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Eight Hamilton students along with Director of Outdoor Leadership Andrew Jillings and Assistant Director of Outdoor Leadership Sarah Weis are spending part of the winter break on a Hamilton Outing Club (HOC) trip to Ecuador. The trip began in Quito on Dec. 27 and will end on Jan. 17. Student participants are Taylor Adams '11, Nick Costantino '12, Jane Cowles '10, Dave Goldberg '11, Nick Green '12, Callie Krumholz '10, Lars Margolis '09 and Jeff Seymour '09.

Chelsea Stone '10 was named Hamilton's sixteenth 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.

The Hamilton College Town-Gown Fund Committee has awarded nine grants totaling $44,720 to local educational, public safety and other community organizations in the Town of Kirkland. The money distributed represents a record for the Town-Gown Fund, which has invested more than $236,000 in the local community over the past eight years.

Eric Kuhn '09 wrote a column for The Huffington Post on Jan. 5 in which he interviewed Ali Velshi, CNN's chief business correspondent and host of CNN's weekend business roundtable program Your $$$$$. In the article, "CNN's Ali Velshi on Getting Your Money Back" Kuhn questioned Velshi about his new book Gimme My Money Back.

Associate Professor of Economics Ann Owen presented "Grades, gender, and encouragement: A regression discontinuity analysis" at the American Economic Association meetings in San Francisco on January 4. In this paper, Owen found evidence that female students who receive an "A" for a final grade in an introductory economics class have a meaningfully higher probability of majoring in economics.

Hamilton College swimmers recorded one event victory in the visiting Continentals' 159-104 dual meet loss against Amherst College at Pratt Pool on Jan. 3.

Hamilton College swimmers recorded two event victories in the visiting Continentals' 165-116 dual meet loss against Amherst College at Pratt Pool on Jan. 3.

The inventor of one of the world's most effective cancer drugs who became fascinated with chemistry as a student at Hamilton has, with his wife, donated $1 million to establish an endowed fund for chemistry research at the College. Edward C. Taylor '46 and his wife Virginia have established The Edward and Virginia Taylor Fund for Student/Faculty Research in Chemistry, a $1 million fund to inspire students interested in chemical research and to facilitate their work with outstanding faculty.

Douglas Raybeck, professor of anthropology emeritus, was interviewed for a Syracuse Post-Standard article about people's desire to attend historical events (12/28/08). He explained why millions will likely visit Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20 to attend Barack Obama's inauguration as president. "It's very much a human phenomenon to be part of something larger than oneself, to experience the emotion of group accord," Raybeck noted.

Hamilton College women's soccer player Erica Dressler '09 (Farmington, Conn./Miss Porters School) has been selected to the 2008 NSCAA/adidas Collegiate Scholar All-America Team by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.