http://www.hamilton.edu/news/ News From Hamilton en-us http://www.hamilton.edu/news/em-wall-st-journal-em-features-hamilton-funded-interns http://www.hamilton.edu/news/em-wall-st-journal-em-features-hamilton-funded-interns As part of the ongoing public discussion of paid and unpaid internships, a Wall Street Journal article, “Unpaid Internship? Some Colleges Pick Up the Tab,” reported on colleges that provide students with funding for unpaid internships. Hamilton was highlighted in the article as well as another in the accompanying online report, “The Importance of Being an Intern,” as offering funding to enable students to acquire career-related experiences. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:09:23 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/nicholas-yepes-15-awarded-kathryn-davis-fellowship http://www.hamilton.edu/news/nicholas-yepes-15-awarded-kathryn-davis-fellowship Nicholas Yepes ’15 has been awarded a Kathryn Davis Fellowship for Peace from Middlebury College. The merit-based scholarship provides full room, board and tuition to attend one of Middlebury College’s Language Schools. These 100 fellowships are made possible by a generous gift from the late Kathryn Davis, to address today’s critical need for increased language proficiency in the United States. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:10:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/goebel-15-delves-into-chekhov-in-emerson-project http://www.hamilton.edu/news/goebel-15-delves-into-chekhov-in-emerson-project Last fall, Nate Goebel ’15 realized that he wasn’t satisfied with the way he read plays and decided to improve his reading of what happens between the lines of dialogue. In an Emerson Foundation Grant project titled “Apocalypse at Dinner: A Creative-Minded Study of Anton Chekhov’s Craft,” Goebel will immerse himself in the plays and short stories of Anton Chekhov and will ultimately adapt one of the author's stories into a short play, developing a first-hand knowledge of playwriting. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:10:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/domack-18-hamilton-students-head-down-under-for-geology-field-course http://www.hamilton.edu/news/domack-18-hamilton-students-head-down-under-for-geology-field-course Eugene Domack, the Joel W. Johnson Family Professor of Geosciences, and 18 Hamilton College students left June 7 for a three-week field course to Australia and Tasmania. Three flights and 30 hours later the group landed in Cairns, a city located on the coast of Northeast Australia. Read about their trip and see photos here. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:01:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/rivera-16-and-oglevee-15-examine-luminescence-of-rare-earth-sol-gel-metals http://www.hamilton.edu/news/rivera-16-and-oglevee-15-examine-luminescence-of-rare-earth-sol-gel-metals The world of technology is changing at a rapid pace and new materials need to be utilized to make further advancements.  Rare earth metals are in a strong position to be more widely used for various applications, ranging from small electronic devices to large television screens. Laura Rivera ’16 and Catherine Oglevee ’15 are working with terbium and europium, two rare earth metals, this summer to understand their fluorescent properties. Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:50:00 EST