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In Hamilton鈥檚 annual Constitution Day lecture, Amherst College Professor Austin Sarat delivered a talk titled 鈥淓veryone Knows That American Democracy Is in Trouble: But Maybe Donald Trump Is Not to Blame.鈥 Sarat鈥檚 presentation cataloged the demonstrable deterioration of American democracy, focusing in particular on evidence gathered prior to the Trump presidency
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Just like the Writing and Oral Communication centers help students hone their writing and speaking skills, Hamilton鈥檚 Quantitative & Symbolic Reasoning (QSR) Center focuses on another aspect of the College鈥檚 curriculum by assisting students taking courses with a mathematics/quantitative component or who need statistical support for theses, research, and projects.
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A summer Levitt Center project involving 11 students, three professors, and several other members of the Hamilton community began in what was perhaps an unexpected way.
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This summer, Hamilton鈥檚 labs were busy with research across nearly all scientific disciplines 鈥 not least among them psychology. Over the past few weeks, Grace Kupka 鈥22, Elisa Matson 鈥23, Jennifer Klix 鈥24, and Sophie Maniscalco 鈥23 worked with Professor of Psychology Jennifer Borton on two projects, both related to the concept of defensive self-esteem
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It鈥檚 reasonable to assume that an internship at a company called Embark Veterinary might appeal mostly to would-be veterinarians. But for Jason Healy 鈥22, the position has provided him the opportunity to dive headfirst into the financial and logistical aspects of running a business.
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The mantra 鈥渟tudy what you love鈥 encourages students to venture into previously unfamiliar fields. Bria Dox 鈥22, for example, took advantage of Hamilton鈥檚 academic diversity to discover her passions for mineralogy and volcanology. This summer, she dove deeper into these fields through a geoscience research project, analyzing the mineral chemistry of rocks from Oregon鈥檚 Sand Mountain volcanic field.
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Inspired by his own family's immigrant history and a Russian history course he took with Professor Shoshana Keller, John Keirouz 鈥22, spent a summer researching Russian religious communities and how their experiences affected the way they related to the U.S. and the way they tried to organize and run their churches.
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Emma Mae Regan 鈥22 is exploring the world of public policy through an internship at the Washington, D.C.-based consulting firm Global Policy Group (GPG). Founded by Ian Graig 鈥79, GPG provides domestic and international corporations across a range of business sectors with assistance regarding U.S. politics.
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Just one year after attending a presentation on the history of climate change, Luke Zaelke 鈥22 found himself on a camping trip in the northern California mountains with three California State University professors 鈥 one of them a Hamilton alum who'd delivered that presentation.
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The roots of modern social issues can be traced to any given corner of world history, provided one knows how to follow them. White supremacist and patriarchal ideas, for example, might underpin the dynamics of 17th-century English court ceremonies 鈥 at least that鈥檚 what Hannah Petersen 鈥22 is considering in her Emerson grant research project on the presentation of 鈥渙therness鈥 in Stuart period antimasques.
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