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Faculty News - Summer 2008Rivera and Simons Publish in Journal of Political Science EducationAugust 27, 2008Assistant Professor of Government Sharon Rivera and Janet Simons, instructional technology specialist, published an article titled "Engaging Students through Extended Simulations" in the Journal of Political Science Education (vol. 4, issue 3). They discuss a simulation that Rivera developed with Simons for her introductory comparative politics course with the support of a Class of 1966 Career Development Award. More ... Snyder Publishes in the Journal of Organic ChemistryAugust 27, 2008Assistant Professor of Chemistry Nicole L. Snyder and coworkers recently published a manuscript in the Journal of Organic Chemistry titled "Stereoselectivity in the Epoxidation of Carbohydrate-Based Oxepines." The article appears in the most recent edition of the journal, and describes the reactivity of several unsaturated seven member rings that resemble carbohydrates. These unusual molecules, called carbohydrate-based oxepines, are currently employed to access septanose carbohydrates, a class of unnatural carbohydrates that are targeted for their potential to serve as structure-function probes and as functional components in pharmaceutical reagents. Rohrbach Chairs Panel and Participates in Seminar at Romanticism ConferenceAugust 25, 2008Emily Rohrbach, visiting assistant professor of English, recently attended the annual meeting of the North American Society for the Study of Romanticism, held this year at the University of Toronto, August 21-24. Rohrbach participated in a seminar on "Romanticism and the Forms of Surmise," which explored the limits of the technical vocabulary available for describing Romantic lyrics. She also chaired a panel on editorial initiatives. Peck Presents Paper in Spain, Participates in NEH Summer InstituteAugust 22, 2008Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature Anjela Peck presented a paper titled "The Libros plúmbeos and the Divine Feminine: Mary, Alchemy and the Magical Star of Solomon" at an International Conference on Conversos and Moriscos in Segovia, Spain, in June. More ... Terrell Publishes Chapter in Cultural Diversity in the British Middle AgesAugust 18, 2008Assistant Professor of English Katherine H. Terrell has published a chapter in Cultural Diversity in the British Middle Ages: Archipelago, Island, England, edited by Jeffrey Jerome Cohen for Palgrave Macmillan's series "The New Middle Ages." Terrell's chapter, "Subversive Histories: Strategies of Identity in Scottish Historiography," examines medieval Scottish historiographical responses to Geoffrey of Monmouth's origin myth of Brutus, finding that even as Scottish chroniclers challenge this myth and the English claims of hegemony that it comes to represent, their persistently dialogic engagement with Geoffrey's text reveals the hybridity underlying their constructions of identity. Boutin Publishes Article in Discrete and Computational GeometryAugust 18, 2008Associate Professor of Mathematics Debra Boutin recently published a research article, "Automorphisms and Distinguishing Numbers of Geometric Cliques," in Discrete and Computational Geometry with co-author Michael Albertson. In this paper Boutin and her co-author give conditions under which the symmetries of a maximally connected geometric network can be removed by labeling its vertices using only two labels. Isserman Interviewed by Former Secty. of Education BennettAugust 18, 2008Maurice Isserman, the James L. Ferguson Professor of History, participated in a 45-minute discussion and call-in show with former U.S. Secretary of Education William Bennett on Bennett's nationally syndicated radio program, Morning in America, on Friday, August 15. Bennett contacted Isserman after reading Isserman's op-ed that appeared in The New York Times on Sunday, August 10, in which he compared the recent avalanche on the Himalayan mountain K2 with a similar accident that occurred in 1953. More ... Rabinowitz Chosen to Participate in Page and Stage: Theater, Tradition and Culture in America ProjectAugust 15, 2008Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz. The Margaret Bundy Scott Professor of Comparative Literature, will be associated with a grant received by The American Philological Association and Peter Meineck, of Aquila Theatre. The project, Page and Stage: Theater, Tradition and Culture in America, is an in-depth partnership between the library and the theater. It will place live theatrical events, reading groups and lectures in public libraries to inspire people to read, see and think about classical literature and how it continues to influence and invigorate American cultural life. Rabinowitz will be one of the scholars in women's studies who will be discussing performance of tragedy in New York libraries. More ... Guttman to Give Poetry ReadingAugust 14, 2008Associate Professor of English Naomi Guttman will give a poetry reading at Old Forge Public Library on Monday, Aug. 18, at 7 p.m. with poet and memoirist Paul Pines. The reading is part of the Adirondack Center for Writing's Summer Reading Series. Williams Presents Research at Ecological