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In its first meeting of the 2026-27 academic year, the Hamilton Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa elected 7 members of the Class of 2027.

A biology major with minors in geoscience and environmental studies, Papetti traces her interest in plant science to Assistant Professor of Biology Pete Guiden’s introductory biology course Secret Life of Plants.

Students and recent graduates kept busy with research, writing, and presentations over the summer, and the fall semester began with student academic awards presented at Convocation.

A new academic year brings plenty to discover on the Hill: new faces and programs, updated spaces, and new ways to learn, connect, and collaborate. Here’s a look at what’s new at Hamilton, along with a few things still to come.

Softball standout Emma Tansky ’25 didn’t retire her bat and glove after her career as a Continental came to an end. When not working as a dermatology assistant at Bryn Mawr Skin & Cancer Institute, she’s a ball girl for the Philadelphia Phillies.

A celebration erupted moments after the overtime goal sailed into the net. Hamilton’s first national men’s hockey championship didn’t come from a breakthrough strategy or a singular star, but from something less tangible that has been a long time in the making.

More than 200 Hamilton students stepped off campus this summer to engage in global exploration and academic discovery, funded in part by the College’s International Summer Research Fellowships. Here's a look behind the curtain of four of those experiences.

That we sometimes want friends who are mean is not only the topic of a journal article co-authored by a Hamilton College professor, it’s now award-winning research on a global stage.

Maurice Isserman, the Publius Virgilius Rogers Professor of American History and author of Continental Divide: A History of American Mountaineering, is featured prominently in Pete Takeda’s Alpinist article “Stepping into the Syllabus: A Veteran Alpinist Sees the Himalaya Through the Eyes of College Students” (Issue 94, Summer 2026), about Isserman’s course History and Literature of Himalayan Mountaineering, from the Nineteenth Century to the Present.

Director of Athletics Kristine Fowler arrived at Hamilton in March after 28 years in college athletics administration, most recently at Dartmouth College where she served as senior deputy athletics director and chief operating officer. We asked her to share her thoughts on Division III athletics and her priorities as she begins her first full academic year on the Hill.