SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY |
THE SPECTATOR |
| February 8, 2008 |
A Garnet Mine in the Adirondacksby Elijah LaChance '10Not three hours from Hamilton College, near Gore Mountain, is a small community called North River. Nearby is a dirt road with a wooden sign that says, "Garnet Mine Tours." This humble façade belies the magnitude and history of the Barton garnet mines, the oldest garnet mines in North America and still part of the largest garnet deposit in the world. More. . . |
A View On the Green Roundtableby Kye Lippold '10The Green Democracy Roundtable, hosted by the Hamilton Environmental Action Group and the Hamilton College chapter of Democracy Matters on January 31, brought together a distinguished panel of students, staff, alumni, and politicians to discuss potential solutions to the problems of climate change. The event, closing Hamilton's participation in the Focus the Nation global warming teach-in that took place at over one thousand schools on that same Thursday, was notable for the depth of the speakers' knowledge and for their universal commitment to address climate change. More. . . |
Did You Know That?
by Kate Tummarello '11 |
Focus On: Cancer Research Today, Part Twoby Nicholas Berry '09According to the American Cancer Society, nearly 560,000 Americans died from cancer in 2007. In that same year, another 1.4 million people were diagnosed with cancer. The Cancer Research Institute projects that one out of every four Americans alive today will eventually die of cancer absent any major breakthroughs in the prevention and control of this disease. Faced with these staggering statistics, the U.S. government and other organizations have spent hundreds of millions of dollars on cancer research in the hopes of finding more effective ways to treat and prevent cancer. More. . . |
PROFESSOR PROFILE:Seth Major, PhysicsTHE FACTS: Name: Seth Major Department: Physics College: Swarthmore Graduate School: Pennsylvania State University Experience: Visiting Fellow at the University of Vienna, Visiting Professor at Swarthmore Research: Quantum gravity More. . . |
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by Kate Tummarello '11 |