Society of America MeetingAugust 12, 2008Ernest Williams, the Christian A. Johnson Professor of Biology, attended the annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, in Milwaukee, Wis., in early August, where he made two presentations. He presented a research poster, that was coauthored by Associate Professor of Biology Bill Pfitsch, titled "Habitat restoration for lupine and specialist butterflies," and also gave a talk in a special education session, titled "Undergraduates in research: Finding benefits for both students and faculty. More ... Irons Participates in Teaching Panel at the American Sociological Association MeetingAugust 9, 2008Jenny Irons, assistant professor of sociology, recently attended the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association in Boston, July 31-August 4. Irons served as a panelist at a professional workshop, "Succeeding at a Liberal Arts College." She also served as a discussant for a set of five papers at a session titled, "Social, Cultural, and Organizational Contexts of Collective Behavior." Elgren Appointed SENCER Leadership Fellow by National Center for Science and Civic EngagementAugust 6, 2008Professor of Chemistry Timothy Elgren has been appointed as a SENCER leadership Fellow by the National Center for Science and Civic Engagement. He is one of 76 educators elected to the inaugural class of Fellows by the members of the National Fellowship Board. SENCER – Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities – is the National Science Foundation-supported signature program of the National Center for Science and Civic Engagement, a research center affiliated with Harrisburg University of Science and Technology. More ... Hamilton Receives Grant From CHASAugust 5, 2008A team of Hamilton faculty led by Associate Dean of Faculty for Diversity Initiatives Steve Yao was recently awarded a grant of $6500 from the Consortium on High Achievement and Success. It was in support of their proposal for "A Pedagogical Practicum for Fostering Productive Dialogue in the Diverse College Classroom." The grant will fund an ongoing practicum for Hamilton faculty to address the pedagogical challenges that arise from addressing "difficult" topics such as race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality and class within an increasingly diverse classroom environment. Other signatories to the grant include Professors Shelley Haley, Nancy Rabinowitz and Stephen Orvis. Janack Awarded $93K NSF GrantAugust 4, 2008Marianne Janack, the Sidney Wertimer Associate Professor of Philosophy, has been awarded a National Science Foundation grant from its Science and Society division. The $93,000 grant is to support work on her book on the metaphysics of experience and the theory of mind. The book is titled The Educability of Experience: Value, Theory, and the Problem of Objectivity. More ...Latrell Gives Paper at Association for Theatre in Higher Education ConferenceAugust 4, 2008Associate Professor of Theatre Craig Latrell presented a paper titled "Cultural Ownership and the Malaysian Chinese" for the panel "Dramatic Representations of the Chinese Diaspora in Southeast Asia" at the Association for Theatre in Higher Education 2008 Annual Conference in Denver, Colo., on August 2. The paper concerned the history and representation of the Chinese population in Sarawak, East Malaysia, and how it relates to current political developments in the country. HILLgroup Staff Present at Carleton CollegeJuly 31, 2008Director of Instructional Technology Support Services Nikki Reynolds, Instructional Technology Specialist Janet Simons and Reference Librarian/Coordinator of Library Instruction Kristin Strohmeyer recently spoke at Carleton College's InfoServices retreat, in Northfield, Minn. Focusing on Hamilton's long history of collaboration between academic support services, Carleton faculty, librarians and information technology services staff were able to learn about the HILLgroup, a collaboration between the library, instructional technology services and the Oral Communication Center, and how Hamilton continues to collaboratively support courses that use technology and information resources. Cryer Participates in Association for Theatre in Higher Education ConferenceJuly 30, 2008Associate Professor of Theatre Mark Cryer is the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) Conference in Denver this week. He's participating in the Leadership Conference for new and emerging department chairs as well as chairing the Acting Focus Group. Cryer is also performing excerpts from his one-man show, "99," on Aug. 1 in ATHE's Micro-Fringe. Guttman to Participate in Artsweek Book FairJuly 23, 2008Associate Professor of English Naomi Guttman will be signing her book Wet Apples, White Blood on Friday, July 25, from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Syracuse Artsweek Book Fair, taking place on the 300 block of Montgomery Street in downtown Syracuse. Wet Apples, White Blood was recently awarded the Adirondack Literary Award for Best Book of Poetry in 2007. For more book fair information go to: http://downtownsyracuse.com/static/C126 More ... Silversmith Lectures at International Conference on