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Professor of Biology Sue Ann Miller served on the Grants-in-Aid of Research (GIAR) Committee of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, in Research Triangle Park, N.C. Miller has served as an evaluator since 2000 and chaired the committee from 2001 to 2007.

In his Jan. 25 talk “Leading Nowhere: the Futility and Farce of Global Climate Negotiations,” Oren Cass criticized the global approach to addressing climate change. He claimed that it’s not that leaders don’t want to reduce emissions, it’s that it isn’t possible based on insurmountable challenges like cost and complexity. 

In a competitive job market, interviewing is arguably the most determinative aspect of the hiring process. On Jan. 24, a group of students attended the Career and Life Outcomes Center’s Sixth Annual Interview Mojo, an “intensive event designed to provide a meaningful chance to learn about and practice the lifelong skill of interviewing.”

Last semester Professor Phil Klinkner's Government 223 class studied the political dynamics of the presidential nomination process, paying special attention to the 2016 election cycle. They were able to earn a half credit by volunteering on a presidential campaign over their winter break. Mike Verostek ’16 offers this view of Hillary Clinton’s campaign in New Hampshire. Last week Brian Ferrell ’16 shared his experiences on the Jeb Bush campaign in Iowa.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics Jesse Weiner recently published “The Many Forms of Persian Decline after Cyrus,” an online, peer-reviewed commentary to the epilogue of Xenophon’s Cyropaedia (Education of Cyrus).

During the fall semester, 12 Hamilton students taught Spanish to students at Clinton Elementary School. These Hamilton students participated in a training workshop in order to learn about teaching methods and to discuss lesson plans. The program began in October and continued through the end of the semester.

The men’s hockey team took over the nation's longest unbeaten streak, stretching their run to 11 games without a loss and posting a 6-2 non-league win over Daniel Webster Saturday at Russell Sage Rink.

The Hamilton College men's hockey team continued its best streak in 62 years, blanking Amherst 2-0 at Russell Sage Rink Friday. The Continentals pushed their unbeaten run to 10 games (8-0-2).

Last semester, Hamilton students enrolled in Professor Phil Klinkner's Government 223 class were educated on the political dynamics of the presidential nomination process, paying special attention to the 2016 election cycle.  The class presented students with the unique opportunity to earn half of the class' credit in the traditional classroom setting while earning the other half credit by volunteering on a presidential campaign over their winter breaks.  Brian Ferrell '16 worked on Republican Jeb Bush's campaign in Iowa and Mike Verostek '16 was a volunteer with Hillary Clinton's campaign  in New Hampshire. Today and on Monday, Jan. 25, their articles recount the experiences of just two of the students who took advantage of this extraordinary opportunity.

Assistant Professor of Mathematics Courtney Gibbons presented “A Ring without a Boij-Soederberg Theory” as an invited speaker in the AMS-AWM Special Session on Commutative Algebra at the Joint Mathematics Meetings (JMM) held Jan. 6-9 in Seattle.