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Summer Internships 2008

Thanks to generous Hamilton alumni and parents, this summer 25 students are working across the U.S. in jobs ranging from TV production and summer camp EMT, to teaching migrant children and exploring historical research. These students were awarded funding from the College that enables them to pursue summer internships with organizations that cannot pay them. More ...

Summer Research 2008

Although classes have ended for the 2007-08 academic year, 118 Hamilton students won't be going home right away. They'll spend at least part of their summer on campus conducting research with Hamilton faculty. More ...

Exploring Borneo

Michael Singer '09 and Associate Professor of Theatre Craig Latrell spent several weeks in May - June 2007 visiting East Malaysia on an Emerson Student-Faculty grant concerning the effects of globalization on local cultures. More ...

Oregon Field Study

Lizzy Finan '08 and Will Caffry '09 conducted field work on lizards in Oregon with Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology Pete Zani. The three are worked at a research site along Wright's Point in Burns, Ore. More ...

2007 Tasmania Field Studies

Professor of geosciences Eugene Domack and associate professor of philosophy Katheryn Doran will lead a small group of students to Tasmania on June 1. The two-week field trip excursion to the island state of Australia is part of Geosciences 295: The Geology of Tasmania. More ...

2007 Nevada Field School

In the midst of rattlesnakes, jack rabbits and coyotes, a group of 13 Hamilton students, led by Professor of Archaeology Tom Jones, embarked on Archaeological Field School. Located 35 miles from the closest town, Ely, Nevada, their camp lies next to a former Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) site. More ...

Alternative Spring Break 2007

Sixty-six Hamilton students traded beach towels and suntan lotion for hammers and hardhats as they headed south to volunteer at nonprofits in six cities, including two that were still trying to recover from Hurricane Katrina More ...

Summer Research 2007

More than 125 Hamilton students are spending at least part of their summer doing research with faculty members. Projects include "The Examination of the Suppression of Trauma on the Mind"; "The Link Between African Philanthropic Endeavors and Celebrity Patrons"; and "Studying Mussels And Predator Seastars on California Coast." More ...

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Matthew Crowson Pursues Cardiac Research Through Senior Fellowship

This is the second in a series of features on Hamilton's 2008-09 Senior Fellows.

Growing up with a mother in the nursing profession and three uncles employed within the medical field, Matthew Crowson's attraction to science developed at an early age. He remembers hearing their personalized accounts of difficult or unusual cases and "thinking they were cool and gory." His curiosity continued to build, and eventually influenced him to take AP Biology in high school. "Ever since, I've been hooked," he explains.

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