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De Bao Xu, the Leonard C. Ferguson Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures, organized the 8th International Conference and Workshops on Technology and Chinese Language Teaching in the 21st Century (TCLT8). Co-sponsored by Hamilton and Tufts University, the event was held June 6-8 at Tufts.

All 470 members of Hamilton’s Class of 2018 got a peek at the surrounding community when they participated in the 7th annual Hamilton Serves on Aug. 27.  Students spent the morning volunteering at one of 61 local non-profit agencies.  

Andrew Szatkowski ’15, a chemistry major, is spending part of the summer doing cutting-edge research on solar cell technology as an intern with the Thomas Bein group at Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich, Germany. The prestigious internship was awarded through the non-profit German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst – DAAD), and is funded through the Class of 1964 Internship Support Fund.

From Abortion to Pederasty: Addressing Difficult Topics in the Classics Classroom, co-edited by Professor of Comparative Literature Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz ,was recently published by Ohio State University Press.

Out of Utica’s some 60,000 residents, as many as a quarter of them could be refugees, Shelly Callahan, the executive director for the Mohawk Valley Resource Center for Refugees (MVRCR), revealed in a recent New York Times article. The Center is a not-for-profit organization that has helped resettle thousands of immigrants from over 30 countries since its founding in 1979. Today, Utica is truly a mix of cultures, reflected in the more than 40 languages spoken by the 2,700 students at Utica’s Proctor High School.

This summer InsideHigherEd published two opinion pieces by Eugene M. Tobin Distinguished Professor of Sociology Daniel F. Chambliss, both related to his research and resulting book How College Works. “Learn Your Students’ Names” appeared on August 26 and was preceded by “Beauty in Ugly Dorms” on June 25.

Hamilton College Performing Arts announces an exciting season of music, theater, and dance for the 2014-15 season in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts. All performances are at 7:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted.

Jonathan Vaughan, the James L. Ferguson Professor of Psychology, co-authored a revised computer programming text for behavioral scientists titled MATLAB for Behavioral Scientists, Second Edition. The book, written with David Rosenbaum and Brad Wyble of Penn State University, was recently published by Taylor & Paul/Routledge.

In the U.S., having command of more than one language can only help one’s job prospects. However, in many countries this skill is simply a prerequisite for employment. Siri Cosper ’16 is spending the summer teaching English in Madrid interning with the language academy Languages 247.

Ashlie Flood ’15 combined her interests in art, photography and museums in her  internship at the Smithsonian Gardens in Washington, D.C. this summer. The Gardens, created in 1972, are an extension of the Smithsonian Museum complex. They include not only public outdoor gardens, but also interiorscapes and horticultural exhibits. As the Katzenberger Art History Intern for the Smithsonian Gardens, Flood is one of six undergraduates to be offered a 10-week position with the Museum.