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Visiting Professor of Film History Scott MacDonald presented a paper, "Pragmatic--A Tentative Taxonomy of Boston Area Filmmaking," at the Society for Cinema and Media Studies on March 7 in Philadelphia. He was also involved in curating and was the host for the opening event for "Facing Realities: Dialogues in Boston Documentary Filmmaking," an on-going series of events focused on Boston filmmaking.

In an article titled "Do millions of cats equal millions of radicals?" in John Hopkins University Press' Reviews in American History (Volume 36, Number 1, March 2008, pp. 103-107), Maurice Isserman, James L. Ferguson Professor of History, reviewed Julia L. Mickenberg's Learning from the Left: Children's Literature, the Cold War, and Radical Politics in the United States.

Hamilton students are being offered a unique opportunity to learn about the film industry this spring courtesy of alumnus Thomas Tull '92. The founder, chairman and CEO of Legendary Pictures has established a film treatment challenge open to any student.

Hamilton students are being offered a unique opportunity to learn about the film industry this spring courtesy of alumnus Thomas Tull '92. The founder, chairman and CEO of Legendary Pictures has established a film treatment challenge open to any student. During an April campus visit, he and his team will discuss what a treatment is and how it fits into the development of a movie. He is also offering two summer internships in his company to current and rising seniors.

The Office of the Dean of Faculty recently announced the recipients of the 2008 Emerson Summer Collaboration Grant. Created in 1997, the Emerson Grant program was designed to provide students with significant opportunities to work collaboratively with faculty members, researching an area of interest. The recipients, covering a range of topics, will explore fieldwork, laboratory and library research, and the development of teaching materials. The students will make public presentations of their research throughout the academic year.

Nicholas Tampio, visiting assistant professor of government, served as the chair and discussant on the "Multiple Modernities" panel at the 2008 Western Political Science Association Conference held in San Diego on March 20 to 22. Tampio's comments focused on how the emerging field of comparative political theory transforms Leo Strauss's image of the three waves of modernity.

Naomi Guttman, associate professor of English, will give a poetry reading in The Factory Series at the Ottawa Art Gallery on Thursday, March 27, at 7:30 p.m. 

When Hamilton's trustees gathered on March 6-9 for their quarterly board meeting, they participated in a number of activities that illustrate their ongoing commitment to the College, beyond serving on committees and attending meetings. For many it's a way to stay involved, while observing firsthand the current generation of students and their interests.

When Marco Allodi '08 was an Oriskany (N.Y.) high school senior applying to colleges four-and-a-half years ago, he was convinced that he wanted to study pre-med. So the schools to which he applied were all over the map. "People were telling me to apply to the Ivies, to large research universities and small schools, local schools and out-of-state schools, so where I applied covered a pretty wide spectrum," he recalled. His decision to attend Hamilton was one he said he'll never regret.

Two groups of Hamilton students, led by the College's outdoor leadership staff, are headed to the U.S. seacoasts for eight days of adventure during spring break. Six students and a Hamilton professor will spend part of their spring break exploring the Everglades on a sea kayaking trip led by Andrew Jillings, the director of Outdoor Leadership. Sarah Weis, the assistant director of Outdoor Leadership, and about 10 students are spending eight days hiking in the Ventana Wilderness along California's Big Sur Coast.