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Hamilton College Higher Education Opportunity Programs (HEOP) students Shelby Amour Castillo ‘19, Shavell Jones ‘21, Adriana Cruz ’21, and Nasheley Boursiquot ’22, were invited to New York State Opportunity Programs Conference (NYSOP) in Syracuse, N.Y. — a conference created by and for HEOP and EOP students.

Eleven Hamilton students are trekking in the Annapurna region of Nepal over spring break. The students are members of History Professor Maurice Isserman’s Himalayan Mountaineering class this semester and are supervised on the trip by Assistant Director of Outdoor Leadership Sarah Jillings. Student participants are, Urbana Anam ’21, Matt Casadei ’19, Peter Case ’21, Jake Colangelo ’20, Ruth Coolidge ’21, Elyssa Feuer ’19 Alexandra Hendry ’19, Peter Schavee ’21, Joey West ’22, and Rachel Zuckerman ’19. Former participant and campus EMT Jack Gumina ‘'19 is along as a co-leader and trip medic.

The fifth edition of Industrial Organization: Theory and Practice, co-authored by Professor of Economics Betsy Jensen, was recently published by Routledge.

Adrian Summers ’19 has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) to Kenya. A Theatre and Africana Studies major, he answered some questions about his time at Hamilton and what he hopes to accomplish through his Fulbright ETA.

Assistant Professor of Classics Jesse Weiner recently presented papers at the Northeast Modern Language Association meeting in Washington, D.C., and at Illinois Wesleyan University.

Alan Cafruny, the Henry Platt Bristol Chair of International Affairs and Professor of Government, recently published an article in the journal Russia in Global Affairs.

Assistant Professor of History Celeste Day Moore recently received a summer stipend from the National Endowment for the Humanities for a project about the rise of African-American music as a sign of power and protest after World War II.

Leo Rayhill ’49 hosted his first jazz radio show at Hamilton’s WHC, where he spun tunes and acted as his own engineer. For nearly 60 years, he’s been putting out music and still hosts his long-running show, Sounds of Jazz, on WCNY-FM in Syracuse, N.Y.

By the time he completes his study abroad at Trinity College in Dublin, Julian Perricone ’20 hopes he can say that he learned something every day. He’s taking a range of courses there, including in his major — psychology.

The Hamilton Mathletics team has won the Snow Bowl competition this year, edging out teams from Colgate University, Skidmore College, and St. Lawrence University. Skidmore won the cup last year, so the team is very proud to bring it back to Hamilton.