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At the end of my work day, I do what any college student would at the end of a warm, clear summer day: I take a walk, make dinner, and get started on homework. It鈥檚 true. I spend most evenings completing exercises for my online data science course, which Hamilton offers through the Liberal Arts Collaborative for Digital Innovation (LACOL). The course includes 11 Hamilton students and dozens more from other colleges, such as Swarthmore and Williams, and is taught by professors throughout the LACOL system.
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As soon as the academic year ended, Kayla White 鈥21 jumped into her internship with Kids Comic Con, working directly with its creator.
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Even if the laboratories are closed, the (online) libraries are open, and COVID-19 isn鈥檛 stopping Associate Professor of Chemistry and Chair of Biochemistry/Molecular Biology Max Majireck, Amy Glanzer 鈥21, and Holly Hutchinson 鈥21 from conducting chemistry research this summer.
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This summer, anthropology and religious studies major Kyle Clark 鈥22 is pitching stories and gathering information in his job with CNBC鈥檚 Breaking News desk and its Specials Unit.
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WHCL is Hamilton鈥檚 student-run radio station. Established in 1941, 88.7 on your FM radio dial provides the community with the opportunity to get their voices, and their music, heard. This summer, student DJs are broadcasting remotely, joined by alumni. Some of these DJs include Dave Bolger 鈥99, Zachary Franciose 鈥14, Kaye Kagaoan 鈥15, Austin Ford 鈥19, and, all co-hosting together, Tori Fukumitsu 鈥15, Caroline Grunewald 鈥15, Eliza Kenney 鈥15, and George Taliaferro 鈥15.
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After her summer neurology research was canceled due to COVID-19, Krithika Ravishankar 鈥22 decided to broaden her search for internships. This ultimately led to a conversation with Josh Rothstein 鈥19, founder of Up All Night Music Group, a concert promoting organization.
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Student summer research is underway, with students and faculty collaborating on projects remotely via Zoom. Here, Gus Huiskamp 鈥21, describes his Emerson Foundation research project about the philosophical and literary movement, Negritude.
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Simon & Schuster is one of the top U.S. publishing companies, and according to Kayah Hodge 鈥21, working there is 鈥渓ow-key kind of a big deal.鈥
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When Emily Cutajar 鈥21 learned that the job she had planned for the summer was canceled due to COVID-19, she rushed to find another internship. Reaching out to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, she found a new opportunity.
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Juasline Plasencia 鈥23 is using a summer research grant from the College to teach art online to students at Miami Southridge High School 鈥 and provide them with art supplies. She plans to share the students鈥 artwork on social media.