http://www.hamilton.edu/news/ News From Hamilton en-us http://www.hamilton.edu/news/yao-meets-secretary-of-education-arne-duncan-1 http://www.hamilton.edu/news/yao-meets-secretary-of-education-arne-duncan-1 Professor of English Steven Yao met Secretary of Education Arne Duncan at the U.S. Department of Education's Back-To-School Bus Tour kickoff event, which was held at Sequoia High School in Redwood City, Calif.  Yao is currently serving as an American Council on Education Fellow for the 2012-13 academic year at Holy Names University in Oakland, Calif. Mon, 17 Sep 2012 01:45:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/nierman-13-studies-dublin-s-obsession-with-greatest-novel-ever-written http://www.hamilton.edu/news/nierman-13-studies-dublin-s-obsession-with-greatest-novel-ever-written While studying in Dublin, Ireland, Genevieve Nierman ’13 constantly came across references to early 20th century author James Joyce and his famed work Ulysses. She became intrigued by Dublin’s obsession with the novel and was awarded an Emerson Foundation Summer Research Grant to study the relationship between Ulysses and Dublin and to discern what attributes of the novel are responsible for its international success. Fri, 24 Aug 2012 05:38:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/yao-co-edits-volume-of-essays-on-ezra-pound-and-education http://www.hamilton.edu/news/yao-co-edits-volume-of-essays-on-ezra-pound-and-education The volume, Ezra Pound and Education, co-edited by Professor of English Steve Yao, was recently published by the National Poetry Foundation. The idea for this collection originated at a conference co-hosted by Hamilton College and Colgate University in 2005 observing the centenary of Pound's graduation from the College.  Mon, 25 Jun 2012 02:36:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/yao-named-american-council-on-education-fellow http://www.hamilton.edu/news/yao-named-american-council-on-education-fellow Professor of English Steven Yao has been named an American Council on Education (ACE)  Fellow for 2012-13. The announcement was made by Molly Corbett Broad, president of ACE. Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:05:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/yao-speaks-at-university-of-florida http://www.hamilton.edu/news/yao-speaks-at-university-of-florida Professor of English Steven Yao delivered a lecture at the University of Florida in Gainesville on Feb. 24. Invited as part of the series in American Studies, Yao spoke on "Pacific Rim Encounters: Questions of Method and Archive in 'Transpacific' American Studies." Thu, 01 Mar 2012 05:31:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/study-by-steven-yao-wins-book-award http://www.hamilton.edu/news/study-by-steven-yao-wins-book-award Professor of English Steven Yao's book, Foreign Accents: Chinese American Verse from Exclusion to Postethnicity (Oxford 2010) has been selected by the Association for Asian American Studies for its Book Award in Literary Studies. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:30:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/five-promoted-to-professor http://www.hamilton.edu/news/five-promoted-to-professor Dean of Faculty Patrick Reynolds announced the promotion of five Hamilton faculty members to the rank of professor.  Todd Franklin, philosophy; Marianne Janack, philosophy; Katherine Kuharic, art; Bruce Walczyk, dance and movement studies; and Steven Yao, English and creative writing, were promoted effective July 1. Fri, 26 Aug 2011 05:00:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/four-receive-deans-scholarly-awards http://www.hamilton.edu/news/four-receive-deans-scholarly-awards Four members of the Hamilton faculty were recognized for their research and creative successes through the Dean's Scholarly Achievement Awards at Class & Charter Day on Friday, May 6. The awards were established in three categories by former Dean of Faculty Joe Urgo in 2008. Fri, 06 May 2011 09:43:42 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/yao-delivers-lecture-at-umass-publishes-article http://www.hamilton.edu/news/yao-delivers-lecture-at-umass-publishes-article Associate Professor of English Steven Yao delivered a lecture titled "Global Literary Studies and the Rising Tide of the Transpacific," as part of the Faculty Research Colloquium Series at UMass, Amherst, on March 1. While there, he also taught a graduate seminar on Global Modernisms. Sat, 05 Mar 2011 05:00:00 EST http://www.hamilton.edu/news/yao-speaks-at-modern-language-association http://www.hamilton.edu/news/yao-speaks-at-modern-language-association Associate Professor of English Steve Yao spoke at the Modern Language Association (MLA) annual meeting held in Los Angeles, Jan. 6-9. Yao delivered a paper, "Comparing American Modernisms," on a panel sponsored by the American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA). The MLA conference is the main national venue for language and literature scholars in higher education. Wed, 26 Jan 2011 17:43:00 EST