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Thirteen Alumni Colleges provided reunion-goers with information on everything from novel writing to the future of healthcare.

Reunions 2017 may be over but plenty of good feelings remain after a memorable weekend on the Hill for some 1,500 alumni and friends.

Geosciences major Emily Alexander ’19 spent a summer researching the water quality and water-system infrastructure of a small city near campus.

Next semester, Haley Tietz ’19, a literature major, plans to study abroad in India. And she wants to know how to write about it. “I’m trying to understand the relationship between feminism and Orientalism in travel writing, and whether it is possible to write about travel in a way that is not problematic,” said Tietz.

Professor of Physics Emeritus Phil Pearle recently published two papers in Physical Review A, a publication of the American Physical Society.

With the migration of hundreds of college students off the Hamilton campus, way has been made for a younger, more energetic, crowd. On Wednesday, June 7, and Thursday, June 8, third-graders from Hughes Elementary School, and Clinton Elementary School, respectively, visited the Taylor Science Center. As part of ongoing outreach with local public schools, faculty from the psychology, chemistry, physics, biology and geosciences departments hosted approximately 80 students per day, packing a variety of scientific disciplines into four interactive, 30-minute long seminars.

Aida Shadrav ’17 came to Hamilton with a plan, and she’s well on the way to accomplishing it. She’ll enter Harvard Dental School in the fall, following the career path of her mother. .

Peter F. Cannavò, associate professor of government, used President Donald Trump’s behavior during a photo session with NATO leaders as a springboard to discuss leadership virtues in a June 5 Huffington Post essay.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology Simon Coppard recently received a grant from the Linnean Society of London and the Systematics Association for his research using transcriptomics to reveal the evolution of venom in sea urchins.

No one specific road leads to the theatre, and for Sarah Zeiberg ’18, the route includes an environmental studies and theatre double major.