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An article by Professor of Anthropology Emeritus Douglas Raybeck appears in the winter issue of The Journal of College Admission. In “The Conversion of an Internet Cynic” Raybeck describes how he came to appreciate online education.

Calling herself “the biggest fan of Dan Chambliss,” whose research she cites in her best-selling book Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, Angela Duckworth explained to a large Chapel audience that success depends on grit - the propensity to pursue goals with sustained passion.

To round off Black History Month, the Black and Latinx Student Union (BLSU) hosted its annual talent showcase and put on a hip-hop and activism interactive presentation from Jermaine Wells and the ILL Funk Ensemble.

Thomas Wilson, the Elizabeth J. McCormack Professor of History, was awarded a grant by the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) to complete a book manuscript on the history of the ancestral and official cults of Confucius.

Following the donation of an atomic absorption spectrometer last summer, ICON, plc, has again added to the instrumentation capability of the Taylor Science Center.

The Hamilton College men's and women's hockey teams will play NESCAC championship quarterfinals at Russell Sage Rink on Saturday, Feb. 25.

Associate Professor of Religious Studies Quincy Newell was recently awarded a grant to support her book project Marginal Mormons: African Americans and Native Americans in the Nineteenth-Century Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

As part of the “How I Got My Internship Series” hosted by the Career Center, four Hamilton seniors spoke about their summer internship experiences in communications and media at a Feb. 16 panel.

Assistant Professor of Mathematics Courtney Gibbons recently visited two college campuses where she made presentations and engaged in research-oriented projects in math with other women.

In one of many interviews on American Public Media’s Marketplace program, Ann Owen, the Henry Platt Bristol Professor of Economics, discussed what regulators might consider when making changes to the Dodd-Frank financial reform law in a segment titled “How small is too big to fail?” on Feb. 16.