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Caroline Miller '09 has returned home this summer, and taken her academic interests with her. The rising senior from Wayzata, Minn. is pursuing two internships based in St. Paul, one with the archaeological department of the Minnesota Historical Society (MHS), and the other as a historical research intern for the Northwoods Initiative at the Trust for Public Land (TPL).

Eric Scott Kaplan '04 and Matt Innes '05, former Hamilton lacrosse teammates and roommates will be riding on July 26 in the Connecticut Challenge: "Cycling for Cancer Survivors."  Their route will take them all over Connecticut, completing a 100 mile circuit.

As a creative writing major at Hamilton, Laurel Symonds '10 (Harwinton, Conn.) is always working with manuscripts, but this summer is special. Symonds is an editorial intern in the children's books department of Bloomsbury USA, a small publishing house in New York City. She reads solicited manuscripts (those the company has received from literary agents) and decides whether she thinks they are worth publishing.

A. Barrett Seaman '67 was presented with the Research Society on Alcoholism (RSA) 2008 Journalism Award on July 2, for his contribution to the field of alcohol research through his book Binge: Campus Life in an Age of Disconnection and Excess (John Wiley & sons, 2005)

Walcott-Bartlett Professor of Religious Studies Jay G. Williams has published a book titled "Religion: What it has been and what it is" (Publishing Synthesis). The work, both historical and theoretical, offers an interpretation of the history of religions for both the beginning student and the scholar of religions. It is available through Amazon.com.

Thomas Acampora '05, a social studies teacher at Baltimore Talent Development High School in Baltimore City, won Maryland's History Teacher of the Year award, presented by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and Preserve America, based in New York. He will receive a $1,000 honorarium and compete for the national award this fall. The school's library also will be given an archive of history books and other materials from the institute.

Stephanie Anglin '10 (Endicott, N.Y.) and Jessica Ruddiman '09 (Chesterfield, N.J.) are working this summer with Associate Professor of Psychology Jennifer Borton on a research project aimed at understanding the adverse effects of suppressing negative self-referent thoughts, such as thoughts about oneself. They hypothesize that people who suppress thoughts about a self-relevant stigma will be less confident and dominant in their interactions with others than will those who do not.

Every year, members of the Hamilton community run the now famous 15K Boilermaker in Utica. If you will be running the Boilermaker, please join students, alumni, faculty, employees and their families for a Hamilton group photo at 10:20-10:25 a.m. at the Polish Community Center. Look for the Hamilton College banner!

As the European Union becomes ever more of a cohesive political entity, its place in the arena of international affairs is a matter of increasing interest in the U.S. "The formation of an increasingly powerful Union resonates in the American mind," says Zachary Cohen '09, a politics major from Brooklyn, N.Y., recalling images of "the last world power, the Soviet Union." Since America has recently enjoyed a role as the world's only superpower, Cohen says, it is important to study the nation's evolving view of the European Union.

Typing "moveForward, turnLeft (.25, .5)" Jesse Stromwick '09 commanded Om the robot to run into my foot as I opened the door to the Ferry Building. I thought I was going for the regular everyday interview of a student but instead I ended up talking to a robot. Jesse introduced me to Om after the robot ran over my foot and then Om introduced himself by saying, "what's up gangsta?"