News at Hamilton
The creatures great and small of the campus glens find themselves with company this summer through the presence of Professor Pete Guiden’s motley crew of researchers.
Two Hamilton chemistry students spent part of their summer unraveling a decades-old campus mystery – the true identity of the beloved peonies in Grant Garden. Saunders left behind scant documentation of what species he used to create his world-renowned hybrids. So, John “JP” Hoak ’27, Mark Khairallah ’27, and Biology Professor Wei-Jen Chang are sleuthing for clues not in records, but in DNA.
Alumna Named College’s First Dean of Spiritual and Religious Life
The Rev. Dr. Colleen Hallagan Preuninger ’06 has been appointed Hamilton’s inaugural Dean of Spiritual and Religious Life. A 2006 graduate of the College, Preuninger brings 15 years of experience in campus ministry and spiritual leadership, most recently at Stanford University.
They arrived with curiosity, drive, and a sense of possibility — and now Hamilton’s Class of 2025 is stepping boldly into what’s next, with graduation canes in hand and valuable lessons learned. What shaped them during their four years on College Hill? Which moments, mentors, and courses stand out?
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While Charli XCX may have started the movement, Brat Summer found an unlikely new figurehead in presidential candidate Kamala Harris. Carter Higgins ’26 returns to the scene of Harris’ Brat era to perform a digital and linguistic autopsy, revealing the unstable nature of modern political marketing in the Internet Age.
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Scott Kleinklaus ’11, a longtime Formula 1 racing fan, saw an opportunity to turn his passion into a profession.
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The creatures great and small of the campus glens find themselves with company this summer through the presence of Professor Pete Guiden’s motley crew of researchers.
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From groundbreaking ideas to game-winning goals, the 2024-25 academic year was full of energy and momentum.
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Thanks to the prestigious Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program, Professor of Government Kira Jumet will spend the coming academic year in Morocco conducting research on combined military exercises and their side events as multinational spaces of soft power and public diplomacy through the African Lion joint military exercises co-organized by the U.S. and Morocco. She will also connect directly with Moroccan students and academics through teaching at Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique (UM6P).
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