For the past few years, there has been a buzz about the visual and performing arts departments in anticipation of the new studio and performing arts building. With the grand opening just around the corner, the theatre department was excited to bring Richard Nelson ’72 to the Hill as the Winton Tolles Lecturer on Tuesday, March 11 to discuss the topic of the peculiar nature of theatre. More ...
“When I speak about anything, I try to make it something I am passionate about,” Catie Cooper ’15 said of her award-winning speech given at this year’s Public Speaking Competition. After a preliminary round, the final round of the Public Speaking Competition took place on March 8 in the Chapel. Seventeen students advanced to the final round during which a compilation of faculty, staff and alumni judges awarded six prizes to students with the most persuasive, articulate and compelling speeches. More ...
Garbage bags, Valentine’s Day mementos and newspaper strips replaced haute couture on the runway for Hamilton’s second annual “Trashion Show” on March 2. The event was part of Recyclemania, an eight-week intercollegiate competition that encourages student to reduce waste consumption on campuses. More ...
At Tuesday’s faculty meeting, a long-contested area of study received a final decision. The faculty unanimously voted to close the communication major based on what Professor of History and Chair of the Committee on Academic Policy (CAP) Thomas Wilson called a “lack of curricular merit.” More ...
The spirit of Hamilton, the talent of its students and the dedication of its faculty are on full display at the College’s annual Class and Charter Day celebrations to be held this year on Monday, May 12. To mark this day of celebration, Mary McLean Evans ’82, assistant vice president and executive director of the Career Center, will offer the keynote address at the awards ceremony titled “We Know Them as People.” More ...
During the second week of spring break, a group of Hamilton students will travel to San Ramón, Nicaragua to work at Finca Esperanza Verde, or Green Hope Farm, an organic shade-grown coffee farm. This trip is Hamilton’s first international Alternative Spring Break program. It was organized through Volunteers for Peace (VFP), an outside organization, which focused on intercultural education, organizes both domestic and international service trips. The overall objective of the trip is to help the community of San Ramon and learn about its culture and environment. More ...
On Thursday, Feb. 27, Dr. Paul Linser, professor of anatomy and cell biology at University of Florida’s Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience, gave a Levitt Lecture entitled, “Malaria: Its Historic Impact on Mankind and the Battle to Stop the Devastation.” The focus of the talk was to address not only the biological side of malaria, but also the social implications of current treatment and prevention techniques. More ...
Connecticut College partners with Koru Former NAACP President lectures at Bowdoin More ...
When Laverne Cox began her keynote speech in Wellin Hall on Saturday, Feb. 22, she identified herself as a “proud African-American transgender woman from a working-class background raised by a single mother.” She stressed how vital it is for her to “claim various intersecting parts of [her] identity”—especially those which have previously brought her shame. More ...
This past weekend marked a bright, new beginning for organizations dedicated to serving Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans*, Queer/Questioning, Intersex and Asexual (LGBTQIA) students who attend Hamilton College, Colgate University, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Skidmore College, St. Lawrence University and Union College, or the New York Six Liberal Arts Consortium (NY6). More ...