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In just over a year, Hamilton College's Trivia Night has exploded to become one of the largest weeknight attractions on campus. Every Tuesday at 8 p.m., dozens of teams, comprised of students and faculty members alike, arrive at the Little Pub to test their knowledge in the hopes of winning gift certificates to the Rio Grande Tex Mex Grill.

For Julie Sze, professor of American studies at the University of California-Davis, the fields of environmental justice and environmental humanities are inextricably tied. It's also important to remember, however, that there are many instances in which the two seem incompatible. Her lecture at Hamilton on March 2 explored the relationship between environmental justice and environmental humanities and their implications in the American sociopolitical structure.

Hamilton was represented by 26 students at Power Shift 2009, held Feb. 27-March 2, in Washington, D.C. The conference brought 10,000 young people to Washington to mobilize, network, learn, teach, make a statement, and lobby congress to make some real progress on global warming. Students met with members of Congress to discuss rebuilding our economy and reclaiming our future through bold climate and clean energy policy.

The inventor of one of the world's most effective anti-cancer drugs — who became fascinated with chemistry as a student at Hamilton — has, with his wife, donated $1 million to establish an endowed fund for chemistry research at the College.

Hamilton College ended up in seventh place out of 11 teams at the New England Small College Athletic Conference championships after the meet's third and final day at Wesleyan University's Wesleyan Natatorium on March 1.

Jacqueline Marra '10 is spending the spring of her junior year in Hamilton's Cooperative Education Program with the New England Center for Children. She recently described her activities as a participant in the program.

After the first period whistle blew, the Hamilton College Men's Ice Hockey Team dropped the rivalry with Middlebury College for a short 10 minute break when both teams, all coaches and all fans in attendance honored former Hamilton Ice Hockey Coach Phil Grady. After a 24 year career at Hamilton College, Phil Grady announced his retirement in 2008 after successfully winning his 300th career win and becoming the 17th Coach in NCAA Division III history to reach the milestone.

Ilana Carlin'09 gave a talk in the Emerson Gallery on her experience co-curating the exhibition The Art of Transformation: African Masks from the Collection of the Longyear Museum of Anthropology, Colgate University which is currently on view there.

Paul Belonick '02 has been named editor-in-chief of the Virginia Law Review, the journal of the University of Virginia Law School and one of the most cited law journals in the country. Belonick was a classical languages and history major at Hamilton and is a graduate student in history as well as a law student at UVA.

Hamilton College remained in seventh place out of 11 teams at the New England Small College Athletic Conference championships after the second day of competition at Wesleyan University's Wesleyan Natatorium on Feb. 28.