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Jim Helmer, Oral Communication Lab coordinator, gave a presentation at the National Association of Communication Centers conference April 18-19 at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs. In his talk, titled "The Canons Reloaded: the Seven Cardinal Virtues of Oral Presentation," Helmer described his work on creating a set of posters aimed at teaching fundamental oral presentation concepts and skills to support Hamilton's goal of communication excellence across the curriculum.

A group of 12 Classics students and faculty traveled to Saratoga Springs on Friday, April 17, for the third annual session of Parilia, an undergraduate research conference organized by faculty from Colgate, Hamilton, Skidmore and Union.

Professor of Chinese Hong Gang Jin has been awarded a four-year $994,700 grant from the Department of Education's Fulbright Hayes Group Projects Abroad program. The proposed project, The ACC Intensive Language Training Program for Students and Language Professionals, has three components. It will create 12 new full-year scholarships, enabling more students to join the ACC's existing advanced language and culture study aboard program; provide four new fellowships for ACC's post-study abroad field studies program; and establish a new summer Chinese language teachers' institute for 10 K-12 teachers.

Helen Epstein, an independent consultant and writer specializing in public health in developing countries, gave a lecture titled "The Invisible Cure, the West and the Fight against AIDS," on Monday, April 21. Epstein discussed her own views on the causes of the AIDS epidemic on the African continent as well as possible steps that can be taken to reduce the rate of infection in these countries. 

The Nominations Committee of the Alumni Council invites recommendations for the 2009 Distinguished Service Award. Presented by the council on behalf of the Alumni Association, the award recognizes an employee who has substantially contributed to Hamilton through distinguished job performance and through involvement in student, alumni, or other activities in the College community. At the time of selection, the recipient must be an active member of Hamilton's faculty, administration, staff, or maintenance and operations.

This year Hamilton students are being offered front-row seats for an exceptional opportunity in Hollywood. In the Legendary Pictures Film Treatment Challenge, students can extend their ideas from the classroom to the big screen through the creation of an original film treatment. This unique opportunity will allow student film treatments to possibly be reviewed by the team that helped create Superman Returns, Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. Sponsored by Legendary Pictures founder, chairman and CEO, Thomas Tull '92, the competition is exclusively open to Hamilton students and will be conducted throughout the 2008-09 academic year

Survivors of the genocide in Western Sudan's Darfur region will come to Hamilton as part of a national speaking tour called "Voices of Darfur" on Wednesday, April 23, at 7 p.m. in the Hamilton College Chapel. It is free and open to the public. 

In celebration of Earth Day, Hamilton College food service provider Bon Appétit is declaring April 22 Low Carbon Diet Day for lunch. Commons and McEwen, the college's dining halls, will serve lunch foods that help illustrate key principles of how food production and consumption can help reduce climate change.  Bon Appétit general manager Pat Raynard explained, "it's more about removing foods from the menu and making substitutions than using certain foods. Our challenge is to make students understand what we're doing for one meal on this day and how our food choices can have a great impact on the environment."

Work on Hamilton's community farm garden got underway on April 18, as volunteers turned out to remove rocks from the ground. The Hamilton Farm Garden, located east of the Ferguson House parking lot, hopes to offer a place for all community members to garden. For more information, details on donations, or to get involved please contact: garden@hamilton.edu

Aishwarya Lakshmi, assistant professor of English, presented a paper at the  Midwest Victorian Studies Conference in Chicago, April 18-20. The conference was on the theme of "Unexplored Empire," and Lakshmi's paper was titled "Colonial Aesthetics: The Worlding of the Event of 1857," in which she explored how the Indian Revolt of 1857 was made part of British aesthetic discourse.