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September’s news highlights ranged from coverage of the Wellin Museum to discussions of agricultural policies and coups d’état.

National and regional news organizations regularly interview Hamilton faculty, staff, and students for their expertise and perspectives on current events, and to feature programs and activities on campus. Here are the second quarter’s national news coverage highlights. The articles include expert commentary on wars in Ukraine and Sudan, opinions on civic education, and an explanation of how the concept of race evolved in the Renaissance, among others.

June’s news highlights ranged from admission issues to air quality to Russia and President Putin.

When media outlets feature faculty and staff discoveries and accomplishments, it helps strengthen Hamilton’s reputation as one of the top liberal arts colleges in the country. In 2022, nearly 4,800 articles, radio programs, and television shows featured Hamilton College.

Associate Professor of Government Erica De Bruin co-authored an op-ed titled “How this wave of African coups differs from previous ones” in The Washington Post on Feb. 25. Her essay explained how military leaders are likely to turn to elections to maintain power.

Associate Professor of Government Erica De Bruin recently published an article as part of a scholarly forum on the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Associate Professor of Government Erica De Bruin gave invited talks this semester at Carnegie Mellon University, Cornell University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Public Affairs, and the University of Johannesburg. Most of the talks focused on her recently published book, How to Prevent Coups d'Etat: Counterbalancing and Regime Survival (Cornell University Press, 2020).

Assistant Professor of Government Erica De Bruin published a chapter in an edited volume on the Military in Politics titled "Counterbalancing and Coups d'etat." It appeared online in November as part of the Oxford Research Encyclopedia series, and will also be published in print in the edited volume, Oxford Research Encyclopedia of the Military in Politics, edited by William R. Thompson and Hicham Bou Nassif, in the coming year.

Assistant Professor of Government Erica De Bruin recently discussed her new book, How to Prevent Coups d'état: Counterbalancing and Regime Survival, with cadets at the United States Military Academy at West Point.

Assistant Professor of Government Erica De Bruin, Professor of Economics Ann Owen, and Director of Orientation and First-year Programs Tessa Chefalo appeared prominently in The Washington Post, American Public Media’s Marketplace, and The Chronicle of Higher Education, respectively, this month.