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Bill Huggins, associate director of Physical Plant and his summer intern Adam Brady, who attends Clarkson University, co-authored an article for College Planning and Management magazine (June, 2007). The article, titled “Love those summer break blitzes!,” is a case study of the fast-track renovation of Kirkland residence hall in 2006. Kirkland was built in 1824 and renovated in 1962; in 2006 Kirkland needed renovating again to meet new fire codes and provide handicapped accessibility. In addition the fourth floor was reconstructed to create loft spaces. According to the article, “The building’s age, the presence of asbestos, inaccurate drawings from the past and a strike challenged all those involved to complete the project by summer’s end.” Ultimately the residence hall renovations were completed by August 29.

“Compounding Interest in Your Investment Committee,” an article written by Hamilton trustee and co-chair of the board’s investment committee Henry W. Bedford, II, ’76, was published in the July/August 2007 issue of Trusteeship magazine. Produced by the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB), Trusteeship reports trends, issues and practices in higher education to help board members and chief executives better understand their distinctive and complementary roles and to strengthen board performance. AGB is the only national association that serves the interests and needs of academic governing boards, boards of institutionally related foundations and campus CEOs and other senior-level campus administrators on issues related to higher education governance and leadership.

More than 40 Hamilton employees, students and alumni participated in the 30th annual Boilermaker, a 15k road race in Utica on July 8. The race consistently attracts elite runners from all over the world, including Olympians and world record holders. The 9.3 mile Boilermaker is rated as one of the top 100 races in the U.S. by Runner's World magazine.

Visiting Professor of Communication John Adams is featured in the Chonicle of Higher Education's "Short Subjects" column in a piece titled "Rhetoric's Spokesman" (July 16, 2007). Adams designed a T-shirt that said "Ask Me About Rhetoric," which drew surprising attention when he wore it to a local mall and restaurant. According to the article in the Chronicle: "I'm standing there, and all of a sudden, somebody says, 'Okay, so tell me about rhetoric,'" says Mr. Adams, who has taught for five years at Hamilton, where persuasive speaking and writing is a curricular focus. 'I ended up giving this one-minute lecture right there.'"

Pat Barnes ’10 (Odessa, N.Y.) is the latest member in a long line of Hamilton students who have worked on the aCORN project, (a correlation in neutron decay), which aims to measure the probability of every possible angle that could form between the two particles (an antineutrino and an electron) that are emitted when a neutron decays into a proton.

It’s a tricky job to decide whether an event is a riot or a revolution, but Douglas Paetzell ’09 (Madison N.J.) is ready to make the call. The event is the 1967 Newark riot, a six-day uproar touched off by a white police officer arresting and beating a black cab driver. Paetzell, a history and economics major, has received an Emerson Grant to research the effect of the riots upon the residents of Newark and investigate the federal actions which may have caused it.

Hamilton College's Barbershop quartet, "That's What She Said," finished 19th in the international barbershop collegiate competition held on July 7 in Denver. Members of the quartet are Peter Mallozzi '09 (lead), Chris Boveroux '08 (tenor), Winston Cook-Wilson '09 (baritone), and Peter Kopp '07 (bass). The group is coached by Associate Professor of Music Rob Hopkins, a past president of the Babershop Harmony Society. Hamilton's quartet sang "Let the Rest of the World Go By" and "Peg O' My Heart," and also performed in the collective college barbershop chorus, singing "Blue Skies."

Assistant Professor of Art Rebecca Murtaugh is exhibiting artwork in "Toxic Color" at Exit (a gallery space), in Cleveland. This exhibition features the work of 25 national artists and resonates with the artist’s perspective of how color is mediated by technology and media. Martin Ball, artist and associate professor of painting at Kent State University, curated the exhibition. The show opened July 13 and runs through August 17. For more information visit www.exitgallery.com

Why do people faint? Travis Blood '09 (Pepperell, Mass.) might be able to tell you. As a research intern at the Integrative Cerebral Hemodynamic Lab in Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, a facility of Harvard Medical School, Blood works on several projects designed to ascertain why people feel dizzy and what parts of the body account for the process of brain blood flow.

Kyla Gorman '09, Colden Prime '10 and Tom Williams '11 are working under the direction of Professor Stuart Hirshfield this summer on projects related to computer security. All of the work is being sponsored by the Air Force Research Lab in Rome, N.Y.