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Will Whalen’23 is a mild-mannered world politics major by day, but master of the mean, meowing Chess bot Mittens by night. Whalen, who moonlighted at Chess.com as a creative strategy lead while on campus, had the idea to create the cute kitty chess master that played an aggressive game of chess. Mittens has proven to be a formidable and frustrating opponent on the Chess.com website. Whalen will join Chess.com as director of audience development after graduation.

At the end of an hour-long conversation about politics, activism, and change, Angela Davis faced one last question: What brings you joy?

Former foreign minister of Russia Andrei Kozyrev and University of Rhode Island scholar Nicolai Petro discussed the war in Ukraine with Professor of Government Alan Cafruny on Nov. 15.

Author, foreign policy expert, and Washington Post columnist Max Boot joined Professors Ty Seidule and Maurice Isserman to discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine on Oct. 25.

Novelist, filmmaker, and Zen Buddhist priest Ruth Ozeki presented the Tolles Lecture on Oct. 6. Evan Robinson '23 discusses the talk, during which he says the audience "was treated to rich and engaging comments from a remarkably impressive speaker."

When it comes to investment banking, perhaps no other name stands out like Goldman Sachs. And for seniors James Argo and Jason Kauppila, this illustrious bank will soon be home. The two have accepted full-time positions at Goldman to start after graduation.

While many college undergraduates have the opportunity to conduct research, few see their work published in an academic journal. But this is exactly what Hannah Petersen ’22 and Ashley Garcia ’22 accomplished with the article “Schools as racialized organizations in policy and practice,” published last month in the international, peer-reviewed Sociology Compass.

Pre-health professions tracks are known for their rigorous requirements and demanding workloads that often result in perpetually sleep-deprived students. And although these associations may, to varying degrees, be accurate, the challenges undergraduates face while pursuing a pre-health track are certainly better faced together.

Following up on a series of webinars held last year, the College-Community Partnership for Racial Justice hosted a discussion on Oct. 28 aimed at assessing the progress of local police reform measures. The earlier webinar series, which featured local experts and community leaders and focused on issues such as racial equity, criminal justice, and the prison industrial complex, was initiated in response to then-Governor Andrew Cuomo’s executive order mandating reforms for all New York law enforcement agencies.

Of all the Hamilton programs interrupted by the pandemic, off-campus study was perhaps the most severely affected. However, this semester, students are once again pursuing academic interests far away from the Hill. To understand how Hamilton’s programs are readjusting, we asked Assistant Dean of Off-Campus Study Carolyn North and several students located around the world. Below are some of their thoughts.