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Four Hamilton faculty members were approved for tenure by the College’s Board of Trustees during a recent meeting. The board granted tenure to Rob Knight, art, Chinthaka Kuruwita, mathematics, and Xavier Tubau, Hispanic studies. With the granting of tenure comes the title of associate professor.

An essay by Professor of Literature Vincent Odamtten appears in Illuminations on Chinua Achebe: The Art of Resistance, published by Africa World Press, Inc.

“There came a point where I realized I knew more about the U.S. healthcare system and its issues than about the healthcare system of the country I grew up in. This seemed problematic to me especially since I hope to someday practice medicine in Morocco,” said researcher Sofia Rachad ’18.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature Nhora Lucía Serrano was recently named a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Scholar.

Reunion celebrant Sarah Hiner wrote about some of the more meaningful, quite extraordinary, yet non-traditional accomplishments of her fellow alumni.

Twelve Hamilton students visited Sweden for a two-week study trip, looking at Swedish prisons, courts and policing practice. Ryan Bloom ’18 blogged about the trip. Following is her final update about a visit to border control, a police precinct and the court.

“Optimization of Projectile Motion Under Air Resistance Quadratic in Speed,” co-authored by Professor of Mathematics Robert Kantrowitz ’82, was included in the February issue of the Mediterranean Journal of Mathematics.

The Hamilton College community bid farewell to the independence of the comparative literature department as it transforms into the literature and creative writing department: a fusion of comparative literature, English and creative writing. To commemorate comparative literature’s 40-year legacy of literature and social activism, five accomplished alumni related to the department spoke about what this academic discipline has meant for their lives and their activism, revealing that its rippling effects have in fact changed countless lives.

As an Appalachian old-time banjo and fiddler, Jake Blount ’17 has just finished recording an EP with fellow fiddler Tatiana Hargreaves that will be released in June. This summer he will work on a full-length album with his band, the Moose Whisperers; in the winter, he and his band plan to tour Scandinavia.

Rachel Weinstein won a TONY for her role as associate producer of Dear Evan Hansen at the 2017 awards ceremony.