LuminescenceJuly 22, 2008Professor of Physics Ann Silversmith gave a lecture at the International Conference on Luminescence (ICL) in Lyon, France. Her talk was titled "Fluorescence yield in sol-gel derived silicate glasses containing rare earth ions" and was based on recent work by two senior thesis students: Nguyen Thi Thao Nguyen and Dan Campbell, both class of 2008. Nguyen has just been named a finalist for the Apker Award, an annual award given by the American Physical Society for undergraduate research. Chambliss Quoted in The Chronicle of Higher EducationJuly 21, 2008Daniel Chambliss, Eugene M. Tobin Distinguished Professor of Sociology, was quoted in The Chronicle of Higher Education in a July 21 article titled "Spellings Campaign Runs Low on Time and Power to Persuade." As a member of the executive committee of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, Chambliss was invited to the previous week's Spellings Summit in Chicago. More ... Li Publishes in Asia PolicyJuly 18, 2008Cheng Li, William R. Kenan Professor of Government and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, has published "China's Fifth Generation: Is Diversity a Source of Strength or Weakness?" in the July issue of Asia Policy. The abridged article will appear in its complete form in a forthcoming publication based on The National Bureau of Asian Research's "Emerging Leaders in East Asia" project. More ... Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz Presents at Celtic Classics ConferenceJuly 15, 2008Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz, the Margaret Bundy Scott Professor of Comparative Literature, gave a plenary address titled "Tragedy's Women as Subjects and Objects of the Gaze," at the biennial Celtic Classics Conference held in Cork, Ireland, July 9-12. Rabinowitz was also a co-organizer of the "Vision and Power" workshop at the conference. More ... Burr, Oakes and Tori Nygren '11 Present Conference PaperJuly 14, 2008Assistant Professor of Psychology Jean Burr, Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology Mark Oakes and Tori Nygren '11 presented their paper "An Implicit Association Test to Measure Relational Aggression: Preliminary Results and Directions for Future Research" at the 3rd Research Conference on Relational Aggression in Philadelphia on June 23. More ... Paquette Nominated as Member of National Council on HumanitiesJuly 14, 2008Robert Paquette, the Publius Virgilius Rogers Professor of American History, has been nominated by President George W. Bush as a member of the National Council on Humanities for a term expiring January 26, 2014. The Council is charged with advising the chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), an independent grant-making agency of the United States government dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities. More ... Westmaas Presents Paper at ACS Conference in JamaicaJuly 11, 2008Assistant Professor of Africana Studies Nigel Westmaas presented a paper at the seventh Association of Cultural Studies (ACS) Crossroads conference held at the University of the West Indies Campus in Mona, Jamaica, July 3 - 7. His paper, "40th Anniversary of Rupture and Revolt: 1968, Guyana and the rise of the New Politics" assessed the effect of the world wide impact of 1968 on local Guyanese and 'third world' politics. It argued that fresh approaches to race relations and additional forms of protest in Guyana was influenced and affected by the global and regional (Caribbean) disturbances of 1968. Hamilton Hosts International Economics ConferenceJuly 11, 2008Hamilton will host the 2008 Conference of the International Association for the Economics of Participation (IAFEP), from Monday, July 14, through Thursday, July 17. IAFEP Conferences provide an international forum for the presentation and debate of current research and scholarship on the economics of participation. Associate Professor of Economics Jeff Pliskin is the conference chair. More ... Williams Publishes Book on ReligionJuly 8, 2008Walcott-Bartlett Professor of Religious Studies Jay G. Williams has published a book titled "Religion: What it has been and what it is" (Publishing Synthesis). The work, both historical and theoretical, offers an interpretation of the history of religions for both the beginning student and the scholar of religions. It is available through Amazon.com. Goodale and Lara Cueni '08 Present at the World Archaeological CongressJuly 4, 2008Visiting Instructor of Anthropology Nathan Goodale, recent Hamilton graduate Lara Cueni '08 and Curtis Osterhoudt of the Los Alamos National Laboratory presented their paper "Cultural Transmission and the Production of Material Goods: The Mathematical Expression of Identity in Notched Points" at the 6th World Archaeological Congress in Dublin, Ireland on July 3. More ... Haley Participates in AP Latin Grading, Presents Paper at Classics MeetingJuly 2, 2008Professor of Classics Shelley Haley spent two weeks in June in Kansas City, where she graded and collected samples for the AP Latin: Latin Literature and Vergil exams. Later in the month she participated in the program of the 85th annual meeting and 61st annual Institute of the American Classical League. She