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Janet Simons, associate director of instructional technology, and co-director of the Digital Humanities Initiative, was part of a panel on Collaboration in Digital Humanities at the National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education (NITLE) Symposium, April 16-17, in Arlington, Va.

Professor of Comparative Literature Peter J. Rabinowitz has co-authored Narrative Theory: Core Concepts and Critical Debates with James Phelan, David Herman, Brian Richardson and Robyn Warhol. In the book, published by Ohio State University Press, the authors examine each of the central concepts in current narrative theory from four perspectives: rhetorical (Rabinowitz and Phelan, writing together), feminist (Warhol), mind-oriented (Herman) and anti-mimetic (Richardson).

Hamilton hosted the 14th annual AIDS Hike for Life on April 29, and in a huge turnout, Mohawk Valley residents raised approximately $50,000 to support AIDS Community Resources in its efforts to prevent the spread of HIV and sexually transmitted diseases.

As the end of classes and final exams approach students had the chance to de-stress and relax with dogs and cats from the Rome Humane Society during “Paws to Relax” on April 27 in the Fillius Events Barn. Students could buy time to spend with the animals and money raised went to the Rome Humane Society. The event was sponsored by HAVOC and Active Minds.

Twenty Hamilton students have been named recipients of the 2012 Emerson Summer Grants. The students receive a stipend and spend the summer working collaboratively with a Hamilton faculty member, researching an area of interest.

Philip Maier ’12 co-authored a paper in the June, 2012, issue of the journal Civil Wars, published through the University of Birmingham. The forthcoming journal is a special issue – “Assessing the Capabilities of Regional and International Organizations in Civil Wars” – that examines the ability of various organizations to deal with internal conflicts, such as the African Union in Burundi and NATO in Afghanistan.

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has invited Visiting Assistant Professor of Critical Languages Mary Sisler to participate in a three-week summer institute titled  “Leonardo da Vinci: Between Art and Science.”

The Hamilton College Department of Music presents the Hamilton College Choir and the College and Community Masterworks Chorale and Orchestra in Brahms’ Requiem on Tuesday, May 1, at 8 p.m., in Wellin Hall.

Tamora Pierce, an author of young-adult fiction, will lecture at Hamilton College on Monday, April 30, at 7 p.m., in the Fillius Events Barn. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Barbara K. Gold, Edward North Professor of Classics, has published an article, "Patronage and the Elegists: Social Reality or Literary Construction?," in A Companion to Roman Love Elegy, ed. B.K. Gold.  Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.