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Geosciences major Theresa Allinger ’11 recently traveled to Spain to sample corals collected from the Weddell Sea for geochemical analysis.

An article co-authored by Eugene Domack, the Joel W. Johnson Family Professor of Geosciences, has been published in a special issue of Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimtology, Palaeoecology (Palaeo3) .

“Shakespeare’s Dolphin, Dumbo’s Feather, and Other Red Herrings: Some Thoughts on Intention and Meaning,” by Professor of Comparative Literature Peter J. Rabinowitz, has been published in Style as part of a cluster of articles devoted to Shakespeare’s intentions.

The Hamilton College Hill Singers, directed by Professor G. Roberts Kolb, will lead a Christmas Service of Lessons and Carols on Sunday, Dec. 5, at 4 p.m., in the Hamilton College Chapel. Organ music and accompaniment will be provided by Professor of Music Sam Pellman. The service is free and open to the public.

Musical performances by the Hamilton College Jazz Ensemble and The College Chamber Ensembles will be featured this weekend.

Eugene Domack, the Joel W. Johnson Family Professor of Geosciences, has been named to the University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System (UNOLS) Polar Research Vessel Committee, which will plan the progress for a new Polar Research Vessel (PRV) for the U.S. Antarctic Program.

Associate Professor of History Chad Williams recently presented his work at several recent major national conferences. On Oct. 1 Williams chaired and participated in a roundtable discussion on “African Americans and World War I in History, Memory and Culture,” at the annual meeting of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History in Raleigh, N.C.

Award-winning author Marilyn Chin will read from her work on Thursday, Dec. 2, at 8 p.m., in the Fillius Events Barn. The reading is free and open to the public.

Hamilton Makes Art 2, an online and live auction of works of art by Kirkland and Hamilton College alumni, is currently under way. Half of all proceeds will benefit Hamilton’s Bicentennial Initiatives Arts Facilities Project which will fund the construction of a new museum, theatre and studio art facility.

Nine Hamilton College students have been selected as recipients of the Class of 1979 Student Travel Award. The award, established by the alumni of Hamilton's Class of 1979, offers financial assistance to certain outstanding Hamilton students who wish to pursue extensive research projects in different parts of the world.