Faculty News

Ann Owen, the Henry Platt Bristol Professor of Economics, was interviewed for an American Public Media Marketplace feature on inflation, broadcast on Tuesday, Oct. 29.

Associate Professor of Biology Mike McCormick gave an invited talk at the New England regional meeting of the American Society for Microbiology at the University of Connecticut on Oct. 25. McCormick discussed the work that he and his students are conducting at Green Lake in Fayetteville, N.Y.

Professor of Biology Jinnie Garrett presented at the Oct.3-5 AAC&U conference “Global Learning in College: Asking Big Questions, Engaging Urgent Challenges” in Providence, R.I.

Hong Gang Jin, the William R. Kenan Professor of East Asian Languages and Literature and director of the Associated Colleges in China program, presented a keynote speech at an international Chinese teaching conference.

The Hamilton College Department of Music presents a faculty recital with saxophonist Monk Rowe on Sunday, Oct. 27, at 3 p.m., in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts.

Naomi Guttman, professor of English and creative writing, published four poems in the fall issue of Gastronomica: The Journal of Food and Culture.

“The Nightingale,” an intaglio print by Professor of Art William Salzillo, was selected for the 21st National Exhibition sponsored by the Los Angeles Printmaking Society (LAPS). The show runs Oct. 26 through Dec. 14 at the California State University Northridge Art Galleries. An opening reception will be held on Oct. 26 from 5–9 p.m.

Associate Professor of Japanese Kyoko Omori gave a talk at the Association of Japanese Literary Studies conference at the University of Chicago on Oct. 19. Her paper was titled “Narrating Modernity: Tokugawa Musei, Creative Adaptation, and Benshi Performance.”

Associate Professor of Japanese Kyoko Omori gave a talk at the Association of Japanese Literary Studies conference at the University of Chicago on Oct. 19. Her paper was titled “Narrating Modernity: Tokugawa Musei, Creative Adaptation, and Benshi Performance.”

Walcott D. Bartlett Professor of Philosophy Robert Simon presented a lecture, “Theories of Sport: Their Nature, Significance, and Application” on Oct. 17 at Penn State University.