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Colleen Hallagan Preuninger ’06 has returned to College Hill for her first semester as Hamilton’s inaugural dean of spiritual and religious life. We asked her to share some initial thoughts about her new role and what she’s heard already from students. (Full interview to appear in the Winter edition of Hamilton Magazine.)

National and regional news organizations regularly interview Hamilton faculty, staff, alumni, and students for their expertise and perspectives on current events, and to feature programs and activities on campus. September’s news topics included coverage of international students, Confederate monuments, and inflation, among others. Links are provided, but some may require subscriptions to access content.

Hamilton creator, composer, and original star Lin-Manuel Miranda returned to Hamilton College — 14 years after he delivered part of what would become the musical’s opening number — on September 29 for the Sacerdote Great Names series.

In an email to the Hamilton community on Sept. 26, Provost and Dean of Faculty Ngoni Munemo announced the death of Burgess Professor of Romance Languages and Literature Emeritus Rouben Cholakian.

As new and returning members of our community made their way back to the Hill this fall, they were greeted by new spaces, programs, and people. Here’s a look at what’s new and what’s ahead.

In its first meeting of the 2025-26 academic year, the Hamilton Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa elected 10 members of the Class of 2026.

Winning a NESCAC championship requires a bit of travel, and climate action requires a bit of cooperation. Carson Hall ’26 and Ben Zimmerman ’26 understand this, and are doing something about it. On a Saturday in early September, the men’s hockey team planted over 50 trees in Utica. The initiative seeks to offset the emissions of athletics travel.

The Hamilton College Summer Program in Philosophy (HCSPiP), founded in 2018, has been a success from the beginning. First featured in an article in the American Philosophical Association Studies in Teaching in Philosophy, this year the Chronicle of Higher Education spotlighted the program in July.

The Wellin Museum of Art presents the exhibition, Jamea Richmond-Edwards: Another World and Yet the Same, from Sept. 13 through June 14, 2026, showcasing the artist’s interdisciplinary work in collage and painting.

The glens of Hamilton College are poised to receive national attention through Assistant Professor of Biology Peter Guiden’s new project funded by a $500,000 National Science Foundation grant. Alongside Associate Professor of Biology Andrea Townsend and Northern Illinois University’s Holly Jones, Guiden seeks to untangle the complex relationships between deer and rodents that could be shaping our forests.