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As snow falls on Hamilton鈥檚 campus, many students take the opportunity to try a new winter activity: cross-country skiing. Students can rent skis from the Glen House and take them out on the cross-country ski course, located behind the Taylor Science Center. With heavy snow, this course requires maintenance to ensure a safe place for beginner skiers, and that maintenance requires time and fuel.

Shortly after welcoming in the new year, Hamilton also welcomed 45 new students to the Hill 鈥� the College鈥檚 class of January admits. Commonly referred to as 鈥淛ans,鈥� these students begin their Hamilton residential careers during the spring semester after spending the fall off campus.

In the summer of 2022, Professor of Biology Mike McCormick began research on a green beach in Long Island, N.Y.

Imagine you鈥檙e walking along Martin鈥檚 Way in the late morning. As you pass the Science Center, filled with students listening to lectures or engaged in labs, you notice another group of students outside.

Jonathan Dong 鈥�21 has always been intrigued by the world of aquaculture. He began breeding fish in middle school, and grew to wonder at the life history of the species with which he worked. When he entered Hamilton, originally on a pre-med track, he found new ways to explore this passion. He founded the Aquaponics Club with three other students during his sophomore year. He began taking more environmental studies and biology courses, and during his study abroad in Australia he contributed to a research paper on invasive fish species.

Medievalist and cartographic historian John Greenlee 鈥�00 was working on a project involving 17th-century London when he noticed something odd. On several maps, there were two ships anchored in the Thames. These ships had been marked as civic landmarks and labeled 鈥淓el Ships.鈥� Interest piqued, he began researching the history behind these vessels and the history of eels in England in general.

Recently, Claire Williams '25 had the opportunity to spend time with two of the leading scientists in climate research: Hamilton alumnus Jonathan Overpeck 鈥�79, the dean of the School of Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan, and Julia Cole, a professor of earth and environmental sciences there. As her professors had said throughout the week, these researchers are 鈥渂ig deals.鈥�

The Thomas J. Watson Fellowship offers participants the chance to explore their 鈥渁bsolute passion.鈥� This mission appealed to Salwa Sidahmed 鈥�23. After graduation, Sidahmed will visit five different countries to follow her passion: plant-based practices and sustainability.

After two years of supporting virtual conference attendance, ROOTS 鈥� Hamilton鈥檚 Society for Students of Color in STEM 鈥� took 14 members to the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minoritized Students (ABRCMS) in Anaheim, Calif. The trip, which took place from Nov. 8 to 12, came at no fee to students, thanks to funding from the Dean of Faculty鈥檚 Office and a grant from Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

Hamilton hosted the Sustainability Fair on Oct. 24, an event aimed at exposing students to local sustainability issues and the various opportunities for involvement.