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“Modeling preferential admissions at elite liberal arts colleges,” a paper by Associate Professors of Mathematics Sally Cockburn and Tim Kelly and Assistant Dean of Faculty for Institutional Research Gordon Hewitt, was published in the current issue of Research in Higher Education Journal.

In in the wake of an exam boycott recently at Johns Hopkins University, InsideHigherEd reported on a different boycott 25 years earlier on Hamilton's campus.  "Game of Theories," the story of Eugene M. Tobin Distinguished Professor of Sociology Dan Chambliss’ challenge to students in his introductory sociology courses and how first-year student John Werner '92 successfully  met it, was retold on Feb. 22.

An article by Associate Professor of Africana Studies and human geographer Heather Merrill, “Who Gets to Be Italian? Black Life Worlds and White Spatial Imaginaries,” is published in the book Geographies of Privilege, edited by France Winddance Twine and Bradley Gardener, Routledge, 2013.

In a culture where eReaders and tablets become increasingly popular and bookstores continue to go out of business, the age of printed material may soon be coming to an end. While many succumb to the convenience of modern technology, self-proclaimed book enthusiast Aaron Jaffe, an English professor at the University of Louisville, stands in stark opposition to this digitalization of texts.

Peggy Piesche, visiting instructor of German and Russian studies, participated in the first public event of the newly founded Bayreuth Academy of Advanced African Studies.

Twelve Hamilton seniors were elected on Feb. 19 to the Epsilon chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest honor society. The inductees are Emily Anderson, Sarah Bither, Eryn Boyce, Lauren Howe, Sunyoung Hwang, Agne Jakubauskaite, Danielle Lashley, Jonathan Piskor, Akritee Shrestha, Erin Sullivan, Kathleen Vaughan and Gordon Wilkins.

A chapter written by Professor of History Thomas Wilson was published in the Chinese-language publication Western Scholarship on Chinese History.

Associate Professor of Chemistry Myriam Cotten attended the 57th Annual Biophysical Society Meeting in Philadelphia and served as a panelist for a session titled “Funding Opportunities for Faculty at Predominantly Undergraduate Institutions.”

Director André Robert Lee will screen his autobiographical film, The Prep School Negro, on Thursday, Feb. 21, at 5:30 p.m., in the Red Pit, Kirner-Johnson Building. Lee will host a discussion with the audience following the film. The screening is sponsored by the Days-Massolo Center and is free and open to the public.

Professor of Dance Elaine Heekin published “Movement Classes for Mature Adults: A Creative Approach” in Activity Director Today magazine. According to Heekin, “the article addresses various movement experiences that offer a refreshing approach as opposed to a generic workout.”