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Ipsita Bhatia '11 was named Hamilton's twentieth GOLD Scholar. In the age of multi-million dollar gifts many young alumni have asked, "How does my $25, $75 or $250 gift matter when the financial needs of Hamilton College are so great?" This question is answered by the GOLD Scholars Program.

It's hard to imagine that a single human being occupies an enormous number of social spheres. Typically, a person who is relatively humble will feel that he assumes only a few roles in his immediate community. The degree to which a person can identify and differentiate his numerous roles and traits is called self-complexity. Brian Milstone '10 and Caroline Pierce '10 predict that low self-complexity yields low self-esteem, and could lead to a greater likelihood of depression. 

As the originator of the Hamilton-Colgate Challenge, Director of the Annual Fund Jon Hysell '72 discussed the successful initiative with The Chronicle of Philanthropy in the publication's July 18 issue.

Herban Living – an organic, community-based farm located in Temple, N.H. – is not like stereotypical farms in books or movies. Yes, it raises cows and pigs. But the community also lavishly celebrates the solstices.

Assistant Professor of Anthropology Haeng-ja Chung was invited to be a discussant of the panel "Representing Women and the Memory of Imperial Rule" at the First Congress of the Asian Association of World Historians at Osaka University in May.

Recent Hamilton graduate Eric Kuhn took part in a discussion of the value of social networks in hunting for a job on a June 1 WNBC-TV (New York City) morning broadcast on "Today in New York." Kuhn is also one of four 2009 college graduates featured on the professional social networking site LinkedIn in a YouTube video that instructs students on how to effectively market themselves online.

Judy Owens-Manley, director of the Bonner Leaders Program and Levitt Center associate director of community research; Jordan Fischetti '08 and Stephanie Wolter '07, both Hamilton graduates and AmeriCorps VISTA Service-Learning Coordinators at Hamilton; and Stefanie Russell '12, a Bonner Leader and Bonner Congress Representative presented two workshops at the Bonner Summer Leadership Institute on June 3-6.

Maurice Isserman, the James L. Ferguson Professor of History, penned an in-depth review of Che's Afterlife: The Legacy of an Image by Michael Casey in the June 10 issue of The Nation. In the article, titled "Afterimages," Isserman examines the life of Ernesto "Che" Guevara, the "Argentine-born Cuban revolutionary comandante turned itinerant guerrilla" and Casey's analysis of "the head-and-shoulders portrait of a bearded, longhaired, 31-year-old Che, wearing a bomber jacket and his trademark beret emblazoned with the comandante star."

Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry Bradley M. Wile and recent Hamilton graduate Kathryn Manning '09 presented their research at the 92nd Canadian Society for Chemistry Conference and Exhibition held May 30-June 3 in Hamilton, Ontario. Manning's poster titled "The Synthesis and Characterization of a Phosphine(Imino)Pyridine Ligand and the Related Transition Metal Complexes" focused on research conducted throughout the 2008-09 academic year as a part of her senior thesis project.

Matthew Mancini '10 believes in living for work, rather than working for a living. He says he learned the hard way that when it comes to choosing a career, voracious passion and bread-winning should not be at odds with each other. Although it may sound cliché, Mancini knows that doing what he loves to do is his best option.