Hamilton in the News

The Business of Giving, a unique radio program that focuses on the world’s social problems and their possible philanthropic solutions, will air a pre-recorded interview with host Denver Frederick and President David Wippman and trustee Aron Ain this Sunday, Jan. 8, at 6 p.m.

The 2016 presidential election, the Broadway musical Hamilton, financial aid, career placement and diversity issues: these were topics for which the media sought interviews and quotes from Hamilton experts.

HowStuffWorks, a site that attracts 30 million visitors monthly, published an essay titled Was 2016 a Replay of 1968? in which Maurice Isserman, the Publius Virgilius Rogers Professor of American History, explained the similarities and differences between the two tumultuous years.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Government David Rivera and Associate Professor of Government Sharon Werning Rivera published an oped on the Electoral College’s upcoming vote for president on Dec. 15 on the online site, Medium.

Immediately following the Federal Reserve’s Dec. 14 announcement of its first rate hike since 2006, Ann Owen, the Henry Platt Bristol Professor of Economics, discussed the decision on National Public Radio’s Here & Now program during a live interview.

The Alpinist, a publication and website dedicated to world alpinism and adventure climbing, recently introduced an article with a quote from Professor of History Maurice Isserman’s book, Continental Divide.

Alan Cafruny, the Henry Platt Bristol Professor of International Relations, was interviewed by BBC News on what a Trump administration might look like.

Following the presidential election, Government Professor Philip Klinkner has been quoted in many news outlets including The Atlantic, The Washington Post’s Monkey Cage blog, Vox, TIME, and The Guardian, among others.

Guardian national reporter Scott Bixby ’11, this semester’s last guest, spoke with WIBX 950 AM on Monday about the election, offering a preview of his talk at 7:30 p.m. in the Fillius Events Barn.

“Founding Fathers spirit found in Kaepernick protest,” an opinion piece published by The Hill on Sept. 1, argued that the San Francisco quarterback’s decision to remain seated during the national anthem was an expression of his right to freedom of speech. This is the third opinion piece written by Charles Dunst '18 that The Hill has published in the last two months.