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Mary B. O’Neill, director of the Quantitative & Symbolic Reasoning (QSR) Center, was a member of a panel titled “Quantitative Support Centers: Common Themes” at the Joint Mathematics Meetings (JMM) on Jan. 4 in Boston. The panel brought together directors of Quantitative Support Centers (QSCs) from a variety of institutions including St. Lawrence University, Bates College, Smith College and the University of Connecticut.

Terrance Hayes, acclaimed poet and professor of creative writing at Carnegie Mellon University, will conduct a workshop and present a reading at Hamilton. Hayes is the spring 2012 writer-in-residence.  The workshop, Reading to Write, will take place on Wednesday, Jan. 25., at 4 p.m., in the Days-Massolo Center, and the reading is Thursday, Jan. 26, at 8 p.m., in Dwight Lounge, Bristol Center.  Spaces are limited for the workshop.

Stanley Lombardo, professor of classics at the University of Kansas, will present the Winslow Lecture on the topic of “Poetics, Translation, and Performance” on Thursday, Jan. 26, at 4:10 p.m., in the Taylor Science Center Kennedy Auditorium. The event is hosted by the Classics Department and is free and open to the public.

Over winter break 15 students from Hamilton’s Model European Union club — as well as faculty advisor Alan Cafruny, the Henry Platt Bristol Professor of International Affairs — attended the 25th annual EuroSim conference in Wroclaw, Poland, from Jan. 5-8.  Each year, the EuroSim conference presents a different topic relating to European policy; the topic of this year’s conference was European asylum policy and the development of a common European asylum system.  

Joyce M. Barry, visiting assistant professor of women’s studies, has published an article titled “Women, Environmental Justice, and the Coal River Mountain Watch” in the 5th edition of Women’s Lives: Images and Realities.

Prior to returning to classes in January five Hamilton pre-med seniors spent a week shadowing residents at Saint Elizabeth Medical Center in Utica. Participants were Emily Gaudet, Rebecca Williams, Caitlin Burzynski, Meghan Carter and Emina Memisevic.  

More than 100 students went out to serve the local community on Saturday, Jan. 21, for Hamilton’s 14th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Service Day. Hamilton Association for Volunteering, Outreach and Charity ( HAVOC) sent groups of students to 17 different sites to volunteer for the afternoon.

During Hamilton’s winter break closure from Dec. 17 through Jan. 2, the College saved enough kilowatt hours to power 20 average homes in the U.S. for an entire year, according to Steve Bellona, associate vice president for facilities & planning.  The savings are largely attributed to a reduction in (electrical) plug load (TVs, lights, computers) and building lighting.

Sixteen sophomores and juniors have begun the spring 2012 Semester in Washington, which combines academic seminars, independent research and internships. Internships this semester include the House, Senate, Department of Justice, Republican National Committee, and a variety of thinks tanks, consulting firms and non-profits. The Semester in Washington also has a rich co-curricular program, including meetings with those who make and influence policy and excursions to take advantage of Washington’s educational and cultural assets.

Susan Mason, director of Education Studies, in partnership with AKLearning and the American Management Association International (AMA) recently served as content expert, instructor and an instructional designer for a SCORM (Sharable Content Object Reference Model) compliant online learning pilot program.