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Major national and regional news organizations regularly interview Hamilton faculty, staff, and students for their expertise and perspectives on current events, and to feature programs and activities on campus.

Warming temperatures and budding trees on campus signal the beginning of spring and the end of the maple sugaring season. Last weekend marked the final boil of the season as Hamilton students spent all day Saturday reducing 60 gallons of sap into just over a gallon of syrup.

Tommy Bowden ’18 is an actor, but he’s an actor with an entrepreneurial spirit that’s serving him well: He's created a new online service for artists.

As a group, the 15 posters describe a constellation of Hamilton women who inspire and support women students in classrooms, dorms, and dining halls. The campus “sheroes” were nominated by students for Women’s History Month.

From discussing what it means to become a well-known Black author to the nuances of writing during a pandemic, Roxane Gay and Kiese Laymon offered a conversation brimming with honesty and camaraderie for an otherwise isolated, at-home audience.

When Ryan Friedman ’21 entered Hamilton, he had no idea what he wanted to study, much less pursue after college. Now, the computer science major knows what he is passionate about and is an incoming software engineer at Bloomberg.

Amy Harff ’21, Jiin Jeong ’21, and Liam Prum ’21 have been named Watson Fellows, with each receiving a $36,000 stipend to pursue a “year of independent, purposeful exploration” abroad. The prestigious Thomas J. Watson Fellowship is awarded to graduating seniors nominated by one of 41 partner institutions.

To celebrate Women’s History Month, a quartet of alumnae who work in computer science took part in a panel discussion hosted by Hamilton’s Coding Team. Later, several of the panelists agreed to answer some questions. Here’s what they had to say.

Jonathan “Peck” Overpeck ’79 spent his senior year at Hamilton researching climate and vegetation change in the Adirondacks, an experience he suspects sowed the seeds of his life’s work.

Lexie Mucci (they/them) is the newest addition to the Days-Massolo Center, working as the LGBTQIA+ identity support specialist.