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Aretha Franklin performed to a capacity crowd at the Margaret Bundy Scott Field House at Hamilton on April 5. The Queen of Soul, visiting Hamilton as the 16th guest in the Sacerdote Great Names series, had the crowd on their feet as she sang such classic hits as "Respect," "Freeway of Love," and "Chain of Fools." Her back-up band included Monk Rowe, the Joe Williams Director of the Jazz Archive, on the saxophone.

Professor of Mathematics Richard Bedient and his co-author Michael Frame of Yale University recently published a paper titled "Carrying Surfaces for Return Maps of Averaged Logistic Maps" in Computers & Graphics. The logistic map is a well known example of a chaotic system.

The Hamilton College Department of Music will present a free concert titled "Vision of Sound" on Saturday, April 5, at 3 p.m. in Wellin Hall in the Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts.

Tony DeRose, senior scientist at Pixar Animation Studios, spoke to a packed Hamilton College Chapel about the relationship between computer-animated movies and mathematics on April 3. DeRose explained many of the mathematical processes behind computer animation and the role of math in this field, and conveyed his satisfaction at being able to use movies to "deliver [math] in a way that everyone on the planet can enjoy."

A group of refugees from Russia, Bosnia, Somalia and Belarus will travel to Hamilton's greenhouse on Saturday, April 5, to plant seedlings for their gardens located at the F.X. Matt Apartments. Senior Jenney Stringer, who organized the community effort that resulted in the creation of a community garden at the apartments last summer,  planned Saturday's event as a way for residents to start the gardening process in advance of the outdoor growing season.

The Hamilton College Choir will present its recent Midwest tour program in a home performance on Friday, April 4, at 8 p.m. in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center for the Performing Arts. The show is free and open to the public. The program will include works by Handl, Lassus, Monteverdi, Pinkham, Barber and Whitacre, as well as a Beatles medley and a selection of folk songs and spirituals.

Recording artist and multiple Grammy Award winner Aretha Franklin will be the next guest in the Sacerdote Great Names series at Hamilton College. She will perform on Saturday, April 5, at 7:30 p.m. in the Margaret Bundy Scott Field House. The event is free and no tickets are needed, but seats for the general public will be limited to approximately 1,000, on a first-come, first-served basis.

Four Hamilton students chose to spend their spring break working at non-profit agencies in Utica through the Urban Service Experience (USE) program. They volunteered at Thea Bowman House, JCTOD Outreach, Inc. and Y-Girls in Utica, in addition to creating welcome baskets for new refugee families accepted through the Refugee Center. 

Phyllis Breland '80, director of Opportunity Programs and ACCESS Pathways, was honored at the YWCA of the Mohawk Valley's Salute to Outstanding Women on April 3. The annual Salute celebrates and honors women who have made "exemplary contributions in their industry." Breland was recognized in the education category.

Laura Purdy, the McCullough Distinguished Visiting Professor of Philosophy, published a paper titled "Could There be a Right Not to be Born an Ocutuplet" in Taking Responsibility for Children, edited by Samantha Brennan and Robert Noggle (Wilfrid Laurier Press, 2007).