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Past and future Hamilton Adirondack Program members and Janelle Schwartz, program founder and general director, participated in Adirondack Day in Albany. The program, designed to educate legislators and their staffs about the economic, education, and social issues and energy in the Park, was held on May 13.
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Practicing year-round has paid off for members of the Hot Saucers, the men’s ultimate Frisbee team headed for College Station, Texas, where they will compete in the national finals.
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The Washington Post published Assistant Professor of Government Erica De Bruin’s essay analyzing the current political situation in Venezuela.
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Why do birds typically live longer than mammals? A new paper offers a hint, albeit not a conclusive answer. Assistant Professors of Biology Cynthia Downs and Ana Jimenez at Hamilton College and Colgate University respectively have co-authored a paper with nine students, “Does cellular metabolism from primary fibroblasts and oxidative stress in blood differ between mammals and birds? The (lack-thereof) scaling of oxidative stress” in press with Integrative and Comparative Biology.
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“It's not too late to rein in government corruption,” an essay published by Albany’s Times-Union and co-authored by Professor of Government and Law Frank Anechiarico, precedes the Finding Our Way: Rebuilding Ethics in New York State conference which he is co-hosting this Wednesday in Albany and his interview on the Capitol Pressroom (locally WRVO 91.9 FM) Tuesday at 8 p.m. about the conference.
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U.S News & World Report interviewed Vice President for Enrollment Management Monica Inzer for “tips, some introspection, and insight into what admissions officers are looking for can help ease the pressure” in an April 24 article.
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The New York Times published an essay titled "America’s Original Socialist" by Maurice Isserman, the Publius Virgilius Rogers Professor of American History.
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Kathleen "Kat" McGrory '05, former editor of The Spectator and currently deputy investigations editor at the Tampa Bay Times, was named a Pulitzer Prize finalist for "impactful reporting, based on sophisticated data analysis, that revealed an alarming rate of patient fatalities following Johns Hopkins’ takeover of a pediatric heart treatment facility."
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Nobel Prize-winner Paul Greengard '48, a neuroscientist whose study of brain cell messaging opened new pathways to studying psychological diseases, died at the age of 93 on April 13.
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In a Chronicle of Higher Education article titled Are Students Socially Connected? Check Their Dining-Hall-Swipe Data, Daniel Chambliss, Eugene M. Tobin Distinguished Professor of Sociology, confirmed that social connections are crucial to student success.
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