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Professor of History Douglas Ambrose has been awarded a Fulbright scholar grant to teach American studies in Croatia for the 2012-2013 academic year.

Alfred Kelly, the Edgar B. Graves Professor of History, has accepted an invitation to teach a summer course in the School of History at Renmin University of China in Beijing as part of their International Summer School.

Mary Beth Barth, director of the Critical Languages Program and Language Center, presented Teaching the LCTLs (Less Commonly Taught Languages) at the Northeast Association of Language Learning and Technology (NEALLT) Conference in March at Carnegie Mellon University. She has served as president of NEALLT and conference host.

Two articles by Christian A. Johnson Excellence in Teaching Professor of Biology Ernest Williams were published recently. “Long term effects of climate on two pond predators” appeared in the April issue of American Midland Naturalist, an international journal on ecology, evolution and the environment. Previously available only online, “Decline of monarch butterflies overwintering in Mexico: Is the migratory phenomenon at risk?” was published in the March print issue of Insect Conservation and Diversity.

Concurrent with the Middle East’s growing role in international politics, student interest in that part of the world has been expanding. In response to both, the faculty approved an interdisciplinary program and minor in Middle East and Islamic World Studies at its May 1 meeting.

Nine members of the class of 2012 who served as members of Hamilton College Emergency Medical Service (HCEMS) were honored at the annual spring EMT dinner on April 27. The dinner is held every year to honor graduating EMTs and thank them for their years of service to the Hamilton community.

On May 5-6, students in Hamilton’s Junior Year in France (JYF) program visited three cities in the east of France: Nancy, Metz and Strasbourg. The trip coincided with the second round of the French presidential elections which Socialist Francois Hollande won over UMP president-elect Nicolas Sarkozy.

The Hamilton College Chapter of Sigma Xi, the scientific research society, elected 21 students to associate membership on April 30.

Austin Walker ’12 has been awarded a Fulbright Grant to Kenya. He will spend the 2012-13 academic year working on his project “Kenyan Youth Development: Youth as Kenya’s Development Architects” in Nyanza Province of western Kenya. Walker will rejoin the Lwala Community Alliance staff and director Robert Kasabala to build upon the baseline study about youth perspectives on development that they conducted last summer.

Students and faculty in Hamilton's New York City Program recently enjoyed an inspiring program by the Paul Taylor Dance Company at Lincoln Center.  A highlight of the evening was a 50th anniversary performance of "Aureole," at the end of which Mr. Taylor, one of the premier choreographers of modern dance, joined the dancers on stage to share in the curtain call.