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Stephen Wu, the Irma M. and Robert D. Morris Professor of Economics, is the lead author of a paper that appears in the June issue of the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion.
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Shay Lashgari ’24 often says that the things she cares about most are basic human rights and needs — two things that influenced both her probable major and the work she did during gap years before enrolling at Hamilton this fall.
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Since the day she arrived on campus, Anyi Rescalvo ’22 knew she wanted to give back to marginalized communities during her time at Hamilton. A daughter of immigrant parents, Rescalvo says she found the perfect way to do this — by teaching English to immigrants and refugees.
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Hamilton College President David Wippman, who has taught and written on international law and human rights throughout his career, has been named to the Advisory Council of Refugees International.
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“I never expected to risk arrest protesting a current Secretary of State,” wrote former Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration and current Linowitz Professor of International Affairs Ann C. Richard in a Newsweek essay.
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Differences in refugee policy under the Obama and Trump administrations was the topic of a discussion on Sept. 26 with Anne C. Richard, the Sol M. Linowitz Professor of International Affairs, and Shelly Callahan, the executive director of The Center, a Utica-based organization that supports refugees. Both lecturers have a deep background in refugee issues. Richard was the assistant secretary of state for population, refugees, and migration in the Obama administration from 2012 to 2017, and was a vice president of the International Rescue Committee. Through her work at The Center, Callahan has helped resettle hundreds of refugees and provide critical services.
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Professors of Economics Paul Hagstrom and Stephen Wu and Assistant Professor of Economics Javier Pereira are the co-authors of an article appearing online in the Journal of Refugee Studies.
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Professor of Economics Paul Hagstrom and Assistant Professor of Economics Javier Pereira presented papers on their refugee project at the 87th International Atlantic Economic Conference in Athens.
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Peuo Tuy, an award-winning Khmer-American modern poet, told her story, “Past, Present, Future Refugee Experience in America,” to a group of students in the SHINE program classes working with Associate Professor of Russian John Bartle and Britt Hysell, director of the ESOL program, on April 5.
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A large crowd gathered in the Events Barn on Nov. 9 for Multicultural Mayhem, a celebration of diversity through performances, fashion, and food. The event was organized by On the Move, a student organization that builds relationships between Utica’s refugee community and Hamilton College.
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