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Carl Rubino, the Edward North Professor of Classics, published a paper titled "It Was their Destiny: Roman Power and Imperial Self-Esteem" in Amphora 5.2 (Fall 2006) 10-11 and 19. Amphora is a publication of the American Philological Association. Rubino, along with Caroline Winterer of Stanford University, presided over a panel that he organized on "Alexander Hamilton and the Classics" at the annual meeting of the American Philological Association in San Diego on January 6. The panel was sponsored by the APA Committee on the Classical Tradition. Frank Anechiarico, the Maynard-Knox Professor of Government and Law at Hamilton, was among presenters.

A paper co-authored by Stephen Wu, “The Search for Economics Talent: Doctoral Completion and Research Productivity,” was one of the key research sources referenced in a Jan. 9 story in InsideHigherEd.com. Titled “Defining What Makes an Economist,” the article discussed what factors might play a role in predicting student success in ultimately completing a Ph.D. in economics, publishing and landing a tenure-track job at a top-20 program.

In a note to the Hamilton community on Tuesday, Jan. 9, Hamilton President Joan Hinde Stewart announced the tragic death Monday evening of sophomore Andrew Sheridan while playing soccer near his home outside of Boston. She described his passing as "a terrible loss for his family, friends and our community."

Derek Jones, the Irma M. and Robert D. Morris Professor of Economics, chaired a session and presented a paper at the Association of Comparative Economics Conference, part of the Allied Social Sciences Conference, in Chicago on Jan. 6.The paper, titled “Teams, Performance-Related Pay, Profit Sharing and Productive Efficiency: Evidence from a Food-Processing Plant” was co-authored by Panu Kalmi and Antti Kauhanen, both members of the Helsinki School of Economics faculty. The authors assembled and analyzed new panel data to investigate the impact of important changes in human resource practices on firm performance for a food-processing plant.

Associate Professor of Economics Ann Owen participated in two sessions at the American Economic Association's annual meeting in Chicago during the first week of January.

Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz, the Margaret Bundy Scott Professor of Comparative Literature, presented a paper in January at the American Philological Association on "Male Medea," as part of the panel on Performance and Sexuality, sponsored by the Committee on Ancient and Modern Performance (CAMP). It focused on cross-dressing in Charles Ludlam's version of Euripides' play, Medea.

Professor of Psychology Jonathan Vaughan presented a paper, “PsySquash X: A Utility Program for Analyzing PsyScope Data Files,” on November 16, 2006 at the Society for Computers in Psychology. The paper’s co-authors were Associate Professor of Psychology Penny Yee, Assistant Professor of Psychology Jennifer Borton and Virginia Vaughan. Jonathan Vaughan serves as an elected member of the society’s steering committee.

Five Hamilton seniors are participating in a week-long internship working with medical residents in the St. Elizabeth Family Practice Residency program in Utica. Hamilton’s Coordinator of Health Professions Advising Leslie North set up the program, and this is the second group of Hamilton students to participate. The students interning at St. Elizabeth’s are Alyson Fuhrer, Sarah Fuzesi, Rebecca Levinn, Matthew Palascak and Lucas Thornblade.

Assistant Professor of Africana Studies Nigel Westmaas presented a paper at the American Historical Association conference held January 4-7 in Atlanta. His paper, “Scholarship and Resistance: Walter Rodney’s Impact and Influence on student rebellion in Guyana” evaluated the role of the author of Groundings with my Brothers and How Europe Underdeveloped Africa on the student movement in the South American republic before and after his assassination in 1980. Westmaas’s paper was part of a panel under the theme: Race, Repression, and Resistance: Postwar Student Movements in International Perspective.

Associate Professor of Government Robert Martin will join other Alexander Hamilton scholars and authors on a panel presentation on Thursday, Jan. 11, as part of the first Alexander Hamilton Symposium at the Museum of American Finance in New York City. The event is part of the museum’s commemoration of the 250th birthday of Alexander Hamilton, our nation’s first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.