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Nathan Goodale, visiting instructor in anthropology, published two chapters in Systèmes Techniques et Communautés du Néolithique Précéramique au Proche-Orient edited by Laurence Astruc, Didier Binder and François Briois. The chapters titled "Lithic Technology of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A and Late Natufian Occupations of 'Iraq ed-Dubb, Jordan," co-authored with Ian Kuijt, and "Chipped Stone Variability: An Overview of the PPNA Lithic Assemblage from Dhra', Jordan," coauthored with Ian Kuijt and Bill Finlayson, are representative of Goodale's research in the Near East on the origins of agriculture over the past seven years. The edited volume stems from the 2003 5th International Pre-Pottery Neolithic Lithic Workshop in Fréjus, France.

An article by Assistant Professor of Psychology Tara McKee was published in the May issue of the Journal of Attention Disorders which was a special issue focused on ADHD in adults. The paper was titled "Comparison of a Norm-Based Versus Criterion-Based Approach to Measuring ADHD Symptomatology in College Students." McKee studied self-reported ADHD symptomatology in college students using the College ADHD Response Evaluation.

Joyce M. Barry, environmental studies lecturer, has published an essay in the inaugural issue (Spring 2008) of Environmental Justice. Barry's article, "A Small Group of Thoughtful, Committed Citizens: Women's Activism, Environmental Justice, and the Coal River Mountain Watch" examines the environmental justice efforts of the Coal River Mountain Watch (CRMW) in Whitesville, West Virginia.

Professor of Geosciences Barbara Tewksbury delivered the commencement address at Virginia Tech's Department of Geosciences graduation ceremony on May 10. The title of her address was "Insights from Apollo for Teaching and Learning Geoscience in the 21st Century." 

Will Caffry '09 has been awarded a Sigma Xi grant-in-aid of research in the amount of $496 to travel to Oregon this summer to conduct research on lizards with former Hamilton Biology Professor Pete Zani. Both Caffry and Lizzy Finan '08 conducted this research last year, as did Jon Milgrom '08 in 2006. Caffry independently applied for a grant. He will join Zani in Oregon on May 20 for five weeks to conduct research on the behavioral ecology of lizards.

Hamilton College is participating in the International Polar Year (IPY) via Larsen Ice Shelf System – Antarctica (LARISSA), a National Science Foundation (NSF) funded and Hamilton College supported initiative. The program has been launched and has established a Web presence. LARISSA brings an international, interdisciplinary team together to address a significant regional problem with global change implications.

Students in the New York City Program recently visited the United Nations where they had a tour and lunch in the delegates lounge as part of a final student project/presentation. Students in the program this semester are Marketa Crandle '10, Nick Eugenio '09, Sofia Guerron '10, Gillian Hawley '09, Robin Joseph '09, Harry Jung '10, Meredith Kennedy '09, Carlyle McWilliams '09, Sarah Moore '09, Ed Odre '09, Travis Talmadge '09, Rita Tran '09, Lyndra Vassar '09 and Xiaolu Xu '10. Vivyan C. Adair, the Elihu Root Peace Fund Professor of Women's Studies, is director of this semester's program, Globalization: The City as Text.

Five members of the Hamilton faculty were recognized for their research and creative successes through a new series of awards presented at the 2008 Class & Charter Day on May 9. The Dean’s Scholarly Achievement Awards were instituted in three categories this year by Dean of Faculty Joe Urgo. Derek Jones, the Irma M. and Robert D. Morris Professor of Economics, received the Career Achievement Award; Associate Professor of Mathematics Debra Boutin was awarded Early Career Achievement; and Assistant Professor of Sociology Stephen Ellingson, Associate Professor of English Naomi Guttman and Associate Professor of History Lisa Trivedi all received the Notable Year Achievement awards.

Academic achievement prizes, prize scholarships and other recognition of student accomplishments were awarded at Hamilton's 58th annual Class & Charter Day convocation on Friday, May 9, in the Chapel. Among the top prizes, Casey Green '09 won the Milton F. Fillius Jr./Joseph Drown Prize Scholarship and Marco Allodi '08 was awarded the James Soper Merrill Prize.

Hamilton College's highest awards for teaching were presented on May 9 to five faculty members. Professor of Biology Ernest Williams Jr. received the Christian A. Johnson Professorship; Associate Professor of Physics Brian Collett was awarded the Samuel & Helen Lang Prize for Excellence in Teaching; Associate Professor of English Catherine Gunther Kodat received the Class of 1963 Excellence in Teaching Award; Assistant Professor of Anthropology Haeng-Ja Chung was honored with the John R. Hatch Excellence in Teaching Award; and Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology Mark Oakes received the Sidney Wertimer Award.