was a respondent to the plenary panel dealing with the College Board's decision to eliminate the AP Latin Literature exam option after the 2009 administration. Haley also presented a paper titled, "Fair Maiden, Fair Maiden" Skin Color Terminology in Roman Literature and Latin Inscriptions," and she reprised her role as Anna Julia Cooper for the vice-president's panel, "Representing Our Ancestors." Shields Publishes Seven PapersJune 30, 2008George Shields, the Winslow Professor of Chemistry, published seven papers, some with Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry Karl Kirschner and others with 14 current students and alumni during the 2007-08 academic year. More ... Austin Briggs Presents at Joyce ConferenceJune 30, 2008Austin Briggs, the Hamilton B. Tompkins Professor of English emeritus, attended the XXI International James Joyce Conference held at the Universite Francois-Rabelais in Tours, France, June 15-20. In addition to co-moderating two reading sessions he delivered a paper, "Joyce's Nymph of the Yews and the Controversy over the Nude in Painting and Sculpture," on the panel "Joycean Erotics" that he organized and chaired. At the conference, the tustees of the International James Joyce Foundation nominated Briggs for membership on the board. Collaboration Between Chemistry and Physics Departments is Topic of Elgren Lecture at CURJune 26, 2008At the National Conference of the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) held in June 2008 at the College of St. Benedict's in Minnesota, Professor of Chemistry Tim Elgren presented a lecture with Silvia Ronco, program officer at Research Corporation, titled "Success at the Department Level: Cultivating a Shared Vision." This talk highlighted the successful process undertaken by the Hamilton chemistry and physics departments to develop departmental plans that led to a $500,000 departmental development award from Research Corporation. Elgren is the past president of CUR and serves as the project director for the departmental development award. Eren Presents at Econometric Society MeetingJune 26, 2008Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics Selcuk Eren presented a paper titled "How Well Do Individuals Predict the Selling Prices of their Homes?" in June at the 2008 North American Summer Meeting of the Econometric Society hosted by the David A. Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, in Pittsburgh, Pa. More ... Kim Presents Paper at International CongressJune 25, 2008Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy Alan Kim presented a paper titled "Function and Symbol in Marburg Philosophy of Science," in June at the International Society for the History of Philosophy Science (HOPOS) seventh international congress in Vancouver, Canada. Kim's paper examined the various senses of the technical term, "function-concept," in Paul Natorp and Ernst Cassirer's analysis of the presuppositions of the exact sciences, especially mathematical physics. Details may be found at: http://sts.arts.ubc.ca/program.html Rivera Quoted in Russian ProfileJune 25, 2008Sharon Werning Rivera was quoted in an April article in Russian Profile on the future of U.S.-Russian relations under Russia's newly elected president Dmitry Medvedev. Titled "Fighting for Equality," the article surveyed the views of numerous American specialists on Russian politics. More ... Murtaugh Exhibiting Work at Schweinfurth Art CenterJune 24, 2008Assistant Professor of Art Rebecca Murtaugh is currently showing her work titled "To Mark a Significant Space in the Living Room" in the exhibition "Made in New York 2008" at the Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center in Auburn, N.Y. The show opened on June 21 and runs until August 23. Murtaugh will give a public talk on August 3 at 2 p.m. in the gallery. For more information please visit www.schweinfurthartcenter.org. More ... Goodale Collaborates on Research in Ireland's County GalwayJune 24, 2008Visiting Instructor of Anthropology Nathan Goodale is directing Hamilton's involvement in The Cultural Landscapes of the Irish Coast (CLIC), an interdisciplinary collaborative research and teaching project on the island of InisAirc in County Galway, Ireland. Collaborators on the project include students and faculty from Hamilton, the University of Notre Dame, Trinity College and University College Dublin. Broadly defined, the purpose of the project is to understand rural life-ways during prehistoric and historic times in west-central Ireland's County Galway. More ... Werner Presents at International Conference in AthensJune 24, 2008Richard Werner, the John Stewart Kennedy Professor of Philosophy, presented "Hope and the Ethics of Belief" at the Third International Conference on Philosophy, June 2-5, in Athens, Greece. The paper argues that when the stakes are high it is rational to hope for and consequently believe in the best outcome as long as that outcome has a nonzero probability of success and even if it is not the most likely or best-supported outcome by the evidence. The argument continues that present world problems present us with high stakes where the likelihood of success is less than optimal but where hope for success