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Hamilton College Academic Year in Spain (HCAYS) students visited the island of Mallorca on Feb. 19-21. The island has become known in recent years as a prominent tourist destination, though human history on the island goes back as far as the Paleolithic period (6000 to 4000 B.C.).

The Hamilton College Performing Arts Series presents Step Afrika! on Saturday, Feb. 27, at 7:30 p.m., in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center. 

, the Winslow Professor of Classics, presented a lecture titled “From Mythology to Star Wars” at Sierra Nevada College in Lake Tahoe, Nev., then traveled to Albuquerque to discuss “Frankenstein, Aristotle, and the Wisdom of Lucretius” at the Southwest Popular/American Culture Association conference.

The work of Katharine Kuharic, the Kevin W. Kennedy Professor of Art, is featured in an exhibition at CB1 Gallery in Los Angeles. Tight Ass: Labor Intensive Drawing and Realism opens on Saturday, Feb. 27, with a reception from 3-6 p.m. The exhibition runs through April 9.

 Hamilton Microfinance (HMF) hosted its 3rd Annual Valentine’s Date Auction on Feb. 11 and again raised more than $1000. The organization continues to utilize events such as this to grow its funds for issuing small business loans to local entrepreneurs as well as raise awareness about microfinance.

Assistant Professor of Philosophy Russell Marcus was the co-author of An Historical Introduction to the Philosophy of Mathematics, published this month by Bloomsbury. The book covers work from the Presocratics to the present.

Five Hamilton students travelled to Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire on Feb. 20 to attend the 43rd annual Northeast Regional Latino Medical Student Association Conference. Tatenda Chakoma ’18, Daniela Gonzalez ’19, Emma Weller ’19, Alex Kaplan ’16 and Bryan Ferguson ’17 attended the conference which was focused on addressing the healthcare needs of the Hispanic/Latino community.

Former U.S. Ambassador Prudence Bushnell led a workshop focused on helping women discover their leadership skills and learn strategies on how to be heard on Feb. 20. Sponsored by the Dean of Faculty's Office, this was an opportunity for female students, faculty members, and community partners to learn from Bushnell's rich experiences as a diplomat, leader and educator.

Dan Chambliss, the Eugene M. Tobin Distinguished Professor of Sociology, presented “How College Works - and How to Make It Work Better” on Feb. 19 at Lewis & Clark College. He discussed what colleges can do to work better and improve student success.

Jazz critic, author and broadcast journalist Greg Thomas ’85 returned to campus on Feb. 18 to present  “Albert Murray and the Blues Idiom Worldview.” The event was in celebration of Black History Month and the 100th birthday of author and jazz critic Albert Murray.