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Eugene Domack, the J.W. Johnson Family Professor of Environmental Studies, gave an invited keynote talk at the 33rd Annual International Geological Congress meeting in Oslo, Norway, in August. His talk was titled "Chronologic Constraints on Deglaciation of the Antarctic Continental Shelf, A Review of Radiocarbon Methods and Applications." For nine days 6,000 scientists from 113 countries took part in lively discussions within almost every conceivable aspect of geology. The abstract text of Domack's talk follows.

Clyde Tuggle '84, president of The Coca-Cola Company's Russia, Ukraine and Belarus business unit, has been named head of productivity and corporate affairs at Coke's corporate headquarters in Atlanta, effective immediately. He will be recommended for election as a senior vice president at the company's October board meeting.

Edward S. Walker, Jr., '62, former U.S. Ambassador to Israel, Egypt, and the United Arab Emirates and Hamilton's Christian A. Johnson Distinguished Professor of Global Political Theory, co-wrote an opinion piece in The Boston Globe on Tuesday, Sept. 2, titled "A US role in Syrian-Israeli peace."

Hamilton's Emerson Gallery is hosting three new exhibitions of Chinese art showcasing both traditional and contemporary works this semester. An opening reception will be held on Thursday, Sept. 4, from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Last fall, Alex Hodgens '09 (Syracuse, N.Y.) worked in a public health clinic during his off-campus semester in Nicaragua. "I realized there that working to reverse inequalities in healthcare is something I'm very interested in," the rising senior says. Once back at home, Hodgens continued to look for ways to work in public health, and was able to find an internship at Syracuse Community Health Center West, a primary care clinic that provides services to members of the community who might otherwise be excluded from healthcare.

Professor of Mathematics Robert Kantrowitz '82 was a speaker at the Conference on Banach Algebras and Local Spectral Theory held in August at the Department of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Copenhagen. Kantrowitz's talk, titled "Approximation by Operators that Preserve Disjointness," centered around bounded linear operators on Banach algebras of continuous functions, and the extent to which they are approximable by weighted composition operators.

Carly McWilliams '09, who is serving as an operations intern at the Republican National Convention, will be the tally clerk tonight, Wednesday, Sept. 3, at the convention. This role necessitates that she be stationed on the podium. McWilliams was pictured in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Star-Tribune at a luncheon with Maria Cino, president and CEO of the 2008 Republican National Convention. Also interning at the Republican National Convention is Samuel Cowan '11. Stacey Klein '09 was a member of the press pool for the Democratic convention, that took place in Denver on Aug. 25-28.

The Hamilton College Campus Activities Board (CAB) presents a concert by British indie rock band The Kooks, on Thursday, Sept. 4, at 7:30 p.m. in the Tolles Pavilion. This is the first stop of The Kooks' largest-ever American tour, and follows up sold-out runs in both North America and Australia. Hamilton is the only college stop on the entire tour, and the smallest venue to host this concert. The concert features special guest, Illinois. 

Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology Ashleigh Smythe spent 10 days in August at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's Bocas del Toro field station on the Caribbean coast of Panama. She collected tiny marine worms called nematodes, which are the focus of her research. Nematodes are found in all types of sediment, terrestrial and aquatic. 

Hamilton College is featured in an Associated Press article titled "Over time, liberal arts grads show they can succeed in business" (9/1/08). The article, which appeared in hundreds of newspapers nationwide, points to the success of ambitious liberal arts graduates in obtaining good jobs after college.