All News

Simon Coppard, scholar-in-residence in biology, recently published a research paper titled “Gene expression across tissues, sex, and life stages in the sea urchin Tripneustes gratilla” in the journal Marine Genomics.

Suzanne Keen, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty, announced the appointment of new faculty for the 2018-19 academic year, including six tenure-track appointments.

Amelia Boyd ’20 began every morning at 5 a.m., searching for bird nests in Butte Valley, California. Once the nesting season got started, Boyd and her research team had a limited window, so they had to work hard to take advantage of it. After the early wake-up call, Boyd spent up to 11 hours each day combing the grasslands and juniper forests of Butte Valley.

An article titled “Rome Sand Plains: Restoring a Special Place in Central New York” by Ernest Williams, the William R. Kenan Professor of Biology Emeritus and Lecturer in Biology, appears in the August issue of Conservationist.

Although most students have gone home for the summer, Enogie Omoregbee ’21 and Christopher Hart ’19 are sticking around to make the campus a greener, more environmentally friendly place.

A new study from The Auk: Ornithological Advances tracks where American Crows go during the winter and shows that while individuals are consistent in whether they migrate or stay put, partial migration might give them enough flexibility to adapt to changing environmental conditions.

Nothing could have prepared Vince Sorrentino ’20 for what it was like to work in a hospital: grumpy patients, serious wound care, and lots of bodily fluids. It was an up close and personal look at hospital work for a student on the job—one of seven Hamilton students participating in a summer program with SUNY Upstate Medical University.

Sarah Kane ‘19 spent the spring semester in Bristol, England, in a behavioral biology program studying animal welfare and the laws that surround wild animals, and clinical animal behavior focusing on cats and dogs. Kane also wrote a dissertation with Dr. Nicola Rooney on the accuracy, or specificity and sensitivity of diabetic alert dogs.

When Yeo Jean Song ’21 applied to take part in a summer research project, she hoped to come out of it with a better understanding of molecular biology.

Hamilton science faculty have been busy the past several weeks sharing their expertise with students much younger than college-age audiences. Elementary school children from Oneida, Clinton, and New Hartford have descended upon the Taylor Science Center for a morning of science exploration over the past four weeks as well as in March during Hamilton’s spring break.