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Students in Classics professor Anne Feltovich’s Ancient Comedy course recently began the performances of their final projects: short original plays in the style of the great Ancient Greek and Roman comedians.

Assistant Professor of Psychology Alexandra List was the co-author of an article published in late April by the multidisciplinary open access journal PLOS ONE.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics Dave Perkins was given this year's Outstanding Professional Development Award by the Mohawk Valley Engineers Executive Council.

Taryn Ruf ’17 has been awarded Hamilton’s Bristol Fellowship for her project “The Whey Forward: Exploring Cheese Producers’ Blending of Tradition and Modernity.”

Assistant Professor of Religious Studies Seth Schermerhorn and Lillia McEnaney ’17 co-authored an article published last week in Religious Studies and Theology: Interdisciplinary Studies in Religion.

Six current students, six Hamilton alumni, and four employees attended the Northeast Regional Association for Experiential Education (AEE) Conference in Becket, Mass., from April 21 to 23. The regional conference draws educators and students who use experiential methodology to engage with students and participants in and out of the classroom.

The Hamilton Environmental Action Group (HEAG) led 30 Hamilton students to Washington, D.C. for the People's Climate March on Saturday, April 29. This student-organized and student-led trip started with 1 a.m. departure from campus to reach D.C. in time for the march.

In a demonstration of intercollegiate collaboration, President David Wippman, Colgate President Brian Casey and Hamilton alumnus and Colgate employee Brian Grady ’00 joined together to win HamTrek’s men’s relay competition with a time of 1:05:45. Casey swam the sprint triathlon’s 21 lengths in the pool, Wippman biked nine miles (two times around the Griffin Road loop) and Grady ran five kilometers around the cross-country course at the Friday, April 28, event.

Jack Wright ’19, last year’s winner of the Adirondack Council’s Wilderness Writing Contest, collected on his prize of an airplane flight over the Adirondacks on April 23. He was chosen based on a letter he wrote to Gov. Andrew Cuomo expressing reasons why the state should expand the High Peaks Wilderness area.