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Tyson talks science literacy in Great Names speech

Hamilton College was honored to host Neil deGrasse Tyson, American astrophysicist, cosmologist, author and science communicator, as it celebrated its 20th anniversary of the Sacerdote Great Names Lecture Series.  More ...

Hamilton’s response to sexual assault cases continues to be investigated

On Wednesday afternoon, officials from the United States Department of Education, New York Office for Civil Rights (OCR) visited Hamilton College’s campus to speak to students about the College’s policies and practices when dealing with sexual harassment, sexual assault and other forms of sexual violence. More ...

Mindfulness Retreat seeks to improve mental health and self-care on campus

On Saturday, the First Annual On-Campus Mindfulness Retreat took place, moving from the third floor of the Chapel to the gym to the Wellin Museum, attending activities such as Kripalu yoga, Zen Doodling and guided meditations as part of a workshop on finding meaning in one’s life.  More ...

Student Assembly update

At the April 11 Student Assembly meeting, Student Assembly representatives and other members of the campus community discussed the lack of resources for students wishing to keep kosher, a proposal that lab courses count as a half or quarter credit, and the new point system, More ...

NESCAC News

Talk on tension in Korean Peninsula takes place at Middlebury Institute Bowdoin College awards student grant to travel and study homes Congressman John Lewis to deliver commencement at Bates College   More ...

Faculty pass “Speaking-Intensive” designation

A motion to discontinue the current “Oral Presentation” (OP) designation and replace it with a new Speaking-Intensive (SI) designation passed in a faculty vote of 50 in favor and 24 opposed. The faculty met Tuesday, Apr. 5 in the Fillius Events Barn to discuss the motion, in addition to 2016-17 Committee membership, the College website and other announcements. Committee on Academic Policy (CAP) chair Karen Brewer, Professor of Chemistry, introduced the motion, explaining the rationale behind a Speaking-Intensive designation. The current OP designation has minimal requirements that vary across departments, and Brewer emphasized that current OP courses will not automatically become SI courses.  More ...

Crucial Conversation 4 continues work toward “sustainable change”

“People are concerned with creating an atmosphere on this campus that embraces and supports a diverse community,” said Becca Rees ’16. After the most recent community crucial  conversation on March 10, and with only one  more meeting this semester, students, staff and faculty reflect on the progress made through the conversations. More ...

Michael Mann delivers lecture on effects of climate change

On Monday, April 4 at 7 p.m., Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science at Penn State University Michael E. Mann, an expert on climate change gave a lecture titled, “The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines” based on his book with the same title. Mann began his lecture by describing that he approaches climate change from the perspective of a “science geek,” and that “the last thing on my agenda was finding myself at the center of a contentious debate.” According to Mann, the scientific case for climate change is relatively straightforward and has long been established as fact. For almost two centuries, scientists have known about the greenhouse effect; Joseph Forier introduced the term in 1837. Furthermore, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a group of thousands of conservative scientists from many nations, announced, “the warming of the planet is unequivocal.” Mann described the fact that 2014 was the hottest year ever recorded, then 2015 broke this record to become the hottest year on record More ...

Strain on Birnie Bus causes late night breakdown

At 12:50 a.m. last Saturday night, the Birnie Bus broke down in the entrance of the Bundy Loop.  The bus is responsible for bringing dozens of Hamilton students down the Hill and back every weekend, so a breakdown would leave many students stranded downtown.  Jitney Coordinator Gabe Rivas ’16 notes, “The bus takes a lot of strain transporting students up and down the Hill and broke down as a result of that strain.”   More ...

NESCAC News

Trinity Hip-Hop Festival includes rapper Rakim as headliner CEO of Google Ventures to give talk at Middlebury College Colby College debuts first turf baseball and softball fields in NESCAC More ...

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