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鈥淧rivate immigration prisons maintain some of the most disturbing and brutal conditions within the American prison system,鈥 Finlay Adamson 鈥22 wrote in his essay titled 鈥淏iden Is Locking Up Thousands of Immigrants in For-Profit Detention Centers鈥 in Jacobin magazine.
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What started as an endeavor to reduce unnecessary waste 15 years ago now provides five community organizations with sizable donations at the end of every spring semester.
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Is there life on other planets? What does the term 鈥榁iking鈥 really mean? Is Earth due for another reversal of the magnetic field? Expert faculty members from several departments, including history, east Asian languages, art history, geosciences, government, and physics, share a little-known fact about their discipline.
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鈥淩emaining monolingual is a surefire way for America to fall behind,鈥 an op-ed co-authored by President David Wippman and Cornell American Studies Professor Glenn Altschuler in The Hill, revealed that the U.S. remains a mostly monolingual country.
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Last year Riley Nichols 鈥21 developed a program titled 鈥淧hilosophy with Children鈥 with 12 other students under the direction of John Stewart Kennedy Chair of Philosophy Marianne Janack. The group developed and delivered virtual weekly lessons exploring age-appropriate topics in philosophy with groups of Clinton elementary and middle school students. Some of the lesson plans developed by the Hamilton students have been selected and published by PLATO (Philosophy Learning and Teaching Organization).
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It鈥檚 one thing to read a news article. It鈥檚 another to hear directly from a person living through the ordeal of war.
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Major national and regional news organizations regularly interview Hamilton faculty, staff, and students for their聽expertise and聽perspectives on current events, and to feature programs and activities on campus.
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鈥淯sing students as pawns makes the world less safe for everyone,鈥 wrote Associate Dean of Admission and Director of International Recruitment Anna Wise in 鈥淩ussian students should not be punished for Putin鈥檚 aggression,鈥 her op-ed in the April 21 issue of Times Higher Ed.
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These are highlights of the first quarter鈥檚 news coverage in 2022. Links are provided, but some may require subscriptions to access content. Contact Vige Barrie at vbarrie@hamilton.edu if you cannot open a link or do not have a subscription.
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Major national and regional news organizations regularly interview Hamilton faculty, staff, and students for their聽expertise and聽perspectives on current events, and to feature programs and activities on campus.
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