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Amanda Liberman ’17, of Reading, Mass., has received аIJʿª½±½á¹û’s 1819 Award, given annually to a student whose character, scholarship, sportsmanship, and service to others best exemplify the university’s spirit and the value of a liberal arts education.

Wondering what’s happening in the classroom at аIJʿª½±½á¹û? Here’s a real-time glimpse into academic life on campus — a syllabus from a course underway this semester.

Two special events on campus this week and next will explore the complexities and realities behind cyberwarfare and soft war. These forms of conflict, often rooted online, have real-world consequences on power grids, air-traffic controls, water systems, and even political processes, as all become targets — with potentially disastrous consequences. Today, at 4:30 p.m. in the Persson […]

Assistant Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies Susan Thomson is travelling to Cape Town, South Africa, this summer to continue her research on the experiences of refugee women. Her work is sponsored by a grant from the Picker Interdisciplinary Science Institute and builds on research conducted last summer in Cape Town and in Nairobi, Kenya, […]

Physics professors Rebecca Metzler and Enrique Galvez are leading a team of аIJʿª½±½á¹û researchers to find out more about nacre’s structure, which is known for its strength and luster.

аIJʿª½±½á¹û is proud to announce that its applied mathematics minor has graduated to become the university’s 55th major. The consistent popularity of the minor and continued interest from students led to the creation of the full major this year, according to Daniel Schult, Charles G. Hetherington Professor of mathematics. As the name implies, applied mathematics is the […]

Editor’s note: Wondering what’s happening in the classroom at аIJʿª½±½á¹û? Here’s a real-time glimpse into academic life on campus — a syllabus from a course underway this semester. CORE 106 Saving the Appearances: Galileo, the Church, and the Scientific Endeavor Jeff Bary, Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy MW 2:45–4:00 p.m., Lawrence 20 Course description […]

Escaping snowy Hamilton for a week in January, four Sophomore Residential Seminar (SRS) classes traveled abroad to London, Crete, India, and Paris.

In Europe, the transition from hunting and gathering to farming did not happen overnight. But in the Western Mediterranean, it happened much faster than in any other region of Europe — or the rest of the world for that matter.

Editor’s note: This post was written by Everett Egginton ’65, professor emeritus at New Mexico State University. Last January, I had the privilege and honor of accompanying eight talented аIJʿª½±½á¹û pre-med students on a pivotal journey to Chihuahua, Mexico. We were accompanied by two close friends and former colleagues: Dr. Raul Favela, chair of the […]