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Professor of French and Francophone Studies Cheryl Morgan presented a paper at the 43rd Annual Nineteenth-Century French Studies Colloquium, held at the University of Virginia in November.

Petra Elfström ’18 and Emily Hull ’18 have been awarded Class of 1979 Travel grants to attend the Society for American Archaeology (SAA) meeting in Washington, D.C. in April, 2018. They will present posters about research conducted at Slocan Narrows Pithouse Village in British Columbia, Canada, during past summers in Associate Professor of Anthropology Nathan Goodale’s six-week archaeology field school course.

Professor of Literature and Creative Writing Naomi Guttman recently participated in a group reading to celebrate 25 years of the Bright Hill Poetry Reading series.

Following the screening of Strong Island to a full house as part of his F.I.L.M. series, Professor of Art History Scott MacDonald had the opportunity to interview the film’s director and Hamilton alumnus Yance Ford ’94.

Professor of Physics Emeritus Philip Pearle published a commentary paper about The Feynman Lectures on Physics in the journal Quantum Studies, Mathematics and Foundations.

The Outing Club began the semester with a flurry of activity from by engaged leaders and eager participants. The activity did not let up as the leaves began to change and the semester lumbered on. There were canoeing competitions, rock climbing competitions and trips, overnights, and day trips along with two leader training weekends led by experienced officers of the Outing Club.

Five Hamilton juniors have been awarded Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships for study abroad during the spring 2018 semester. Recipients are Mariani German, Byung Yo (Taylor) Kim, Emily Lei, Christina Plakas, and Emily Yong.

Professor of Music Lydia Hamessley presented a paper titled “Elizabethan Traces in Appalachia? How Critics (Mis)Understand Dolly Parton’s Songs and Voice,” at the national meeting of the American Musicological Society (AMS).

Associate Professor of Africana Studies Nigel Westmaas was a guest on WRFG Radio Atlanta on December 9 as a guest discussant on developments and challenges in the Caribbean in 2017.