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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.

Rachel Sobel ’15 travels a lot — California, New York, Florida, you name a part of the U.S. and she’s probably been there — in her position as a project manager for Epic Systems Corporation, a health-systems software company.

“I want to pay it forward. I want students to have opportunities.” Andres “Fluffy” Aguilar is a fellow at Pomona College, promoting a sense of community among high school students in the college's Academy for Youth Success.

Fully immersed in a career in politics, Brendan Cunningham ’15 would like to see other young people jump in too.