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Hamilton will host an International Writers Festival, featuring readings by poet Christian Bök, poet and visual artist Cecilia Vicuña and novelist Larissa Lai on Friday and Saturday, April 11 and 12, at the Taylor Science Center. All the events are free and open to the public.

The National Museum of American History has designated April as Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM). So in the spirit of JAM, Hamilton’s Fillius Jazz Archive is featuring one artist daily on the news site along with that individual’s archived audio interview. Today’s featured artist is Sheila Jordan.

Associate Professor of Africana Studies Nigel Westmaas has published a chapter in a new book titled Black Power in the Caribbean, published by the University Press of Florida (2014).

Peter Kazickas '15 (Amagansett, N.Y./St. Mark's School [Mass.]) of the Hamilton College men’s basketball team was one of 10 members of the 2014 Allstate National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Good Works Team® honored at the NCAA Division I Final Four at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on Saturday night.

From disappearing landmasses to widespread drought, descriptions of climate change’s potential impacts are grim. Its larger geopolitical and commercial ramifications are perhaps less talked about. On April 7, Peter Oppenheimer, of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, delivered a lecture about the impacts of climate change in the Arctic.

Lawrence Chua, postdoctoral fellow in Asian studies and visiting assistant professor of art history, gave a recent talk at the Syracuse University Humanities Center on “Architecture, Hip Hop, and Utopia.”

The National Museum of American History has designated April as Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM). So in the spirit of JAM, Hamilton’s Fillius Jazz Archive is featuring one or more jazz artists on the news site each day along with the archived audio interview. Today’s featured artists are Snooky Young and Gerald Wilson.

Catherine Brown, senior director of visual communications in Hamilton’s Communications Department, was honored as the 2014 Distinguished Service Award recipient by Hamilton’s Alumni Association. John Hadity ’83, president of the Alumni Association, presented the award on April 4 during the Alumni Council’s Recognition dinner.

Students in Hamilton’s Program in New York City toured Brooklyn’s DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) neighborhood on April 2.

Emma Teach ’16 has been awarded a Coccia Foundation Scholarship for study abroad in Italy this summer. The Coccia Foundation was established in 1994 by Cavaliere Joseph Coccia, Jr. and his wife Elda as an organization dedicated to the preservation and celebration of Italian culture, with a particular emphasis on promoting the rich Italian cultural heritage among younger generations at the college level.