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Heidi M. Ravven, professor of religious studies, delivered an invited keynote plenary address at the Third International Multi-Conference on Complexity, Informatics and Cybernetics, held in Orlando, Fla., on March 25 - 28.  Her address was titled “'The I That Is We’: Rethinking Moral Agency in Terms of Nested Complex Adaptive Systems.”

Six students in Thomas Wilson’s seminar, Asian Temples in a Virtual World, travelled to Washington, D.C., from March 8-12 to visit museums in conjunction with their research projects. The trip featured a private viewing of 16 artifacts in the Smithsonian’s Freer and Sackler collections.

The second Hamilton College Wellness Fair or “Hamil-Health” will take place on Wednesday, April 4, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., in the Tolles Pavilion.  Comprised of more than 50 vendors and representatives from healthcare, fitness and nutrition organizations, this free, interactive and educational event will provide many opportunities to learn new strategies to enjoy a healthier, happier life.

Hamilton College President Joan Hinde Stewart announced today the appointment of Tracy Adler, former curator for the Hunter College Art Galleries in New York, as the inaugural director of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art.

When Mark Kasdorf ’06 graduated from Hamilton, he didn’t know the first thing about entrepreneurship—the jargon, the strategies, the possibilities. “It was a whole world that wasn’t visible to me,” he said. “I wanted to make the world visible to Hamilton students.” And in 2011, Kasdorf did just that. He organized the first Hamilton Pitch Competition, inviting students, alumni and friends to propose their ideas for new businesses to a panel of judges. On the weekend of March 30 to April 1, the second annual Pitch Competition took place in Kirner-Johnson’s Red Pit.

Laura Gilson ’12, a candidate for May graduation, has been awarded a Fulbright Teaching Assistantship to Indonesia.  A Dean’s List student, she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in February.  Gilson is an English literature major and art history minor at Hamilton.

Caitlin Livsey, a senior geosciences major, presented a poster at the 47th Geological Society of America, Northeast Section meeting held March 18-20 in Hartford, Conn.  

Alison Kiss, executive director of Security on Campus, Inc., will give a lecture, “Understanding Your Rights:  Campus Sexual Assault,” on Monday, April 2, at 4:10 p.m., in the Sadove Student Center Conference Room. Kiss’ presentation is the first in a series of events planned in recognition of Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

Mary Sisler, visiting assistant professor of Italian, presented a paper titled “Freedom and Imitation in Poggio Bracciolini’s Facetiae,” at the Renaissance Society of America Conference in Washington, D.C., on March 24. 

Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature Anjela Mescall presented a paper on March 17 at the Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA) annual convention in Rochester, N.Y. The paper, titled “The Goodness of Evil: Shekhinah, Lilith and Kabbalah in La Celestina,” was part of a session called “Representing Identity and Power in Medieval and Early Modern Spain.”