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During a panel discussion, students heard from three alumni working in the field of policy and political research. Panelists included Ann Dubin ’06, a freelance political researcher and consultant, Marc Pitarresi ’10, a freelance political and communications consultant and researcher, and Cristina Garafola ’11, a research associate at RAND Corp. specializing in Chinese foreign policy.

“What’s the cost of activism? It’s huge,” Natalia Arno, founder of the Free Russia Foundation (FRF), said in a talk on April 18. Arno, in her presentation “Human Rights and Democracy in Russia,” discussed her activism experience within the Russian political system and explained the current state of Russian politics. She described the extent of Russia’s authoritarian policies and practices while including anecdotes from her own life, detailing the corruption that has increasingly pervaded Russian society.

Students in “Religion and Modern Art” recently explored the Guggenheim Museum, as well as several other places where modern art meets spirituality in New York City, during a two-day trip to Manhattan.

Willa Mihalyi-Koch ’19 and Hannah Zucker '15 have been awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships. This is a highly competitive, prestigious, nationally recognized fellowship that is awarded to just under 2000 students in the natural and social sciences and engineering.

Kathleen "Kat" McGrory '05, former editor of The Spectator and currently deputy investigations editor at the Tampa Bay Times, was named a Pulitzer Prize finalist for "impactful reporting, based on sophisticated data analysis, that revealed an alarming rate of patient fatalities following Johns Hopkins’ takeover of a pediatric heart treatment facility."

Hamilton’s Model UN team has attended three conferences this semester and has won awards at each. The team went to North American Model United Nations Conference hosted by University of Toronto (NAMUN), Princeton Diplomatic Invitational hosted by Princeton University (PDI), and &MUN hosted by The College of William and Mary.

Hamilton College welcomed an array of scholars to campus for the inaugural Natural Things Conference arranged and hosted by Mackenzie Cooley, assistant professor of history from April 7 to 9.

This is a story of a creative partnership, Hamilton style. It began when two strangers were assigned to be first-year roommates. In the latest chapter of the continuing friendship, one writes a novel, and the other helps get it published.