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Like so many other Hamilton students who take advantage of the academic freedom the open curriculum offers, recent graduate David Schwartz ’13 sort of accidentally fell into his major and academic passion: sociology.

SUNY Oneonta's Kelcy Forbragd scored two goals and the Red Dragons held on down the stretch for a 4-3 non-conference win in their home opener against Hamilton College on Sept. 4.

Hamilton College's Trevor Bobola '15 and Alec Talsania '17 scored goals and the Continentals held on for a 2-1 non-conference win against the SUNY Oswego Lakers at Hamilton's Love Field on Sept. 4.

Hamilton College's Halle Becker '15 scored two goals and the Continentals rallied for a 4-2 non-conference win against the SUNY Oswego Lakers at Hamilton's Love Field on Sept. 3.

Joe Dougherty, who had been an assistant coach at Division I Lafayette College since 2006, is the new Hamilton College football team's defensive coordinator.

When Agne Jakubauskaite ’13 graduated in May, she transitioned directly from the biology labs at Hamilton to the Alt Lab in Boston, working on molecular genetics. Jakubauskaite is building on an impressive resume of laboratory experience and plans to eventually continue on to a Ph.D. in the field of biology.

Four Hamilton College women's lacrosse student-athletes and the program itself were honored recently by the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) for academic achievement in 2013.

John DeGuardi ’16 is a chemistry major but spent two months this summer working out the age of Woody Island Siltstone, an unusual black shale found in Tasmania, Australia. He and Adrien Hilmy ’13 were awarded a Dickson-Rodgers summer research stipend and worked in a high tech laboratory at the University of Houston.

During his time at Hamilton, Jonathan Michel ’13 proved himself to be highly motivated and organized. A four-year starter on the offensive line of the football team, he also found time to play club hockey and serve as the chair of the Judicial Board. Michel describes balancing his extracurricular commitments with coursework as “an exercise in discipline and time management.” He put those skills to good use and applied for dental school beginning directly after Hamilton.

It might sound surprising, but studying two neurotransmitters found in drosophila, a genus of small flies, may help us better understand human brain chemistry.  While most people may not regularly think about neurotransmitters in our brains, these chemicals are the stimuli behind our frustrations when stuck in traffic or our elevated stress levels when facing a seemingly never-ending pile of assignments. Ashley Perritt ’14 and Niko Wagner ’14 are studying tyramine beta hydroxylase (TBh) and TBh-Related (TBhR) neurotransmitter genes in drosophila to better understand their functions.