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Kyoko Omori, associate professor of Japanese and chair of East Asian Languages and Literatures, gave a presentation on Jan. 4 at MLA (Modern Language Association) in New York City.

Jim Rushton ’92, the chief revenue officer of the Los Angeles Chargers, isn’t just building a football team from the ground up; he’s helping to create a $2.5 billion entertainment, commercial, and residential complex that will house it.

Derek Jones, the Irma M. and Robert D. Morris Professor of Economics, participated in a conference on “Capital Shares and Research Questions in the Social Sciences” at Rutgers University Jan. 14th to 16th.

That moment you realize you can take any course that sounds interesting: When it happened to first-year student Elliot Plaut ’19, he opted for Arabic.

Associate Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies Anne Lacsamana was invited by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences to present at the “Moving Towards Equality: Mapping Women’s Achievements and Challenges Around the World” conference.

The Outing Club punctuated the first weekend of the new semester with a trip to Snowy Mountain on Jan. 20. A group of 15 stood tall against the unforgiving temperature and embraced the brisk mountain air. The summit, 3,898 feet, is the highest in Hamilton County and boasts a fire tower. A winter hike gives brave adventurers a unique chance to get spectacular views from the summit floor, eliminating the need of climbing the tower.

An artists’ book created by Associate Professor of Art Robert Knight and Visiting Assistant Professor of Literature Andrew Rippeon recently received a 2018 College Book Art Association (CBAA) Members’ Exhibition Award.

Michael Hosek ’19 presented a poster at the 17th Annual American Meteorological Society (AMS) Student Conference in Austin, Texas, on Jan. 7. the poster was was based on his internship with the National Weather Service.

The Chronicle of Higher Education pointed to the relationship between Professor of Sociology Daniel Chambliss and the book he co-authored, How College Works, as principal factors in changing Dennison University’s approach to cultivating mentorships.

HAVOC’s 20th Annual MLK Jr. Day of Service saw the largest turnout yet with just under 250 people coming out early on Jan. 20 to volunteer in Clinton, New Hartford, Utica, and Rome. HAVOC sent students to 28 sites ranging from organizational work for a city mural to spending time with the elderly to playing with kittens.