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Professor of French Martine Guyot-Bender recently received a Camargo Foundation Fellowship for spring 2010 to work on a book on film documentaries. She will be spending her sabbatical leave at the Camargo Foundation, in Cassis, France, researching the link between the (stern) subjects of social French documentary and aesthetic choices, with an emphasis on ISKRA, an underground French film producing company started by Chris Marker in 1967. The Camargo Foundation was created by independent filmmaker Jerome Hill.

Hamilton College employees demonstrated their generosity with record-breaking total pledges to the Community Outreach Campaign. In 2009’s tough economy, 126 employees have pledged $60,075. That total includes $6,139 for the United Way as well as $11,430 in reported direct charitable contributions. Last year the campaign raised $51,217 and in 2007-08 the grand total was $45,342.

Sujitha Amalanayagam ’10 co-authored an article published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (12/09). The article is titled “Epinephrine treatments is infrequent and biphasic reactions are rare in food-induced reactions during oral food challenges in children.” Among the other co-authors is Hugh A. Sampson ’71, chief of the Division of Allergy & Immunology in the Department of Pediatrics, director of the Jaffe Food Allergy Institute, and dean of Translational Biomedical Science at The Mount Sinai Medical Center.

The Hamilton community’s sensitivity to its impact on the environment is reflected in several awards recently granted to the College by two national organizations. The College has been awarded LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold certification, established by the U.S. Green Building Council and verified by the Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI), for the renovated 40-year-old Kirner-Johnson (KJ) Building.

Eight students from the Recycling Task Force and the Cram & Scram crews collected reused items and food during exam week in the mini-scram campaign. About 90 pounds of food, clothing, bedding, shoes and coats, small appliances and furniture were donated. The food will be added to that being collected at the Physical Plant for the Clark's Mills Food Pantry. The appliances and furniture are headed to the Utica Salvation Army, along with the reuse sneakers from the Fitness Center and the Athletic department.

Visiting Associate Professor of Religious Studies S. Brent Rodriguez-Plate recently gave a public lecture at the Indianapolis Museum of Art. The topic was "Blasphemous Art," which stemmed from Plate's 2006 book Blasphemy: Art That Offends. From Danish cartoons to a chocolate Jesus, from a crucifix submerged in urine to Madonna's musical performances, the visual arts have provoked outrage, censorship, and even violence.

A paper by Professor of Physics Ann Silversmith and former Hamilton students Nguyen T.T. Nguyen '08 and Dan Campbell '08, has been published in the December 2009 issue of the Journal of Luminescence. The article, "Fluorescence yield in rare earth doped sol-gel silicate glasses," was also co-authored by Carlos Ortiz '08 and Dan Boye of Davidson College and Kurt Hoffman of Whitman College.

Director of Donor Relations Pam Havens presented a session at the 2009 International Conference of the Association of Donor Relations Professionals (ADRP) that took place in Baltimore, Dec. 7- 9 Havens’ session focused on steps that both new and seasoned professionals can take to help ensure the success and long-term vitality of their programs. She also received special recognition as ADRP’s outgoing vice president, having served in that capacity for the past five years.

AmeriCorps VISTA worker Jordan Davis along with Hamilton College Bonner Leaders Liam Ronan, Yoko O'Hara, Caroline Pantazis, Laura Gilson and Isabelle Van Hook made holiday cookies in Milbank for the Holiday Project. Bonner Leaders made 30 dozen cookies to be added to food boxes for families in the area during the holidays. Jordan Davis works as the Bonner Leader coordinator and outreach coordinator for a youth development project in the Levitt Center.

Associate Professor of Japanese Masaaki Kamiya published an article, “Negation, Quantifiers, and A-movement in Nominalization in Japanese,” in Linguistic Analysis 35: 43-70, Special Issue on Phase Edge Investigations.