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A panel discussion on Darfur will take place on Monday, April 30, at 7:30 p.m. in the Chapel. The panel will feature Professor of Government Steve Orvis, Ambassador Edward Walker ‘62 and John Stewart Professor of Philosophy Richard Werner. The panel was organized by students in Werner’s theory and practice of non-violence class.

In confirmation of Hamilton College’s commitment to maintaining and developing policies that are environmentally sound, President Joan Hinde Stewart signed the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment on Thursday, April 26, prior to former Vice President Al Gore’s arrival on campus. Gore is the Sacerdote Great Names Series speaker at the college’s Margaret Bundy Scott Field House on Thursday at 7:30 p.m.

A few days after the celebration of Earth Day and on the eve of former Vice President Gore's visit to campus, seven Hamilton College students and a Hamilton professor joined Utica Mayor Timothy Julian at a signing of the U.S. Mayors' Climate Protection Agreement (PDF).  The event took place on Thursday, April 26, at 11 a.m. at the Utica City Hall. The agreement was sent by students and faculty to Mayor Julian along with their commitment to assist in addressing environmental issues.

Greg Hartt '08, Tim Evans '05, co-director of the Center for Molecular Design Karl Kirschner and Winslow Professor of Chemistry George Shields published an article titled "In Search of CS2(H2O)n=1-4 Clusters" in the April 21 issue of Journal of Chemical Physics. The research has potential impact for understanding the uncertainties in global warming.

Nine students who spent this semester volunteering with refugees in nearby Utica, N.Y., and learning about the refugee resettlement process in the United States gave a presentation on April 25 sharing what they have learned about the experience. The students of Government 202, “Immigrants and Refugees in the U.S.,” spoke about the process by which refugees come to be resettled in the U.S. and the challenges they face in adapting to their new home. They also told the personal stories of refugees they came to meet through their volunteer work with Project SHINE (Students Helping in the Naturalization of Elders) in Utica.

Associate Professor of English Naomi Guttman is participating in Blue Metropolis, an international literary festival, April 23-27 in Montreal, Quebec.  She will take part in a Soiree de poesie, a Translation Slam, and will be giving an all-day poetry-writing workshop called, "Lyric Yoga."

Six Hamilton students presented papers at the annual Hudson River Undergraduate Mathematics Conference, held April 21 at Siena College.

The Megachurch and the Mainline: Cultural Innovation, Change, and Conflict in Mainline Protestant Congregations, a book written by Assistant Professor of Sociology Stephen Ellingson, will be in book stores on May 1. This examination of a religion in flux—one that speaks to the growing popularity of evangelicalism in America and to the broader pathways of religious change is published by the University of Chicago Press.

Associate Professor of English Steven Yao presented a paper titled "From the Language of Race to the Poetics of Ethnicity in the Rise of Asian American Verse," on April 22, at the annual conference for the American Comparative Literature Association, which was held in Puebla, Mexico. Yao is also a member of the advisory board for the organization, and currently the only member representing a liberal arts college.

Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature Melek Ortabasi presented a paper titled "Indexing the Past: Visual Language and Translatability in Kon Satoshi's Millennium Actress" at Kinema Club Conference VIII, the annual film conference for Japanese film studies on April 23. In the paper, Ortabasi questioned existing subtitling conventions, which have remained largely unchanged over the past 70 years. Using Kon's innovative animated film, Ortabasi proposed that audiovisual translation techniques should adapt to new technologies and changing viewing habits. The conference was held in Frankfurt, Germany, this year, in conjunction with the Nippon Connection film festival.