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Four physics majors - Anne Vilsoet '11, Sarah Fobes '12, Erin Bessette-Kirton '12 and Eliza Jonathan '13 - attended the the fourth annual Northeast Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics, held Jan. 14 – 16 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  Vilsoet and Fobes both presented posters based on research they did at Hamilton. Vilsoet's poster was titled "Simulating Type Ia Supernovae Rise-Time Curves" and Fobes presented "Porosity Reduction in rare earth doped sol-gel glasses."

Hamilton College will open today, Feb. 2, at 10 a.m. due to snow and ice conditions. Classes that begin at 9 a.m. have been cancelled. Exercise caution when driving to campus.

The Hamilton College Choir will present its annual fully staged musical Feb. 4-6 in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center for the Performing Arts. Directed by G. Roberts Kolb and featuring a cast of Hamilton choir members, Grand Hotel will run Friday and Saturday, Feb. 4 and 5, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 6, at 2 p.m.

This is part III of the story of the Hamilton Outing Club's winter break trip to Ecuador. The next day the mountaineering portion of the trek began, and we prepared to hike Cayambe and Cotopaxi, two glaciated volcanoes of 18,996 feet and 19,344 feet respectively.

To David Grubin ’65, creating a documentary is a process that carries him, as a filmmaker, from a state of radical ignorance to a state of profound appreciation for the subject of the film. In his latest film, The Buddha, which originally aired on PBS late last year, Grubin examines past and present implications of the story of the life of Siddhartha Guatama, the spiritual teacher who is credited with the founding of Buddhism.

This is part II of the story of the Hamilton Outing Club's adventure in Ecuador over winter break.  The group hikes across the paramo (high altitude Andean grasslands)  and visits Piñan, a secluded village.

President Joan Hinde Stewart announced the passing of Professor of English Emeritus George Bahlke in an e-mail to the campus community on Feb. 1: Professor of English Emeritus George Bahlke died on Feb. 1 of complications from pneumonia. He was 76 and, although retired, was a frequent presence on campus.

Edward S. Walker Jr. '62, former U.S. Ambassador to Egypt, Israel and the United Arab Emirates and the Christian A. Johnson Distinguished Professor of Global Political Theory, has spent many hours in the last few days with the national and international media sharing his insights on the continuing protests in Egypt. Beginning with an interview on National Public Radio’s Morning Edition on Jan. 28, Walker has spoken with print, radio and TV reporters on the situation.

The Kirner-Johnson Building, typically a space designed for quiet study, was converted into an epic battle arena Saturday afternoon. While no blood was shed, the Hamilton students participating in “The Mp3 Experiment” cast off something much less tangible – their reserve. As the collection of students obeyed the orders of “Steve,” the omnipotent voice on their Mp3 devices, they demonstrated the capacity to let loose and be silly among friends and strangers.

David Grubin ’65 will present a screening and discussion of his documentary The Buddha on Monday, Jan.31, at 7 p.m., in the Red Pit, Kirner-Johnson Building. The film was originally made for and broadcasted on PBS in 2010. The event  is free and open to the public.