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Nathan Fedrizzi ’10 has been awarded the College’s prestigious Bristol Fellowship. The Bristol Fellowship was begun in 1996 as part of a gift to Hamilton College by William M. Bristol Jr., (Class of 1917). The purpose of the fellowship is to perpetuate Mr. Bristol’s spirit and share it with students of the College that was such an important part of his life. Created by his family, the fellowship is designed to encourage Hamilton students to experience the richness of the world by living outside the United States for one year and studying an area of great personal interest.

The Hamilton College Theatre Department will present an update of Henrik Ibsen’s landmark 1879 drama A Doll's House in eight performances in April. Directed by Hamilton Professor of Theatre Craig Latrell, the show will be staged Thursday, April 15 - Saturday, April 17, and Wednesday, April 21 - Saturday, April 24, at 8 p.m. There will be a matinee performance on Saturday, April 17, at 2 p.m. All performances are in Minor Theater.

The Centre d'Etude de la Langue et de la Littérature Françaises des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles at the Université Paris-Sorbonne Paris IV has named Professor of French John C. O'Neal a research associate in its center for 17th- and 18th-century studies. While on leave from Hamilton, O'Neal is working out of this research center. This is the second time he has been associated with the center, having first worked as a research associate there in 2004.

Associate Professor of Japanese Kyoko Omori presented a paper titled “The Benshi as a Modernist: Tokugawa Musei and Psychological Films of the Early Twentieth Century” at the 50th annual meeting of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies in Los Angeles in March.

Associate Director of Institutional Technology and Co-Director of the Digital Humanities Initiative Janet Simons presented a paper at the National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education (NITLE) Summit on March 26, in New Orleans.

Taylor Adams ’11 and Deborah Barany ’11 have been named Barry M. Goldwater Scholars for the 2010-11 academic year. They are among 278 scholars from across the U.S. to receive the Goldwater, the premier national undergraduate award in the fields of mathematics, the natural sciences and engineering. Kevin Graepel ’11 received honorable mention.

“Impact of the Fifth Largest Earthquake in History on a Developed Latin American Country: the February 2010 Concepción ‘Teremoto,’” Domack’s lecture on Thursday, April 8, presented a summary of his experiences in this volunteer mission and an overview of the regional geology of the area and the devastation wrought by the earthquake, aftershocks and tsunamis.

Associate Professor of Art History Stephen J. Goldberg published a chapter titled “Philosophical Reflection and Visual Art in Traditional China” in Asian Texts--Asian Contexts: Encounters with Asian Philosophies and Religions, edited by David Jones and E.R. Klein (SUNY Press, 2010).

Marianne Janack, the Sidney Wertimer Associate Professor of Philosophy, has published a book, Feminist Interpretations of Rorty (Penn State University Press). It is part of a series, “Re-reading the Canon,” which is dedicated to feminist history of philosophy.

Hamilton’s Mock Trial team placed 12th (out of 24) at its Opening Round Championship Series competition held March 13-14 at Pace Law School. Competing on Hamilton’s team were Dorian Bakogiannis ’10, Liz Farrington ’10, Noah Bishop ’11, Julia Goldstein ’12, Beth O’Meara ’12, Tyler Roberts ’12, Alex Rued ’12, Ian Thresher ’12, Libby Gutschenritter ’13 and Marta Johnson ’13.