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Visiting Associate Professor of Religious Studies S. Brent Plate discussed the disappearance of churches in Upstate New York and across the nation with alumnus David Chanatry ’80 during Chanatry’s report, “Another Church Shuttered In MohawkValley,” broadcast on public radio station WAMC on Feb. 12. Plate was quoted earlier this week in a Washington Times article titled “Hollywood films a testament to renewed interest in Bible stories.”

Glossophobia, the fear of public speaking, affects approximately three-quarters of the population1.  Nevertheless, the Oral Communication Center’s eighth annual Public Speaking Competition draws students from all class years, disciplines and extracurriculars. Even if you aren’t glossophobic, you might still get a little nervous before speaking to crowds. Some of Hamilton’s former winners and current participants generously reveal their tactics and motivations for competing.

The Hamilton College Performing Arts presents the Boston Camerata in Douce Beauté: French Airs and Dances, 1590-1640 on Saturday, Feb. 15, at 7:30 p.m., in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts.

Students in the Hamilton College Program in Washington, D.C., recently got acquainted with Hamilton alumni at a “Welcome to the City” event hosted by the Washington, D.C., Alumni Association.

George Taliaferro’s journey with jazz started in his hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio, continued on the Hill, and has led him to the National Jazz Museum in Harlem. A participant in Hamilton’s New York City Program this semester, Taliaferro ’15 builds upon his interests as an intern for the renowned organization. Taliaferro’s internship with the National Jazz Museum continues the strong legacy of jazz connections to the College.

Always a highlight of FebFest, the Mr. Hamilton competition attracted a large crowd to the Annex on Feb. 10.  Mr. Co-op, Kyle Thomas Burnham ’15, was crowned Mr. Hamilton from a field of 10 contestants.  Nearly $1000 was raised at the event to benefit Alternative Spring Break.

Hamilton College men's basketball player Peter Kazickas '15 (Amagansett, N.Y./St. Mark's School [Mass.]) has been selected to the 2014 Allstate National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Good Works Team®.

Assistant Professor of Mathematics Chinthaka Kuruwita published an article, Testing Equality of Nonparametric Quantile Regression Functions, in International Journal of Statistics and Probability (vol. 3, Feb,2014). It was co-authored with Colin Gallagher, Clemson University, and K. B. Kulasekera, University of Louisville.

Professor of English and Creative Writing  Doran Larson has edited a new book Fourth City: Essays from the Prison in America (Michigan State University Press). The book contains 71 essays written by prisoners from across the U.S.

James Bradley Wells, assistant professor of classical studies at DePauw University, will deliver a lecture titled “Building a Workshop: Classics as a Form of Transgressive Education” on Tuesday, Feb.11, at 4:10 p.m., in room G041 in the Taylor Science Center. The event is free, open to the public and sponsored by the Hamilton College Classics department.