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Hamilton’s Model United Nations (MUN) team competed in the Columbia Model United Nations in New York (CMUNNY) conference from Sept. 27 to Sept. 30 in New York City. The conference invited colleges from all over North America to compete over the weekend, engaging students in 19 specialized committees.

Nicole Taylor ’19 has been helping Hamilton students vote since her first year on campus. Taylor explained, “I would be talking to my new friends about politics and I’d say, ‘Well, you know, the only way you can really voice your opinion at this stage in your life is to vote. Are you registered to vote?’ and they’d be seniors and they’d say, ‘No.’” This led her to teach some of her peers about the registration process and ultimately helped foster her passion for campus voter engagement.

Through Hamilton's Bristol Fellowship, psychology grad Monika Rybak ’18 will spend a year traveling the world to research tattoo traditions and how inking experiences differ across cultures.

Isabel O’Malley ’18, recipient of a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship, will travel abroad to study the production and effects of therapeutic radio next year. Hamilton had four recipients in 2018.

The Hamilton College Arboretum’s 2017-18 Saturday Speaker series concludes on Saturday, April 28, with Marta McDowell, author and horticulturist.

Stephen Venables, British mountaineer and author, will discuss his climbing career on Monday, April 16, at 7 p.m. in the Kennedy Auditorium, Taylor Science Center. This lecture is free and open to the public.

California Institute of Technology Chemistry Professor Harry Gray will present the James S. Plant Distinguished Scientist Lecture, titled “Fuel from Sunlight and Water” on Tuesday, April 3, at 7:30 p.m., in the Chapel

The Hamilton College Arboretum’s 2017-2018 Saturday Speaker series continues on Saturday, March 17, with Kathryn Aalto, historian, landscape designer, and nonfiction writer.

Hamilton’s Model United Nations team competed in the annual North American Model United Nations (NAMUN) conference from Feb. 22 to Feb. 25, in Toronto.

The Community Outreach & Cooperative Project (COOP) hires senior fellows each year to help run volunteer projects both in the Hamilton community and in the greater Utica area.