is nevertheless rational. Boutin Presents at SIAM ConferenceJune 23, 2008Associate Professor of Mathematics Debra Boutin presented a talk titled "Distinguishing Classes" at the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Conference on Discrete Mathematics held at the University of Vermont, June 16-19. In her talk, Boutin described a set of vertices that can be used to remove all symmetries from a network and presented her results on how surprisingly small these sets of vertices can be in some well-known network families. Domack Discusses Polar Regions on Environmental Awareness ProgramJune 23, 2008Eugene Domack, the J. W. Johnson Family Professor of Environmental Studies, will present "The Polar Regions: Climate of Extremes on a Changing Planet," Monday, June 23, at 6 p.m. at the Uptown Theater in Utica. Domack's presentation is the first of three free events scheduled to raise environmental awareness in the Mohawk Valley. More ... Cafruny's Book Europe at Bay Shortlisted for Annual Book PrizeJune 23, 2008Europe at Bay: In the Shadow of U.S. Hegemony, co-authored by Henry Platt Bristol Professor of International Affairs Alan Cafruny (with Magnus Ryner of Oxford University), has been shortlisted for the annual book prize of the International Political Economy Group of the British International Studies Association. The winner of the Award will be announced in December 2008. The IPEG Book Prize seeks to identify the best book published in political economy on an annual basis. More ... Isserman Featured on American Public Media InterviewJune 21, 2008"Weekend America," a nationally syndicated radio show produced and distributed by American Public Media via NPR, will feature an interview with Maurice Isserman, James L. Ferguson Professor of History, on the weekend of June 21. Part of an ongoing series titled "This Weekend in 1968," the interview includes Isserman's account of how on the night of his high school graduation in June 1968, he boarded a train for Washington, D.C. and joined a rally in support of the Poor People's Campaign. America Public Media is the nation's second-largest producer and distributor of public radio programs. More ... Klinkner Included in NPR InterviewJune 20, 2008In a National Public Radio segment titled "Obama Scapegoat Fears," James S. Sherman Associate Professor of Government Philip Klinkner spoke about how the senator's candidacy brings out some conflicted feelings among African-Americans. "The concern expressed by African-Americans reminds me of after 1928. Al Smith was the first Catholic to run for president and lost. I'm sure a lot of Catholics after the crash, the Depression, said thank God he lost over Hoover, otherwise they'd blame us for it," said Klinkner. More ... Omori Presents at Université of Maine in Le Mans, FranceJune 19, 2008Assistant Professor of Japanese Kyoko Omori presented a paper at the "Modernist Magazines and Politics, 1900-1939" Conference at Université of Maine in France on June 8. The talk was titled "Japanese Vernacular Modernism and New Youth Magazine." The paper discussed the Japanese magazine New Youth and its promotion of "vernacular modernism" among the emerging Japanese middle class. Through their advancement of modanizumu (or modernism) in the absurdist stories that portrayed mysteries found in urban everyday life, New Youth sought to intervene productively in the ongoing political debates of the time. Selections From Odamtten's Collection of Poetry Published in Ghana's Daily GraphicJune 18, 2008Selections from a forthcoming collection of poetry, Metsaka's Kente of Words, by Professor of English Vincent Odamtten was published in the national newspaper of Ghana, the Daily Graphic on June 7, 2008. The publication was part of a collaboration between the Daily Graphic and the Mbaasem Foundation to promote literature and arts in the West African nation. Odamtten has been researching the life of Togbui Sri II, a Paramount Chief of the Anlos in Southeastern Ghana, as well as the written literatures of Ghana. Isserman Pens Essay About Michael Harrington for The Chronicle of Higher EducationJune 17, 2008James L. Ferguson Professor of HistoryHistory Maurice Isserman contributed an essay titled"Will the Left Ever Learn to Communicate Across Generations" to the Chronicle of Higher Education (6/20/08). It is featured in The Chronicle Review in the special section "The Surprising Legacies of the 60s." In the piece, Isserman, a preeminent historian of the American left and expert on reform and radical movements, recounts the meeting between social activist Michael Harrington with then 20-year-old student Tom Hayden. Harrington unsuccessfully tried to recruit Hayden into the Young People's Socialist League, the youth affiliate of the Socialist Party, of which Harrington was a leader. Hayden went on to write the Port Huron Statement, the founding document of Students for a Democratic Society. More ... Bryden Considine '08 and Mike McCormick Present Research in BostonJune 16, 2008Bryden Considine '08 and Assistant Professor of Biology Mike McCormick presented their research at the national meeting of the American Society of Microbiology in Boston, June 1-5. Considine and McCormick presented a