Alan Cafruny, the Henry Platt Bristol Chair of International Affairs and Professor of Government, recently presented a paper titled “Is There a U.S. Grand Strategy Toward the Rise of China?” at the University of Warsaw, Poland.

Several members of the Hamilton community represented the College at a recent conference titled Our (Digital) Humanity: Storytelling, Media Organizing and Social Justice, at Lehigh University.

Associate Professor of Government Peter Cannavò recently presented a paper at the Western Political Science Association annual meeting in San Francisco and was a co-organizer of a workshop in Nicosia, Cyprus.

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.