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Hamilton College graduate Richard Skinner '92 has recently published an extensive article on political partisanship in the latest issue of Political Science Quarterly and is also basing a forthcoming book on the subject.  Skinner, a government major at Hamilton, was also involved in WHCL and the Spectator.

Eric Kuhn '09 published a story on Huffington Post titled "The 2008 Google Docs Campaign." In the article, he described how "Google Docs" - best described as a free Microsoft Office for the web - revolutionized the grassroots movement in political organizations.

The Hamilton College Choir will present its annual fully staged musical Feb. 6-8 in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center for the Performing Arts. Directed by G. Roberts Kolb and featuring members of the Hamilton College Choir, Gilbert and Sullivan's Utopia, Limited, or The Flowers of Progress, will be performed Friday and Saturday, Feb. 6 and 7, at 8 p.m., and Sunday, Feb. 8, at 2 p.m.

Two Hamilton students were among participants at a Media Scholarship in the Liberal Arts presentation at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass., on Feb. 2. Kira DesJardins '10 and Kelsey Rice '10 participated in panel discussions at the workshop with Professor of English Vincent Odamtten and Instructional Technologist Janet Simons. The session was developed by Simons and David Baird of Colgate University.

On February 4, students in the Semester in Washington Program visited the Newseum, a 250,000 square foot interactive museum of news. Students in Washington this semester are juniors Mia Cakebread, Katie Donlevie, Kenya Lee, Brandon Leibsohn, Wenxi Li, Kye Lippold, Michael London, Sanjana Nafday, Eric Nehs, Stephen Okin, Charlotte Olcay, Chris Risi, Charles Ruff and Charles Warzel, and sophomores Colleen Callaghan and Emily Gerston.

Patton Boggs LLP has announced the addition of Daniel R. Murdock '59 as a partner to its New York office.

Patton Boggs LLP has announced the addition of Daniel R. Murdock '59 as a partner to its New York office.

Dean of Admission and Financial Aid Monica Inzer discussed Hamilton's proactive response to the economic challenges affecting the families of some students attending the College in a Wall Street Journal article, "Families Appeal to Colleges for Extra Aid," published on Feb. 5.

Tim Minella '09, a double major in government and physics, has been honored with the Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Student Award by the American Astronomical Society (AAS). These awards are given to recognize exemplary research by undergraduate and graduate students who present at one of the poster sessions at the meetings of the American Astronomical Society. Minella presented results of his research at the 213th meeting of the American Astronomical Society in Long Beach, Calif., in January. The awardees receive a Chambliss medal and a certificate.

Hamilton College women's track and field athlete Akilah Bond '09 (Amherst, Mass./Amherst Regional HS) has been selected an Eastern College Athletic Conference Division III co-Field Athlete of the Week.