News at Hamilton

Hamilton offers a plethora of opportunities for students to discover their passions. For Maura Calsyn ’95, it was a semester in Washington, D.C., that started her on her career path. Today she is deputy assistant secretary for health policy at the U.S. Department of Health Human Services (HHS) where her work deals with a wide variety of public health issues, including the long-term effects of COVID-19.

George Gescheider, professor of psychology emeritus who taught on College Hill for 42 years, died on June 19, 2022. His memory was honored earlier this month at a Hamilton faculty meeting.

Irma M. and Robert D. Morris Professor of Economics Stephen Wu's research that tested for labor market discrimination among economics Ph.D. job candidates based on name fluency included a former student as his co-author and several recent computer science graduates.

After witnessing her family’s struggle with genetic disorder, Taliyah James ’24 is utilizing all of her resources to launch her career in genetic counseling. This summer, she spent eight weeks at the University of Pennsylvania’s Basser Center, a clinic, research lab, and educational center focused on the relationship between gene mutations and cancer risk.

For some college students, the jump from classroom to professional work is a daunting one. For Jungwon Kim ’23, the transition into software engineering for a tech startup was not difficult at all — despite it being his first foray into the commercial world.

To mark National Banned Books Week, Sept. 18-24, Hamilton is proud to share the work of one of our own.

More than 400 video and audio recordings of jazz greats, their band members, critics, writers, and composers retelling their personal histories in the world of jazz comprise the Hamilton College Jazz Archive. Organizing those interviews within major categories of interest and study to capture salient, meaningful, or groundbreaking moments might be an overwhelming task for most.

Revere, Mass., mayoral aide Gianni Hill ’21 has parlayed his Hamilton public policy senior thesis into a job with his hometown city government. He’s seeking ways to offset noise pollution from nearby Boston Logan International Airport.

In an essay published in the Syracuse Post-Standard on Sept. 8, professors of government Sharon Rivera and David Rivera reflected on the Gorbachev and post-Gorbachev administrations and the time they spent in Russia in the 1990s.

KinHo Chan joined Hamilton on Sept. 1 as dean of engaged education. In this role, he will oversee the ALEX (Advise, Learn, EXperience) program, a coordinated advising network tailored for each student’s academic success, career preparation, experiential learning, and personal growth, which phased in with the Class of 2025.