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Associate Professor of Classics Jesse Weiner recently published a chapter in The Oxford Handbook of Monsters in Classical Myth, presented a talk at the annual meeting of the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association, and was awarded a course development grant.

During fall break, Associate Professor of Geosciences Catherine (Cat) Beck hosted the annual “all hands meeting” of researchers on the Turkana Miocene Project.

Associate Professor of Sociology Jaime Kucinskas and Associate Professor of Environmental Studies Aaron Strong were awarded a National Science Foundation grant from the Sociology Program. Under the five-year $346,149 grant, they will study rural community perceptions of climate action pathways in New York, New Zealand, and Sweden.

Learn about just a few of our students’ and faculty members' accomplishments this summer and as the academic year gets underway.

Associate Professor of Biology Natalie Nannas recently received grants for ongoing projects and published a paper.

Julian Damashek, assistant professor of biology, was awarded a prestigious Community Science Program grant through the Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a user facility of the Department of Energy Office of Science.

Professor of Art Robert Knight was recently awarded the Architecture, Culture and Spirituality Forum (ACSF) Lindsay Jones Memorial Fellowship.

Assistant Professor of Chemistry Michael Welsh has received a prestigious Cottrell Scholar Award, a $120,000 grant for research and education from the Research Corporation for Science Advancement. The grant will fund his proposed project, Characterization of Enzymes that Build and Degrade Spore Cortex Peptidoglycan.

Associate Professor of Government Erica De Bruin has been awarded a $192,757 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study the causes and consequences of global police militarization-- the process by which police forces come to adopt the weaponry, organizational practices, and accountability structures more typical of military forces.

Hamilton College and 13 other institutions have been awarded a $8.05 million grant by the Howard Hughes Medical Institution (HHMI). as part of HHMI’s Inclusive Excellence 3 (IE3) initiative titled “Increasing Capacity to Support Equitable and Inclusive Learning Environments for Introductory-level STEM Students across the LCC2 Learning Community.”