http://www.hamilton.edu/news/ News From Hamilton en-us http://www.hamilton.edu/news/faculty-homnored-with-distinguished-service-awards http://www.hamilton.edu/news/faculty-homnored-with-distinguished-service-awards Six Hamilton faculty members were recognized for their research and creative successes with the Dean’s Scholarly Achievement Awards, presented by Dean of Faculty Patrick Reynolds during Class & Charter Day on May 13. The awards recognize individual accomplishment but reflect a richness and depth of scholarship and creative activity across the entire faculty. Mon, 13 May 2013 15:54:06 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/student-researchers-hope-answers-to-simple-questions-will-have-far-reaching-medical-implications http://www.hamilton.edu/news/student-researchers-hope-answers-to-simple-questions-will-have-far-reaching-medical-implications The ability to pick up an object without knocking it over is something that most people take for granted, but Emma Geduldig ’13, Sarah Andrews ’14 and John Wildman ’15 are more inquisitive when it comes to movement and motor control. Why, they ask, do we move to pick up a coffee cup from the side as opposed to the front? Such simple questions on human motion have yet to be entirely answered, and these researchers hope to shed more light on this seldom- researched subject. Wed, 20 Jun 2012 02:44:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/necc-and-hamilton-have-strong-ties http://www.hamilton.edu/news/necc-and-hamilton-have-strong-ties Fifteen Hamilton students and three faculty and staff members traveled to the New England Center for Children (NECC) in Southborough, Mass., on March 30.  Students who had expressed interest in pursuing internships and careers at the center were invited to tour the facility and meet members of the staff. Fri, 06 Apr 2012 02:26:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/professors-gapp-and-vaughan-named-to-endowed-charis http://www.hamilton.edu/news/professors-gapp-and-vaughan-named-to-endowed-charis Dean of Faculty Patrick D. Reynolds announced the appointment of two of Hamilton's most outstanding teacher-scholars to endowed chairs. Professor of Biology David Gapp was appointed to the Silas D. Childs Chair, and Professor of Psychology Jonathan Vaughan was appointed to the James L. Ferguson Chair. Both appointments were effective July 1. Tue, 06 Sep 2011 04:47:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/lantz-13-and-hawkins-13-work-with-professor-vaughan-on-human-movement-study http://www.hamilton.edu/news/lantz-13-and-hawkins-13-work-with-professor-vaughan-on-human-movement-study As much as science has uncovered about the human brain, the relationship between brain and movement remains relatively unclear. For example, when attempting to point to or touch a specific, moving target, response times vary based on a wide variety of factors. This  summer, Elin Lantz ’13 and Robert Hawkins ’13 along with Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience Jonathan Vaughan will study how speed and accuracy of movement are different in the right and left hands. Sun, 05 Jun 2011 05:00:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/seniors-taylro-adams-and-deborah-barany-awarded-nsf-graduate-research-fellowships http://www.hamilton.edu/news/seniors-taylro-adams-and-deborah-barany-awarded-nsf-graduate-research-fellowships Taylor Adams '11 and Deborah Barany '11 have been awarded National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships. Adams, a chemistry major, and Barany who is majoring in neuroscience, will both receive a three-year annual stipend of $30,000 and a $10,500 cost-of -education allowance for tuition and fees, and the freedom to conduct their own research at any accredited U.S. or foreign institution of graduate education they choose. Mon, 11 Apr 2011 05:00:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/neuroscience-and-psychology-students-publish-in-em-experimental-brain-research-em http://www.hamilton.edu/news/neuroscience-and-psychology-students-publish-in-em-experimental-brain-research-em In 2009, Deborah A. Barany '11 and Anthony W. Sali '10 participated in Hamilton's Summer Science Research Program. Under the supervision of Psychology and Neuroscience professor Jonathan Vaughan, they investigated how people control movements in complex environments. A poster about the work was presented at the annual Psychonomic Society meeting in 2009. Fri, 29 Oct 2010 00:00:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/students-researching-posture-based-movement-model-in-3-d-space http://www.hamilton.edu/news/students-researching-posture-based-movement-model-in-3-d-space Deborah Barany '11 and Anthony Sali '10 describe motor control in a way that would remind a listener of flip-book animation. An action consists of smaller, partial movements, that when assembled together and in the right fashion, trigger the complete maneuver. Similarly, flip books rely on persistence of vision to create the illusion of fluid motion, when in reality, they are just discontinuous images stapled together. Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST