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Hamilton New York Program students recently toured the Whitney Museum, a modern art museum near Central Park. The group was led on a guided tour through a four-story exhibit of artist Jeff Koons. The exhibit was arranged chronologically, so the students saw the evolution of Koons' work.

Hamilton students in the Program in New York opened their semester with a visit to Richard Bernstein Advisors, an investment advisory organization led by alumnus Rich Bernstein '80. The group traveled to Times Square, where they were met by program participant Katherine Gross '16, who is interning with Bernstein this semester. This semester's Hamilton program is being led by Professor of Economics Erol Balkan and the topic is Global Financial Networks.

Students in Hamilton’s Program in New York City toured Brooklyn’s DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) neighborhood on April 2.

Students from the Hamilton College Program in New York City, directed by history professor Maurice Isserman, took a "Big Onion" walking tour of Harlem that included sites associated with the Harlem Renaissance. They also visited the last home of Alexander Hamilton.

Students in Hamilton’s Program in New York City took the “Big Onion” labor history tour of Greenwich Village and the East Village on Feb. 26.

George Taliaferro’s journey with jazz started in his hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio, continued on the Hill, and has led him to the National Jazz Museum in Harlem. A participant in Hamilton’s New York City Program this semester, Taliaferro ’15 builds upon his interests as an intern for the renowned organization. Taliaferro’s internship with the National Jazz Museum continues the strong legacy of jazz connections to the College.

Hamilton's Program in New York City students took a historically themed tour of Central Park on Jan. 29.  The group's very knowledgeable guide talked about the park's origins and purpose, and the way it had changed over the years.

The spring semester Hamilton Program in New York City students visited the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor on their first day of orientation.  This semester's program in New York, "Labor, Immigration, and Reform in New York History," is directed by Maurice Isserman, the Publius Virgilius Rogers Professor of American History.

Students in the Hamilton in New York City Program  recently attended an amateur night at the Apollo Theater. Amateur night at the Apollo is a quintessential talent competition that serves as a model for Star Search and American Idol. The comedian Capone, known as Gangsta of Comedy, hosted the show and kept the evening animated and energetic with the audience responding throughout the show to his hilarious jokes and teasing.

Students on Hamilton’s Program in NYC recently paid a visit to Richard Bernstein Advisors, an investment advising firm founded by alumnus Richard Bernstein ’80.  After working at Merrill Lynch as the chief investment strategist, Bernstein left Merrill in 2008 and started his own firm in 2009, in the midst of the Great Recession.