News at Hamilton
People, events, buildings, and symbols that collectively represent the long history of Hamilton’s Opportunity Programs (OP) are on brilliant display in a 4- by 7-foot painting designed and created by Nat St. Helen ’27.
Professors, Coaches Share Parting Thoughts
Hamilton bids goodbye to a remarkable cohort of faculty as they enter retirement. We asked them to reflect on their careers, changes at the College, and the future.
Comp. Sci. Students, Helmuth Study Cutting Edge Large Language Models
Large language models (LLMs) have been at the forefront of the zeitgeist ever since publicly available AI programs like OpenAI’s ChatGPT burst onto the scene. Three Hamilton comp. sci. majors are spending their summer researching this cutting-edge technology with Professor Thomas Helmuth ’09.
They arrived with curiosity, drive, and a sense of possibility — and now Hamilton’s Class of 2025 is stepping boldly into what’s next, with graduation canes in hand and valuable lessons learned. What shaped them during their four years on College Hill? Which moments, mentors, and courses stand out?
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Thanks to the prestigious Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program, Professor of Government Kira Jumet will spend the coming academic year in Morocco conducting research on combined military exercises and their side events as multinational spaces of soft power and public diplomacy through the African Lion joint military exercises co-organized by the U.S. and Morocco. She will also connect directly with Moroccan students and academics through teaching at Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique (UM6P).
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Since the launch of the World Wide Web, Hamiltonians have been at the forefront of digital entrepreneurship, creating and funding a number of tech companies — perhaps you’ve heard of a few.
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A graduate of the French Culinary Institute, Elizabeth Palmer Starnes Califano ’11 teaches culinary skills to aspiring cooks of all ages. We asked her to share ideas for how to get kids involved in the kitchen.
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Hamilton’s Alumni Council has elected two alumni trustees to serve on the Board of Trustees for four-year terms beginning July 1. They are Alice Davis Tornquist ’86 and Vidal Torres ’00, P’29.
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