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Ernest Williams, the William R. Kenan Professor of Biology Emeritus, photographed more than 30 varieties of wildflowers and flowers in bloom in the Root Glen during the weekend of May 2 -3.

Biology major Kaela Makins ’21 will join a doctoral program at City of Hope National Medical Center after graduation. She talks here about her interest in the medical field, and Hamilton faculty who influenced her.

Having grown up near the U.S. Naval Academy and with relatives who served in the Army, Kathryn Craine ’21 has known for several years that she planned to eventually join the military. During her first year at Hamilton, she joined the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program, and now with four years of training complete, she plans on serving as a Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) officer for the Army.

Ellis Strutton ’23 received an award for an e-poster that she presented in November during the virtual Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students. Strutton received a Computational and Systems Biology Award, sponsored by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Regeneron.

An article about monarch butterflies by Ernest Williams, the William R. Kenan Professor of Biology Emeritus, was recently published in the Adirondack Almanack (Saranac Lake, N.Y.).

Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology Olanrewaju Morenikeji, along with several other authors, including three Hamilton students, had an article published Jan.15 in Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology.

Supported by a $86,000 research grant from the National Science Foundation, Assistant Professor of Biology Natalie Nannas is on sabbatical studying an aspect of chromosomal cell division that could help inform fertility treatments and may also apply to cancer therapies.

In the morning she might ease Groot, a rescued coati (it’s in the raccoon family) that could not be introduced into the wild, into his harness to meet a second-grade class. In the afternoon, she could be with her team at a construction site to relocate a nest of burrowing owls.

A love for lab research has characterized Kaela Makins’ ’21 Hamilton experience, and she wants to ensure that other students of color can discover and maintain their own passion for STEM studies. That’s why she serves as an organizer for Black in Cancer.

Professor of Biology Herm Lehman discussed “The Fundamentals of COVID-19, Contact-Tracing, and Campus Safety” in a Zoom lecture on Sept. 16. He provided background information on the virus, before explaining the role of contact-tracing and detailing his work with Oneida County over the summer.