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As long as she has been a student at Hamilton, Mary Hurner ’24 has been passionate about building community both on and off the Hill, and this summer was no exception. Hurner was recently recognized as an inaugural awardee of the Obama-Chesky Scholarship for Public Service, also known as the Voyager Scholarship. The scholarship granted her a $10,000 stipend and free Airbnb housing to pursue a self-designed work-travel experience.
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Erol Balkan, the Leonard C. Ferguson Professor of Economics, recently presented a talk titled “Displaced and Dispossessed: Photographs from the Border” at Guilford College.
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Erol Balkan, the Leonard C. Ferguson Professor of Economics, co-edited Refugees on the Move: Crisis and Response in Turkey and Europe, published by Berghahn Books.
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After roughly four years of work, filmmakers Loch Phillipps ’83 and Adam Bedient ’04 will screen their documentary for what may be the most discerning audience they’ll ever face — the hometown crowd at the Stanley Theater in Utica.
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“The Happiness of Refugees in the United States: Evidence from Utica, NY” is featured in the current issue of the Journal of Refugee Studies.
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Stephen Wu, the Irma M. and Robert D. Morris Professor of Economics, is the lead author of a paper that appears in the June issue of the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion.
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Shay Lashgari ’24 often says that the things she cares about most are basic human rights and needs — two things that influenced both her probable major and the work she did during gap years before enrolling at Hamilton this fall.
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Since the day she arrived on campus, Anyi Rescalvo ’22 knew she wanted to give back to marginalized communities during her time at Hamilton. A daughter of immigrant parents, Rescalvo says she found the perfect way to do this — by teaching English to immigrants and refugees.
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Hamilton College President David Wippman, who has taught and written on international law and human rights throughout his career, has been named to the Advisory Council of Refugees International.
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“I never expected to risk arrest protesting a current Secretary of State,” wrote former Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration and current Linowitz Professor of International Affairs Ann C. Richard in a Newsweek essay.
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