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Alumnus Jon Bellona '03, in honor of his Hamilton roommate Michael Cleary '03 and all of the soldiers who have lost their lives in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom, has organized a memorial cross-country relay beginning at Fort Irwin, Calif., and finishing at Arlington National Cemetery. The relay team, comprised primarily of Hamilton alumni, will plant a flag with the name of a fallen soldier at each mile on the 4,000-mile route.

Nathan Goodale, visiting instructor in anthropology, published two chapters in Systèmes Techniques et Communautés du Néolithique Précéramique au Proche-Orient edited by Laurence Astruc, Didier Binder and François Briois. The chapters titled "Lithic Technology of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A and Late Natufian Occupations of 'Iraq ed-Dubb, Jordan," co-authored with Ian Kuijt, and "Chipped Stone Variability: An Overview of the PPNA Lithic Assemblage from Dhra', Jordan," coauthored with Ian Kuijt and Bill Finlayson, are representative of Goodale's research in the Near East on the origins of agriculture over the past seven years. The edited volume stems from the 2003 5th International Pre-Pottery Neolithic Lithic Workshop in Fréjus, France.

Scott MacDonald's interview with Peter Hutton was the lead feature article in the most recent issue of Esopus, a twice-yearly arts magazine featuring perspectives on contemporary culture from a wide range of creative professionals. The article introduced a photo-essay version of Hutton's film At Sea, which was shown at this semester's Nature/Place/Cinema symposium sponsored by Hamilton with Colgate University.

An article by Assistant Professor of Psychology Tara McKee was published in the May issue of the Journal of Attention Disorders which was a special issue focused on ADHD in adults. The paper was titled "Comparison of a Norm-Based Versus Criterion-Based Approach to Measuring ADHD Symptomatology in College Students." McKee studied self-reported ADHD symptomatology in college students using the College ADHD Response Evaluation.

Joyce M. Barry, environmental studies lecturer, has published an essay in the inaugural issue (Spring 2008) of Environmental Justice. Barry's article, "A Small Group of Thoughtful, Committed Citizens: Women's Activism, Environmental Justice, and the Coal River Mountain Watch" examines the environmental justice efforts of the Coal River Mountain Watch (CRMW) in Whitesville, West Virginia.

Professor of Geosciences Barbara Tewksbury delivered the commencement address at Virginia Tech's Department of Geosciences graduation ceremony on May 10. The title of her address was "Insights from Apollo for Teaching and Learning Geoscience in the 21st Century." 

Will Caffry '09 has been awarded a Sigma Xi grant-in-aid of research in the amount of $496 to travel to Oregon this summer to conduct research on lizards with former Hamilton Biology Professor Pete Zani. Both Caffry and Lizzy Finan '08 conducted this research last year, as did Jon Milgrom '08 in 2006. Caffry independently applied for a grant. He will join Zani in Oregon on May 20 for five weeks to conduct research on the behavioral ecology of lizards.

Students in the New York City Program recently visited the United Nations where they had a tour and lunch in the delegates lounge as part of a final student project/presentation. Students in the program this semester are Marketa Crandle '10, Nick Eugenio '09, Sofia Guerron '10, Gillian Hawley '09, Robin Joseph '09, Harry Jung '10, Meredith Kennedy '09, Carlyle McWilliams '09, Sarah Moore '09, Ed Odre '09, Travis Talmadge '09, Rita Tran '09, Lyndra Vassar '09 and Xiaolu Xu '10. Vivyan C. Adair, the Elihu Root Peace Fund Professor of Women's Studies, is director of this semester's program, Globalization: The City as Text.

Hamilton College is participating in the International Polar Year (IPY) via Larsen Ice Shelf System – Antarctica (LARISSA), a National Science Foundation (NSF) funded and Hamilton College supported initiative. The program has been launched and has established a Web presence. LARISSA brings an international, interdisciplinary team together to address a significant regional problem with global change implications.

The drawing, painting, photography and printmaking of 14 locally based artists including Visiting Instructor of Art Sylvia de Swaan will be featured in an exhibition titled "Open Focus" at the Kirkland Art Center in Clinton. The opening reception will be held on Sunday, May 11, from 3 to 5 p.m. The exhibition runs through June 4. Other artists in the exhibition include several Pratt at Munson-Williams-Proctor professors.