Student Research

Hands-On Collaborative Research
Summer Research
Hamilton offers its students outstanding opportunities to conduct research in all disciplines. Approximately 120 students receive grants each summer.
Publish & Present
Whether it’s during the academic year or the summer, Hamilton students collaborate with professors on original research. Often their work results in articles published in peer-reviewed journals or in presentations at national conferences.
Student Stories
Research & Discovery
During the academic year and over the summer, Hamilton students put into practice the knowledge and skills learned in the classroom, lab, and studio. Every student graduates having completed a capstone experience, which typically involves significant research or an original artistic creation. Here are some recent examples.

Rodents鈥 Role in Rogers Reforestation
The creatures great and small of the campus glens find themselves with company this summer through the presence of Professor Pete Guiden鈥檚 motley crew of researchers.

Good News from the Hill: 2024-25 Highlights
From groundbreaking ideas to game-winning goals, the 2024-25 academic year was full of energy and momentum.

Two Hamilton chemistry students spent part of their summer unraveling a decades-old campus mystery 鈥 the true identity of the beloved peonies in Grant Garden. Saunders left behind scant documentation of what species he used to create his world-renowned hybrids. So, John 鈥淛P鈥 Hoak 鈥27, Mark Khairallah 鈥27, and Biology Professor Wei-Jen Chang are sleuthing for clues not in records, but in DNA.