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Several members of the Hamilton community presented during the Bucknell Digital Scholarship Conference. The inaugural conference, held Nov. 14-16 at Bucknell University, focused on “Collaborating Digitally: Engaging Students in Faculty Research.”

Director of Opportunity Programs Phyllis A. H. Breland and Assistant Director Brenda C. Davis presented “Routine for Learning” on Nov. 12 at The New York State Higher Education Opportunity Program Professional Organization (HEOPPO) Biennial Conference in Fairport, N.Y.

Visiting Assistant Professor of French Aurélie Van de Wiele published an article in the current issue of the journal Nineteenth-Century French Studies and presented a paper at New York University during the biennial meeting of the Société des Professeurs Français et Francophones d’Amérique.

For the third year, Hamilton students taught Spanish to children in grades K-5 at Clinton Elementary School. The students taught multiple groups of approximately 25 Clinton children during lunch and recess this semester. Teaching Fellow in Hispanic Studies María Gabriela Portal, Elisa MacColl ’16, and Emily Hess ’16 coordinated the project.

Cara E. Jones, visiting assistant professor of women’s studies, recently presented papers titled “Compulsory (Re)productivity and Crip Existence” and “Disability and the Contingent Body” at the 2014 National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) Conference held Nov. 13-16 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Following a 5th place finish at the Colgate Classic in the beginning of November, the Hamilton College Mock Trial Team finished 7-0-1 at the University of Rochester’s Yellowjacket Invitational, taking home a first place trophy for the first time this season.

Professor of Art History John McEnroe published an article about the date of tablets found in the Bronze Age Palace at Knossos in Meditations on the Diversity of the Built Environment in the Aegean Basin published by the Canadian Institute in Greece.

Associate Professor of Psychology Tara McKee recently published an article titled “Peer Relationships in Undergraduates With ADHD Symptomatology: Selection and Quality of Friendships.” It appears online in the Journal of Attention Disorders.

Assistant Professor of Art Rob Knight has a solo exhibition of his project In God's House currently on view at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Porter Butts Gallery through Dec. 2. The project was supported by the Levitt Center and was developed over the past two summers with Visiting Associate Professor of Religious Studies Brent Plate.

Eight students from Hamilton’s microfinance organization attended Lend for America’s 6th Annual Summit at the University of California, Berkeley, on Nov. 15 and 16.