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Professor of Music Lydia Hamessley recently participated in an online panel hosted by Turner Classic Movies (TCM).

Inspired by writer Kathy Acker, Joe Rupprecht ’19 crafted a summer research project he called "Art as Resistance: New Narrative Writers and Queer Zine Culture of the 1980s."

Film-induced pilgrimages have become a research interest of Brent Plate, visiting associate professor of religious studies. His essay, “When Do Moviegoers Become Pilgrims?” was published at theConversation.com and reprinted in several media outlets, including Time.com.

As part of Performing Women, Caitlin McQuade ’18 read the work of an artist affiliated with The Orchard Project,  a non-profit arts incubator in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

As a student art assistant in the Kennedy Arts Center, Marisabel Rey ’19 spent hours loading and unloading kilns in the ceramics studio. Her interest grew, and eventually she would devote a summer to exploring the glazing process.

Environmental Studies students collaborated with Visiting Assistant Professor of History Peter Simons to publish a volume on the history of Hamilton’s natural environment.

For the past two years Rachel Alatalo ’18 has maintained a personal blog as a way to practice writing and acquire a personal voice. “When I came out as bisexual a year ago, it was a natural progression to start including LGBTIQ issues when I wrote about my life,” said Alatalo, a creative writing major.

Louis Dzialo ’19 secured himself a summer internship that precisely fits with his long-held love of art history and his academic and career goals — he’s working at The Frick Collection in New York City.

Roberta (Bonnie) Krueger, the Burgess Chair of Romance Languages & Literature and Professor of French, recently delivered a plenary address at a conference at the University of Durham, England.

After coming to the sad realization that coral, which is on the brink of global extinction, would not be an especially prudent area of marine biology to specialize in, Aaron Beguelin ’18 turned his attention to sea urchins. Urchins, which feed on coral reefs and kelp, are primary consumers, similar to cows on land, and are highly important to the eco-system, playing a crucial role in algae growth.