All News

Martha Mockus, the Jane Watson Irwin Chair and visiting assistant professor of women's studies, has published a book titled Sounding Out: Pauline Oliveros and Lesbian Musicality (Routledge, Nov. 2007). This book theorizes the notion of "lesbian musicality" in the musical career of avant-garde composer, accordionist and author Pauline Oliveros, whose radical innovations of the 1960s, '70s and '80s have redefined the aesthetic and formal parameters of American experimental music.

Professor of Biology Sue Ann Miller served on a panel to evaluate and award grants-in-aid of research through the program of Sigma Xi, the scientific research society. She recently completed a 6-year term as chair of the committee, and she continues as a member of the committee that meets twice a year at Research Triangle Park in North Carolina to evaluate and recommend awards. The purpose of the program is to recognize and encourage scientific research by student scientists.

A community holiday concert and bake sale to raise contributions to build a school in Cambodia will be held on Sunday, Dec. 16, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the Kirkland Art Center. Organized primarily by Hamilton employees, the concert will include a sing-a-long and is free and open to the public.

Professor of French John C. O'Neal's article "Understanding and Interpreting Confusion: Philippe Pinel and the Invention of Psychiatry" is among the articles included in volume XXVI (2007) of Lumen. Travaux choisis de la Société canadienne d'étude du dix-huitième siècle. Selected Proceedings from the Canadian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, pp. 243-258. 

Chaise LaDousa, assistant professor of anthropology, recently published an article in Anthropological Quarterly. The journal is published by the Institute for Ethnographic Research at George Washington University. The article is titled "Of Nation and State: Language, School, and the Reproduction of Disparity in a North Indian City." LaDousa's article draws on many years of research in Banaras and Delhi on the ways in which institutions such as the school structure ideas about the nation, state and self.

It was meant as a "quick strike" by the rogue Brass Ensemble, according to Assistant Professor of Music and Director of the College Orchestra Heather Buchman. Ten Hamilton students armed with trumpets, trombones, and a lot of Christmas carols, made three appearances on campus to mark the last day of classes. They were joined by Professor of Comparative Literature Peter Rabinowitz on the euphonium and Buchman. The guerilla carolers performed at McEwen and Commons dining halls and the Wellin Atrium in the Science Center.

Even though the Men's Lacrosse team's 2008 season doesn't start until March 12, the Lacrosse Boosters Club and Friends of Athletics is giving the team a kick-start by holding a men's lacrosse fundraiser on January 17, 2008 in New York City. The reception, which is open to all alumni, parents and friends of the program, will be held at The Racquet and Tennis Club, at 370 Park Avenue. Featuring Lacrosse Head Coach Scott Barnard and new Athletic Director Jon Hind '80, a lacrosse alumnus, the event hopes to help raise funds to meet the program's annual goal of $30,000.

Deborah Forte '75, Hamilton trustee and president of Scholastic Media, Inc., is a producer of the film The Golden Compass which will be released by New Line Cinema on December 7. The Golden Compass is the first novel in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy and stars Daniel Craig, Nicole Kidman, Sam Elliott and Eva Green.

A Hamilton trustee and his wife have donated $1 million to endow a need-based scholarship for students who are the first generation in their families to attend college. Recognizing the need for alumni to give back to the College, the donors, who wish to remain anonymous, have made their gift with the hope that it will encourage other alumni and supporters to make similar contributions in support of scholarship aid.

A.G. Lafley '69, chairman and CEO of Procter & Gamble and newly elected chairman of Hamilton's Board of Trustees, was named to Fortune magazine's Power 25 list (12/10/07). The article "Power 25" notes, "Since taking charge in 2000, when Procter & Gamble was sinking under the weight of too many new products and organizational changes, Lafley has refocused on consumers and rejuvenated core businesses."