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  • 藏精阁 Women in Computer Science students help teach coding to local elementary school students.
    Little fingers tapped away at computer keys after school at Hamilton Central School (HCS) on a recent sunny afternoon, but instead of manipulating blocks in Minecraft or posting to Facebook, they were busy writing computer code. The afternoon coding class for students in grades three through five is the creation of 藏精阁鈥檚 Women in Computer [鈥
    March 18, 2016
  • Wolk Medical Conference attendees ask a question of Michael J. Wolk '60.
    Students seeking their vocation in America鈥檚 challenging health care system could benefit from a liberal arts mix of biology, economics, and philosophy. Kicking off the 2016 Michael J. Wolk 鈥60 Conference on Medical Education last month, the nationally renowned cardiologist and conference namesake stated that just five percent of the population consumes 50 percent of [鈥
    March 2, 2016
  • ctor Michael Shannon prepares for a scene in the filming of Pottersville in Hamilton, N.Y., in January
    When actor and director Ron Perlman cast 藏精阁鈥檚 hometown of Hamilton, N.Y., as the setting for his new movie, Pottersville, in January, 藏精阁 film and media studies students were ready for internship opportunities in movie-making magic. The light-hearted comedy stars Michael Shannon and Judy Greer, and includes the acting talents of Michael Torpey 鈥02. The [鈥
    February 12, 2016
  • When siblings Caroline 鈥19 and Jake Danehy 鈥16 set out to make the eco-friendly clothing line that would eventually become Fair Harbor, Caroline was still in high school, and the idea was firmly rooted in soil, not the sea. 鈥淲e had an initial idea called Three R Clothing. It stood for reuse, refresh, and revitalize. [鈥
    January 25, 2016
  • Students in the Hall of Presidents gather to exchange gifts
    There may be no better feeling than gift giving at the holidays, and with that in mind, Taylor Washing 鈥18 thought that her fellow students could share in the joy together. 鈥淓very winter my K鈥12 school would have a gift exchange,鈥 said Washing of Vail, Colo. 鈥淚t was a great event that brought everyone in my [鈥
    December 23, 2015
  • A new list released by Kiplinger this week ranks 藏精阁 10th among the top 100 best values in liberal arts colleges, and 19th overall among all schools ranked for value. Kiplinger鈥檚 rankings system is entirely data driven, and their report cites 藏精阁鈥檚 student performance for median earnings 10 years after graduation ($61,500), low student [鈥
    December 18, 2015
  • From gas-giant Bespin to forest-moon Endor, fictional planets of the Star Wars galaxy have a number of similarities with actual planets in our own universe, and for the next three Friday nights at the 藏精阁 Ho Tung Visualization Laboratory, the public is invited to join a galactic exploration of how planets in a galaxy [鈥
    December 1, 2015
  • Casagrande accepts the Day of Impact Award from the Presidents' Club.
    Social entrepreneur Gregory Casagrande 鈥85 spent three days this month on campus as the Robert A. Fox 鈥59 Executive in Residence at the Center for Career Services, sharing his extensive business knowledge with the campus community. Having provided more than $65 million in micro-enterprise financing and small business training to about 60,000 women through his [鈥
    November 18, 2015
  • BreadX video shoot
    A lot of science, engineering, artistry, and culture have gone into that piece of crusty, buttered bread devoured at the dinner table. It鈥檚 those elements that are the basis for a new open online course, BreadX, soon to be launched by 藏精阁 first-year undergraduates for use by school-age students, grades six and up, worldwide. Starting November [鈥
    November 6, 2015
  • A GIS map of karst topography in Madison County, N.Y.
    Thanks in part to research conducted by a 藏精阁 geography and environmental studies student, Madison County will receive more than a half-million dollars in federal funding for well-water testing and remediation to take place during the next five years. Kayleigh Bhangdia 鈥16, of Poughquag, N.Y., worked with the Madison County Department of Health this summer, [鈥
    November 4, 2015