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Hamilton faculty and students traveled the globe this summer, collaborating on research projects from the UK to Romania. See what some had to say about their research and travels.

Virginia Davis ’25 spent the spring 2023 semester living and learning in the Big Apple through Hamilton’s New York City Program.

Dewayne Martin ’24 has been awarded a 2023 Truman Scholarship, the nation’s premiere scholarship for students interested in pursuing public service. Martin becomes the second Hamilton student to receive the award created in 1975; the first was Frederick Nelson in 1978.

For the 19th consecutive year, Hamilton College has been named a Fulbright U.S. Student Program top-producing institution. Sixteen students and six graduates applied for the 2022-23 academic year cycle. Of those, 13 students were named semi-finalists, 10 received the grant, and one was selected as an alternate.

Jacquelin (Jackie) Prunier ’23 and Adriel Wandja ’24 have been awarded Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships for study abroad this summer. Prunier will travel to Argentina, while Wandja will study in Spain.

Twenty Hamilton students plus staff spent spring break hiking to the base camp of Annapurna in Nepal’s Himalaya. It’s an optional part of Professor Maurice Isserman’s course History of the Himalayan Mountaineering. Seniors Keeley Duran and Catherine McFarland are sharing periodic updates of the experience.

Emily Benson ’23 spent the fall semester with the Sea Education Association (SEA) program studying coral reef ecology. She sailed aboard the SSV Corwith Cramer through the Caribbean beginning and ending in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.

Obiamaka “Obi” Nnadika ’23 has been awarded a Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship for study at Cambridge University this spring.

Her love of public speaking goes back to her college days, when she was required to take a course in the subject. Now Cari Craden ’87 P’21 is a public speaking and pitch coach — in two languages.

Students studying in the Hamilton College Academic Year in Spain (HCAYS) had the opportunity to engage in discussion with Spanish political scientist and former Vice President Pablo Iglesias Turrión in November.