heats his cabin, and he has the gear and the space to pursue an interest that would be more challenging to do in New York.

Every day of her internship, Mary Bei Prince ’20 interacts with Thomas Nast, the nineteenth-century cartoonist who developed visual archetypes such as the Republican elephant, Democratic donkey, Uncle Sam, and Santa Claus.

A book review by Heidi Ravven, the Bates and Benjamin Professor of Classical and Religious Studies, was recently published on H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences Online.

When Abigail Henkel ’21 walks through the streets of Philadelphia’s Chinatown, she doesn’t rush through the neighborhood with her friends in tow, searching for a bowl of ramen, as she used to do. Instead, she takes her time, taking pictures of signs on bakeries, cafes, and other shops to later analyze. Rather than view the community with the brusque recognition of a tourist, she examines Chinatown with the eye of a deferential, thoughtful spectator.

On day one of his internship in the Dutchess County Public Defender’s Office, his supervisor meted out an unvarnished observation about a law career. “If you like this,” the supervisor told Federico Romero ’22, “this is what you’ll do. If you don’t like it, I’ve had a lot of interns that don’t like it, and they pursue something else.”

No one who knew Halle Becker ’15 in kindergarten should be surprised to hear that she’s in veterinary school. From her earliest days as a student she would would tell anyone who asked that she intended to be a vet some day. Now she's at Cornell.

Among the ranks of far-flung recent Hamilton grads is Oliver Magnusson ’17, who works in the London office of Capco, a management consulting firm for banks. We caught up with him recently to ask a few questions.

Catherine Ryczek ’21 spent her summer in Germany working with Assistant Professor of Physics Kristen Burson and a team of physicists from around the world at the Fritz-Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society in Berlin. During her internship, Ryczek collected and analyzed low energy electron diffraction (LEED) data, a process which enabled her and her fellow researchers to learn more about the structure of materials. She also worked to design and assemble a new ultra-high vacuum (UHV) system to allow for the closer study of thin films.

A book review by Professor of Art History Scott MacDonald was recently published online by Documentary magazine, a publication of the International Documentary Association.