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Christian Goodwillie, director and curator of Special Collections and Archives at Burke Library, traveled to Saint Kitts and Nevis from Jan. 27 to Feb. 1. Goodwillie is a member of the Charlestown (Nevis) World Heritage Committee, which is seeking recognition of Charlestown as a World Heritage City from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

In her talk “Policy, Translation, Estimation, and Inference: When Big Data Isn’t Enough,” Shauna Sweet ’03 returned to campus to discuss her career experience in applied analytics.

Nearly 200 students, faculty, and administrators gathered to discuss “Hope, Hate, and Race” at the annual Posse Plus Retreat (PPR), a weekend-long event where college community members discuss the impact of reoccurring social issues.

Professor of Art Katharine Kuharic was recently named the San Francisco Art Institute’s (SFAI) 2018 Richard Diebenkorn Teaching Fellow.

Winter Outing Club trips are an entirely different beast than any other time of year. With the blankets of snow covering the ground come a set of issues that uniquely challenge leaders. Andrew Jillings, director of Outdoor Leadership, and eight students embarked early on Jan. 27 for a weekend-long training session that would equip them to address these challenges. Jared Mandelbaum ’18, Jack Gumina ’19, Sarah Stigberg ’20, James Southwick ’20, Keith Ruggles ’20, Mike Moubarak ’21, Sean Conroy ’21, and Hans Wydler ’21 joined Jillings for the enriching experience.

Learning For Your Spirit Week, a series of events designed to introduce members of the Hamilton community to new spiritual practices or unfamiliar religious traditions, took place Jan. 26 to Feb. 1.

More than 45 students were matched with alumni and parents for a day of job shadowing during their winter break. The Career Center provides participants with an excellent opportunity to learn about a career area as well as make professional connections with alumni and parents.

Assistant Professor of Sociology Jaime Kucinskas is lead author on a new publication, "The Interplay Between Meaning and Sacred Awareness in Everyday Life: Evidence From a Daily Smartphone Study," published in The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion.???????

In an email to the Hamilton community on Jan. 31, Vice President of Administration and Finance Karen Leach announced the death of long-time Physical Plant employee John McGovern.

In a time when the politics of the Kremlin have once again captured America’s attention, Hamilton College was fortunate to host Vladimir Kara-Murza, the vice-chairman of Open Russia, an NGO advocating for democracy and human rights in Russia. He visited to screen his documentary film Nemtsov, about the political life of Boris Nemtsov, an opposition leader who championed democracy until his murder in 2015.