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The Village Voice, after months of turmoil and layoffs, has named a new chief editor. He is Erik Wemple, editor of Washington City Paper. Wemple will be the legendary alt-weekly's fourth editor in the past year. It is now owned by New Times Media of Phoenix, which owns a chain of weeklies. Wemple has spent his entire journalistic career in Washington, so will be an outsider in New York City. He will start his new job in July. New Times has said it is trying to get more reporting and less opinion in the weekly. "Erik Wemple stood out in a process that went on for months as I reviewed applications and interviewed journalists from major American dailies, national magazines and alt-weeklies," said Michael Lacey, executive editor for Village Voice Media., in a Wednesday release. "Wemple's savvy and grit are reflected in the newspaper he edits. I'm looking forward to his leadership, as well as the speculation and second-guessing sure to commence with this announcement." http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002611350

Alison Fisher ’08 (Medina, Wash.) became aware of the depth of the problem of sex trafficking after a friend returned from a trip to Thailand and brought up the issues. Fisher became “blown away by the magnitude of this subject” and applied for and received an Emerson grant in collaboration with Associate Professor of Sociology Stephen Ellingson to pursue research on the topic this summer. Fisher’s project is titled “People for Sale: Modern Day Slavery in America.”

Hamilton College will welcome back more than 1,100 alumni and their guests when it hosts its annual Reunion Weekend, this year on Thursday-Sunday, June 1-4.  Highlights of this year’s reunion will include alumni colleges, a Choir Reunion to celebrate Professor of Music G. Roberts Kolb’s 25th anniversary as director of Hamilton’s choral programs, and a Track and Cross Country Reunion to honor longtime coach Gene Long.

currently doing research in East Malaysia, on the island of Borneo, on performances in the harvest festival Gawai.  He is researching the ways the harvest festival has been influenced and reinvented in response to local, national, and global forces including tourism and nationalism. His research is supported by the Mellon Faculty Development Program, and follows his first trip to the area last year at this time.

The Emerson Gallery will host two photography exhibits this summer. The exhibitions will run from June 1 through Sept. 10, 2006. The Missing Story of Ourselves: Poverty and the Promise of Higher Education, features 50 color photographs coupled with first-person narratives, providing accounts of the struggle, hard work and finally the celebration of growth and dignity experienced in the attainment of college degrees by low-income student parents across the nation. In addition to The Missing Story, the Emerson Gallery will present a special complimentary exhibition of ten photographs taken by Alexis Mann ’05, a recent Hamilton graduate and photography major.

The Emerson Gallery will host two photography exhibits this summer. The exhibitions will run from June 1 through Sept. 10, 2006. The Missing Story of Ourselves: Poverty and the Promise of Higher Education, features 50color photographs coupled with first-person narratives, providing accounts of the struggle, hard work and finally the celebration of growth and dignity experienced in the attainment of college degrees by low-income student parents across the nation. In addition to The Missing Story, the Emerson Gallery will present a special complimentary exhibition of ten photographs taken by Alexis Mann ’05, a recent Hamilton graduate and photography major.

Associate Dean of Students for Diversity and Accessibility  Berenecea Johnson Eanes presented some of her research at the 19th Annual National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education (NCORE 2006) in Chicago on May 30. The title of her talk was "Everyone Does Not Eat the Same Breakfast: Working in Student Affairs Striving to be a Culturally Competent Professional."

Professor of Physics Ann Silversmith wrote an article for Journal of Luminescence (vol. 121, Nov. 06), co-authored by Professor of Chemistry Karen Brewer and Hamilton students Dan Campbell '08 and Yubo Lu '07. The article, "5D3→7FJ emission in terbium-doped sol–gel glasses," was also co-authored by Davidson College Physics Professor Daniel M. Boye and Colleen Gillespie, Davidson '06.

Hamilton College's Emerson Gallery is showcasing the work of 12 sculptors in an outdoor and indoor exhibition in collaboration with Sculpture Space, a Utica-based international residency program. The exhibition, part of Sculpture Space's celebration of its 30th anniversary, is titled "Sculpture Space Inside Outside." The exterior portion of this two-part show includes 10 installations on the college's North Campus. Located inside the gallery, the second part of the exhibition documents the development of each installation and includes biographical information on the artists.

Alexandra Millar ’09 was not planning on pursuing science at Hamilton. However, after working in the geosciences department during the spring semester, Millar (Chagrin Falls, Ohio) changed her mind. “I always liked rocks, but I never thought of it as a particular area of study,” said Millar, who is planning on declaring a major in geoscience as a sophomore. Now, Millar is spending 10 weeks this summer working with Associate Professor of Geosciences David Bailey on a research project involving kimberlite dikes in central New York.