poster describing a novel technique they developed to search for biologically produced compounds that permit iron-reducing bacteria to respire iron oxides solids that are far from the bacteria. Support for this project was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy. Williams to Lead Nature Walk Through Utica Marsh on June 16June 16, 2008Professor of Biology Ernest Williams will lead a walk through the Utica Marsh as part of the Utica Monday Nite Walks & Talks Series on Monday, June 16, beginning at 6:30 p.m. The walk is titled "Observing Nature at the Utica Marsh." Williams also gave a presentation on monarch butterfly migration at the Visitor Center of the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge on June 15. His talk was part of its 5th annual Wildflowers and Wine Festival. Finally, on Thursday, June 19, he will speak to all the Clinton third grade classes about butterflies. Lacsamana Presents at Class ConferenceJune 12, 2008Anne E. Lacsamana, assistant professor of women's studies, presented a paper titled "Empire on Trial: The Subic Rape Case and the Struggle for Philippine Women's Liberation" at the annual "How Class Works Works" conference held June 5-8 at SUNY-Stony Brook. Her paper examines the 2005 gang rape of a Filipino woman by four U.S. Marines. The Subic Rape Case, as it is widely known, is exceptional because it marks the first time a member of the U.S. military had ever been tried, convicted, and sentenced on Philippine soil. Although the case is currently under appeal, Lacsamana argues that the landmark verdict is the result of decades of organizing around militarized violence by members of the multi-sectoral Philippine nationalist feminist movement. Guttman's Wet Apples, White Blood Shares Adirondack Center's Best Book of Poetry AwardJune 10, 2008Associate Professor of English Naomi Guttman's book of poetry, Wet Apples, White Blood, shared the best book of poetry award with The Origin of the Milky Way by Barbara Louise Ungar at the Adirondack Center for Writing's (ACW) third annual Adirondack Literary Awards. The awards were announced at Blue Mountain Center in Blue Mountain Lake on June 8. The Adirondack Literary Awards celebrate and acknowledge the books that were written by Adirondack authors or published in the region in the previous year. There were 37 entries this year. Wet Apples, White Blood was published by McGill-Queen's University Press in 2007. More ... Owens-Manley Presents at Bonner Leadership InstituteJune 9, 2008Levitt Center Associate Director of Community Research Judith Owens-Manley presented a workshop at the 2008 Summit on Political Engagement and Bonner Summer Leadership Institute that explored the themes of political and civic engagement. More ... Adair Lectures in Hawaii on The Missing Story of OurselvesJune 5, 2008Vivyan Adair, the Elihu Root Peace Fund Associate Professor of Women's Studies, travelled to Hawaii in June where she presented a lecture and did program assessment on the Bridge to Hope program, modeled after Hamilton's ACCESS Project, for the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Adair was the founder of ACCESS at Hamilton College, a program dedicated to providing low-income, first-generation college-educated parents in central New York with all of the support necessary to thrive in an academic community. More ... Klinkner Quoted in Christian Science MonitorJune 4, 2008Philip Klinkner, James S. Sherman Associate Professor of Government and Associate Dean of Students, got the last word in a Christian Science Monitor article titled "In Sealing Nomination, Obama Makes History" published Wednesday, June 4. The article chronicled Barack Obama's route to securing the Democratic presidential nomination and analyzed its unconventional nature. Klinkner observed that never before had a candidate attracted such a diverse coalition of supporters. More ... Reciprocity Opens in Emerson Gallery June 5June 2, 2008Reciprocity, an exhibition featuring members of the studio art faculty paired with current students and recent graduates, will open in the Emerson Gallery on Thursday, June 5, and run through Sunday, August 10. In pairing faculty members and students with whom they have recently worked closely, Reciprocity celebrates the art department and the ways in which teachers and students influence and inspire one another. More ... O'Neal Receives Medal in Napoleonic Order at French EmbassyJune 2, 2008A year ago Professor of French John C. O'Neal learned he had been promoted from "chevalier" (or knight) to "officier" (officer) in the Ordre des Palmes Académiques (Order of Academic Palms), originally founded by Napoleon in 1808 to recognize meritorious achievements in teaching and research. On May 27, an awards ceremony was held at the French Embassy for Cultural Services in New York City to honor O'Neal and three others, each of whom received a medal from the French cultural counselor, Mme Kareen Rispal. In addition to some of O'Neal's family members and friends, several Hamilton community members were on hand for the event including John and Mary O'Neill, Ben and Laurie Madonia, John Lytle and Sarah Ziegler '05. |
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