Hamilton in the News
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From September through December, the Wellin Museum’s Jeffrey Gibson: This is the Day exhibition attracted a continuous flow of media attention.
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Anne Dinneen, Hamilton’s Chief Investment Officer, received Chief Investment Officer (CIO) magazine’s CIO Innovation Award for endowment management on Dec. 14 at a gala at the New York City Public Library.
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“An engaging account of the rise, fall, resurrection and legacy of the Weavers, the Greenwich Village-based quartet of left-leaning musicians founded near the end of 1948,” was how Maurice Isserman, the Publius Virgilius Rogers Professor of American History, described Wasn’t That a Time: The Weavers, the Blacklist, and the Battle for the Soul of America in The New York Times Sunday Book Review section.
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Associate Professor of Religious Studies S. Brent Plate’s letter, written in response to The Atlantic’s America’s Epidemic of Empty Churches, outlined the “surprising reuses” of old Christian churches in Utica.
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Scientific American published an essay titled How Capital Influences Attitudes toward Capital Punishment by Assistant Professor of Psychology Keelah Williams in which she explained, “When people think the economy is poor, support for the death penalty rise.”
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In a story titled “Shining a Light on Life Behind Bars,” The Nation featured the American Prisoner Writing Archive, comparing its legacy to that of the slave narratives in its offering of non-establishment perspectives on incarceration in the United States.
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A story published by the Florida Museum of Natural History about a 37-year survey of monarch populations in North Central Florida shows that caterpillars and butterflies have been declining since 1985 and have dropped by 80 percent since 2005.
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Instructional Designer & 3d Technology Specialist Ben Salzman presented on mixed reality technology innovation in higher education at the National Educause Conference on a panel with representatives from Yale, Syracuse, and Florida International Universities this month.
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In the weeks preceding and days following the election, reporters have sought the perspectives of several Hamilton professors on topics ranging from environmental ballot initiatives to the Democratic Socialists of America party to the kind of legislative progress that can be expected in the next two years.
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Ann Owen, the Henry Platt Bristol Professor of Economics, was interviewed by National Public Radio reporter John Ydstie for a segment on All Things Considered titled Is It Time For The Fed To Say Goodbye To The Phillips Curve Theory? on Oct. 29.
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