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“What’s the cost of activism? It’s huge,” Natalia Arno, founder of the Free Russia Foundation (FRF), said in a talk on April 18. Arno, in her presentation “Human Rights and Democracy in Russia,” discussed her activism experience within the Russian political system and explained the current state of Russian politics. She described the extent of Russia’s authoritarian policies and practices while including anecdotes from her own life, detailing the corruption that has increasingly pervaded Russian society.

The North East Middle East Politics Working Group (NEMEPWG) settled into the Hamilton College campus for a weekend of peer discussion and review on April 12 to 14. The aim of NEMEPWG, which consists of academics who specialize in topics based in the Middle East and Northern Africa, is to provide a space where scholars with similar backgrounds and knowledge can help one another with their studies and writings.

“That’s a woman at work,” Steve Buckingham, renowned music producer, said as he shared a photograph of Dolly Parton from her first day of recording the album The Grass Is Blue. As Buckingham clicked through the images of himself, Parton, and the work they did together, the audience listened to the tales with the respect that Buckingham seemed to reserve for Parton. His talk on Feb. 26 offered a look into both the world of music production and Parton’s iconic career.

What has three Fates, two apathetic lifeguards, and one possessive pterodactyl? Theatre kids, of course.

Here's what Aaron Strong, Hamilton's new assistant professor of environmental studies, had to say in a recent interview with student writer Majestic Terhune ’21.

New Assistant Professor of History Mackenzie Cooley is determined to be a "historian plus" who goes beyond the library to reach out to people with her passion for her subject.

While most students spent finals week toiling over essays and studying for tests, the class of 2019’s computer science majors finalized and presented the digital applications they had worked on during the fall term.

Student writer Majestic Terhune ’21 talked with Justin Clark, new assistant professor of philosophy, to find out why he chose Hamilton and what he thinks about it so far. Here’s what he had to say.

This year Hamilton welcomed six new tenure-track faculty members. Communications office student writer Majestic Terhune ’21 spent more than two hours interviewing these newest members of the faculty to find out why they chose Hamilton and what they think so far.  Here’s her interview with Rhea Datta, assistant professor of biology. (Some answers edited for brevity.)

"I had some great teachers, both in high school and as an undergrad, and if I didn’t have these great teachers, I wouldn’t have been able to succeed in the way I did. So, I wanted to become a teacher to be that for other students."