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Hamilton College lost its opening New England Small College Athletic Conference match against host Colby College, 6-3, in Waterville, Maine, on April 4.

Hamilton College split a New England Small College Athletic Conference West Division doubleheader against visiting Amherst College at Royce Field on April 5.

Hamilton College lost its opening New England Small College Athletic Conference match against host Colby College, 6-3, in Waterville, Maine, on April 4.

People are rational, and they always make cold, calculating decisions to maximize their utility. That's the assumption that neoclassical economics makes, but it's exactly what Bank of New York Mellon Wealth Manager Delia Marshall challenged in a talk to NYC Program students on neuro-economics.

Jay Williams '54, the Walcott-Bartlett Professor of Religion, gave a gallery talk at the Barrett Gallery at Utica College in connection with his exhibit there on April 1. The exhibit features 19th century wood engravings by such notables as Alfred Waud, Thomas Nast, Sol Eytinge, Winslow Homer and Frederick Remington. The gallery is named after Edith Barrett, the wife of Edwin Barrettt, a long-standing professor of English at Hamilton.

Joyce M. Barry, visiting assistant professor of women's studies, presented her paper "Remembering the Past, Working for the Future: West Virginia Women fight for Economic Justice and Environmental Heritage in the Age of Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining" at the 32nd annual Appalachian Studies Association Conference on March 27-29.

Hamilton College scored six straight goals in the third quarter and the Continentals pulled away for an 11-3 Liberty League win against visiting Vassar College in wintry conditions at Campus Road Athletic Field on April 4.

Hamilton's program in Washington, D.C., allows students to connect their academic study of American politics and policy with the unique human resources of the nation's capital. On April 1, students had such an opportunity, when they met at Venable LLP with partners Stuart Ingis '93 and former Senator Birch Bayh.

Anomaly, an action/sci-fi/futuristic screenplay idea by Nicole Dietsche '09, was chosen as the winner of the Legendary Pictures Film Treatment Challenge after finalists pitched their screenplay ideas to a Legendary creative team on April 2 in the Fillius Events Barn. Dietsche is a creative writing major and a Senior Fellow at Hamilton.

Robin Kinnel, the Silas D. Childs Professor of Chemistry, presented a talk to the Savannah Section of the American Chemical Society titled "The Palau'amine Chronicles" at Armstrong Atlantic State University (AASU) on March 26. The talk reviewed the 30-year history of investigation of a widely distributed orange Pacific sponge called Stylotella with which Kinnel has been intimately involved.