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Students participating in Hamilton’s fall 2017 New York City Program visited the Whitney Museum’s exhibition An Incomplete History of Protest: Selections from the Whitney’s Collection, 1940-2017 on Oct. 18.

Students in Hamilton’s Program in New York City recently visited Robert Morris ’76, P’16,’17 founder and managing partner of Olympus Partners, a private equity firm in Stamford, Conn. This semester’s theme is Global Financial Networks and is directed by Professor of Economics Erol Balkan.

Students participating in the fall 2017 New York City Program attended the penultimate performance of the New York Philharmonic’s Star Wars Series (The Force Awakens) on October 6. This captivating production was an indelible experience that enriched the senses of many first-time symphony goers

Recently nominated for 12 Tony Awards, Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 has been called one of the best Broadway musicals of the year by The New York Times and Time Out New York. The Hamilton New York City program had the chance to see the “electropop opera” at the Imperial Theatre on April 26.

It can be hard enough to get a table at New York City's Prune during the dinner rush or for weekend brunch, much less midday on Wednesday, when it isn't even open. A popular East Village spot, the cozily cramped restaurant seats just 30 people.

Weekly field trips have taken the New York City program from the food trucks outside the Columbia University campus on 116th Street to the Museum of Food and Drink in Brooklyn to Katz’s Delicatessen on the Lower East Side and dumpling counters in Chinatown. On a recent Wednesday, the group was treated to a tour of the Tumbador Chocolate Factory in Brooklyn.

The New York City program took a field trip to NYU’s Bobst Library Fales special collections. NYU is home to the Marion Nestle Food Studies Collection, an expansive array of publications documenting the 19th and 20th century evolution of food practices in America, especially New York City.

The New York City program made the most of recent spring weather, taking a trip to Columbia University’s campus to get lunch from the row of Chinese, Korean and Thai food trucks in front of the campus’ main gates. The food trucks near Columbia reflect the university’s changing demographics.

An evening at Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall offered a refreshing change of pace for the 14 busy students taking part in this semester’s New York City program directed by Professor Naomi Guttman. Thanks to a generous donation from Karen and Kevin Kennedy '70, the group attended a New York Philharmonic symphony concert on March 1.

Hamilton’s Program in New York City visited the Museum of Food and Drink (MOFAD) in Williamsburg. MOFAD’s current exhibit, “Chow: Making the Chinese American Restaurant,” dovetails neatly with the NYC program’s food-focused curriculum, which emphasizes the impact of immigration on the development of American cuisine.