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A paper by Professor of Physics Ann Silversmith and former Hamilton students Nguyen T.T. Nguyen '08 and Dan Campbell '08, has been published in the December 2009 issue of the Journal of Luminescence. The article, "Fluorescence yield in rare earth doped sol-gel silicate glasses," was also co-authored by Carlos Ortiz '08 and Dan Boye of Davidson College and Kurt Hoffman of Whitman College.

Director of Donor Relations Pam Havens presented a session at the 2009 International Conference of the Association of Donor Relations Professionals (ADRP) that took place in Baltimore, Dec. 7- 9 Havens’ session focused on steps that both new and seasoned professionals can take to help ensure the success and long-term vitality of their programs. She also received special recognition as ADRP’s outgoing vice president, having served in that capacity for the past five years.

AmeriCorps VISTA worker Jordan Davis along with Hamilton College Bonner Leaders Liam Ronan, Yoko O'Hara, Caroline Pantazis, Laura Gilson and Isabelle Van Hook made holiday cookies in Milbank for the Holiday Project. Bonner Leaders made 30 dozen cookies to be added to food boxes for families in the area during the holidays. Jordan Davis works as the Bonner Leader coordinator and outreach coordinator for a youth development project in the Levitt Center.

Jay G. Williams ’54, the Walcott-Bartlett Professor of Religious Studies, published a poem, "The Thumb Print," on Dig-it-all, the new Web site of the American School of Oriental Research. It is an "archaeological" poem about discovering an ancient potter's thumb print on a 2,800 year old potsherd.

Associate Professor of Japanese Masaaki Kamiya published an article, “Negation, Quantifiers, and A-movement in Nominalization in Japanese,” in Linguistic Analysis 35: 43-70, Special Issue on Phase Edge Investigations.

States that are ranked highly in an objective quality of life measure also have the highest average levels of self-reported life satisfaction. In other words, state-by-state rankings of measurements such as sunshine, state and national parks, crime rates, pollution and the cost of living run parallel with rankings of personal happiness. Co-authors Associate Professor of Economics Stephen Wu with Andrew J. Oswald of Warwick University prove this in their new study “Objective Confirmation of Subjective Measures of Human Well-being: Evidence from the USA,” published in Science magazine on Dec. 17.

Pacific Rim Modernisms, a volume of scholarly essays co-edited by Associate Professor of English and Associate Dean of Faculty for Diversity Initiatives Steve Yao, was recently published by the University of Toronto Press.

Associate Professor of Chemistry Myriam Cotten presented an invited research talk at the 2009 Eastern Analytical Symposium and Exposition in November in Somerset, NJ. Her talk titled “Solid-State NMR Structural and Topological Studies of Antimicrobial Piscidin in Aligned Lipid Bilayers: Implications for Membrane Activity” was part of a session on the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy of biological systems in the liquid and solid state.

Professor of History Maurice Isserman has authored revised versions of Across America: The Lewis & Clark Expedition and Exploring North America 1800-1900 and Associate Professor of History Kevin Grant has authored a revised version of Exploration in the Age of Empire 1750-1953. The three books are part of Facts on File's Discovery and Exploration 10-book series revised for a young adult audience. Isserman serves as the co-editor for the entire series.

Visiting Professor of Film History Scott MacDonald Scott MacDonald presented two public screenings and a master class on the topic “Avant/Doc,” the historical/theoretical intersections of documentary film and avant-garde film, at UnionDocs, a nonprofit organization on Union Street in Brooklyn that nurtures young documentary filmmakers.