In a message to the Hamilton community on May 31, Interim Dean of Faculty Margaret Gentry announced the death of Walcott-Bartlett Professor of Philosophy Emeritus Bob Simon.

Amber Aparicio ’18 and Gabby Stern ’19, presented their research at the fifth annual conference of the “Social Psychologists Around Western New York.” The meeting took place at Buffalo State on May 25.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics Jesse Weiner presented an invited keynote lecture for “Symposium Day” at Bard High School Early College in Queens, N.Y., on May 18.

An article by Assistant Professor of Government Heather Sullivan was recently published in the Journal of Conflict Resolution.

Assistant Professor of Psychology Vikranth Bejjanki recently discussed “Perceptual learning as enhanced connectivity between early sensory areas” in an invited talk at Durham University, United Kingdom.

Assistant Professor of Philosophy Alexandra Plakias ’02 recently moderated a panel discussion exploring the history, psychology, and ethics of entomophagy, as well as culinary uses of “the most delicious insects.”

The Hamilton College Chapter of Sigma Xi, the international science research society, initiated several new members at a meeting that took place on May 18.

Ann Owen, the Henry Platt Bristol Professor of Economics, presented “The Performance Effects of Gender Diversity on Bank Boards” at the Gender and Career Progression Conference that took place at the Bank of England on May 14.

Associate Professor of Literature Katherine Terrell presented a paper at the 53rd International Congress on Medieval Studies, which met May 9-13 at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo. Terrell's paper, "Reevaluating Bannatyne's Chaucer," examined the role of Geoffrey Chaucer's poems in the Bannatyne Manuscript (1568), one of the most important manuscripts for the preservation of older Scottish poetry.

Assistant Professor of Classics Anne Feltovich and Tina Naston ’20 began work this week at archaeological excavation sites in Pylos, Greece. Jessica Williams ’18 will join them after graduation.