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Ernest Williams, the Christian A. Johnson Excellence in Teaching Professor of Biology, gave an illustrated talk on April 26 at the Holland Patent library for the Trenton Greenbelt Committee. The title was "Sand Plains, Lupines, and Butterflies." This event was sponsored by the town of Holland Patent.

Nationally ranked No. 7 Williams College handed host Hamilton College a 9-0 loss in a New England Small College Athletic Conference match played at Gray Tennis Courts on April 26.

Hamilton College finished in third place at the four-team New England Small College Athletic Conference men's golf championships, which were held at Middlebury College's Ralph Myhre Golf Course in Middlebury, Vt., on April 25 and 26.

Nationally ranked No. 1 Williams College handed host Hamilton College a 9-0 loss in a New England Small College Athletic Conference match played at Gray Tennis Courts on April 26.

Hamilton College won the varsity eight in a regatta with Rochester Institute of Technology on the Erie Canal in Rome, N.Y., on April 25.

Hamilton College won the varsity eight, and then finished second in a re-row, in a regatta with Rochester Institute of Technology on the Erie Canal in Rome, N.Y., on April 25.

Hamilton seniors Casey Green, Cassie Sullivan and Madeline Ware traveled to Memphis for the annual Eta Sigma Phi National Convention March 27-29. The convention was held at Rhodes College, home of the Beta Psi chapter of this national collegiate honors society for students of classical languages.

Greg Casey, a candidate for May graduation from Hamilton, has been awarded a Fulbright Grant to Jamaica. This grant will enable him to complete the MSc program in economic development policy at the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies at the University of West Indies in Mona, Jamaica. 

The Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, N.Y. has placed New Hampshire artist Amy O'Shaughnessy's glass Iguana into its permanent collection. O'Shaughnessy (formerly Kapacziewski) graduated from Hamilton College in 1999. According to a news release: "While on the hill, the great professor, Bob Palusky introduced Amy to glass and she fell in love with the medium."

A large contingent of Hamilton folks joined the greater Utica community for a clean-up at Utica Marsh on Saturday, April 25. About 150 people showed up on the clear, warm morning and cleaned up large piles of trash and tires. This annual community service event is sponsored by the Utica Marsh Council, an organization that promotes environmental education at the Marsh. Professor of Biology Ernest Williams is one of the active leaders of the Council.