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Assistant Professor of Biology Andrea Townsend was recently awarded a $25,400 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to support her project “Collaborative Research: Quantifying conserved genomic regions at the within-species level.”

As the clock struck 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 23, a group of student theatre artists gathered to begin Untitled @ Large’s annual 24-Hour Theatre Festival. The 16 participants, who had registered in their preferred role -- director, playwright, or actor -- in advance, arrived on Friday evening to be sorted into groups and be presented with the year’s randomly selected theme. The weekend’s festival added the new twist of requiring each playwright to include a specific line in their original dialogues.

The Hamilton College Department of Dance and Movement Studies will present its annual Spring Dance Concert on Saturday, March 3, at 7:30 p.m., in Wellin Hall.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature Nhora Lucía Serrano contributed a short essay to Making Modernism, a web exhibit featuring archival documents from the Newberry Library.

'I came into Hamilton with a scientific mind and felt like it would be a waste of a liberal arts degree if I left with the same scientific mind. Women’s and gender studies broadens my horizons, and each class challenges me to see the world in a new way.'

Alumni have two fellow alumni to cheer for as they watch this year’s Academy Awards presentation on Sunday, March 4.

An article by Professor of Mathematics Sally Cockburn appears in this month’s issue of the international journal Discussiones Mathematicae Graph Theory.

Celebrating a belated Lunar New Year holiday, students and faculty came together for two culturally rich nights of Chinese traditions, food, and entertainment. The Chinese department hosted a dinner with student performances while the Asian Student Association held a dinner and film screening.

The Hamilton in NYC program enjoyed a guest presentation from Richard Simon, director of the Wildlife Unit of New York City Parks on Feb. 14. His talk was titled "Raising Wildlife Awareness in New York City," in which he discussed the controversies and challenges to managing residents' expectations of their interactions with wildlife.

Ann Owen, the Henry Platt Bristol Professor of Economics, was interviewed by Marketplace Senior Reporter Nancy Marshall-Genzer for a segment addressing new Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s upcoming report to Congress.