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91制片厂 faculty, staff, and alumni continued to appear in national media outlets and prominent higher education publications in 2025 as thought leaders, providing their expertise on a wide range of topics.

The national higher education publication Inside Higher Ed published an essay by President Steven Tepper titled My Conversation with AI's Ayn Rand, with the subtitle, AI may help higher ed with its viewpoint diversity challenges. The Dec. 9 piece chronicled Tepper鈥檚 exploration of his and Rand鈥檚 views on capitalism via the AI app, Claude.

Trustee David Blood 鈥�81, founding and senior partner of Generation Investment Management and a leader in establishing Hamilton鈥檚 need-blind admission policy, received an honorary Doctor of Laws from the College on Dec. 5 at the annual 1812 Leadership Circle dinner in New York City.

Enzo Battaglia 鈥�26 entered Columbia Law School this fall through the highly selective Accelerated Interdisciplinary Legal Education (AILE) program, which permits students to earn both a bachelor鈥檚 degree from Hamilton and a juris doctor degree from Columbia after three years of study at each institution.

This summer, Levitt Center student researchers Luke Hanson 鈥�26, Delaney Patterson 鈥�26, Samuel Low 鈥�28, and Ton Somnug 鈥�27 joined forces with Griffiss Institute CEO and Hamilton alumna Heather Hage 鈥�02 to investigate the holistic impact of federal spending on the local economy. In November, the Griffiss Institute released findings from the research study.

National and regional news organizations regularly interview Hamilton faculty, staff, alumni, and students for their expertise and perspectives on current events, and to feature programs and activities on campus. November鈥檚 news topics included coverage of free speech, Democratic Socialism, and gambling, among others.

Professor of Art Robert Knight and Michael Shapiro 鈥�71,聽director emeritus of Atlanta鈥檚 High Museum of Art, first taught From Collecting to Curating five years ago, but it has returned this year with a twist. The course is divided into three parts with one new goal: to curate an exhibition at the Munson in Utica, N.Y.

Organic Chemistry is a course with a reputation, striking fear in the hearts of pre-med, biology, and chemistry students due to its notorious difficulty. However, Associate Professor of Chemistry Max Majireck is bringing a little light into the dark trenches of 鈥淥rgo鈥� through a most unlikely medium 鈥� song lyric parodies in assignment emails.

Organizing events ranging from on-campus scavenger hunts and merch drops, to excursions off-campus to apple orchards and Syracuse鈥檚 Destiny USA mall, the First-Year Experience (FYE) student leaders are experts in making all the 鈥渘ew鈥� of college life exciting. FYE leaders support first-year students through the difficulties of transitioning to college by providing ample opportunities for socializing, destressing, and recharging. We asked Dana Blatte 鈥�26, a FYE leader since fall 2024, to share her experience with the program.