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  • Amos Kiewe, professor of communication and rhetorical studies at Syracuse University, will present a lecture titled "Crisis: A Rhetorical Entity," on Tuesday, March 2, at 7:30 p.m., in the Fillius Events Barn. His talk is part of the Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center series “Crisis: Danger and Opportunity.” All lectures are free and open to the public.

  • Lawrence T. Gilroy III '81, president of Gilroy Kernan & Gilroy Insurance, was one of 23  graduates of independent colleges and universities throughout New York honored at the 2010 Independent Sector Alumni Hall of Distinction Awards Ceremony on March 1. The ceremony took place at the Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} New York State Capitol in Albany. The honorees were chosen by the board of trustees of the Commission of Independent Colleges and Universities (CICU) for their contributions to the economy of New York.  

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  • Visiting Assistant Professor of English Jane Springer has had three new poems published in The Cincinnati Review and The Southern Review. Her poems are titled "Whiskey Pastoral," "Snow Angel," and "Murder Ballad."

  • Barbara Tewksbury, the Upson Chair for Public Discourse and Professor of Geosciences, is part of a team that has won a national award for a web site that they have developed over the past eight years to improve undergraduate geoscience education. The Web site On the Cutting Edge: Professional Development for Geoscience Faculty, has been awarded the 2009 Science Prize for Online Resources in Education (SPORE) by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and Science magazine.

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  • As an openly gay Asian American, Kenji Yoshino’s entire life has been a struggle with the concept of assimilation. Yoshino resists the traditional American ideal of the great “melting pot,” because it demands assimilation and detracts from authenticity by encouraging people to conform to a certain American standard. Yoshino, the Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law at the NYU School of Law, spoke Thursday evening in the Kennedy Auditorium about prejudices inherent in American culture and Civil Rights legislation, and about his own journey of personal acceptance as an academic scholar.

  • The Corporation for National and Community Service named Hamilton as one of the colleges included on the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for exemplary service efforts and service to America’s communities. The announcement was made on Feb. 25.

  • Hamilton will open today at 9:30 a.m.  Classes will resume at 10 a.m. Exercise caution when traveling to campus.

  • Hamilton College will host a panel discussion, “The Way Forward in Afghanistan,” on Monday, March 1, at 7:30 p.m., in the Kirner-Johnson Auditorium. Panelists will include former U.S. Ambassador and Christian A. Johnson Distinguished Professor of Global Political Theory Ned Walker ’62, First Lieutenant Matthew Zeller ‘04, and Hamilton student Max Currier ‘10. The discussion is free and open to the public.

  • The Contemporary Voices and Visions Series at Hamilton College will present the Aaron Parks Jazz Quartet on Friday, Feb. 26, at 8 p.m., in Wellin Hall.

  • The earthquake that struck Haiti more than a month ago has left a devastating mark on the tiny island, particularly the capital city of Port-au-Prince. The Hamilton community has not forgotten the world off the Hill and the response to the earthquake and the need for aid has been inspiring.

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