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Amber Gillis '06 already knows she would like to teach high school chemistry and biology, but she will not have the chance in that profession to perform her own in-depth research. For that reason, Gillis is taking advantage of the opportunity to spend her summer researching how the inhibition of enzymes may become a "promising potential therapy" for several forms of cancer.

Edward North Professor of Classics Carl Rubino will participatein a commemoration of the historic duel in which Alexander Hamilton, first secretary of the treasury, was shot and killed by then Vice President Aaron Burr. To mark the bicentennial of this tragic event in the early history of the U.S., the Weehawken, N.J., Historical Commission has planned a full day of activities for Sunday, July 11, including a reenactment of the duel by descendants of Hamilton and Burr. Weehawken Day of Commemoration

The Emerson Gallery exhibit, "Paintings by Elihu Root, Jr.: Prominent Attorney and Accomplished Artist," was the focus of the article, "Pleasures of Amateur Art," in the Chronicle of Higher Education (7/9/2004).

Summertime is a great time to lose weight, so join Weight Watchers At Work today! You will get great hot weather food and exercise tips and be inspired by a very successful and supportive network of members who have lost more than 365 lbs.! Weight Watchers At Work will start a new eight-week session on Wednesday, July 14 and continue every Wednesday through Sept. 1.

A study by Philip Klinkner, the James S. Sherman Associate Professor of Government, was featured in an article in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Klinkner contends that pundits and journalists have needlessly hyped the idea that Americans are segregating along political lines. The article, "The truths that might be false, and how they bear false witness to Campaign 2004," by David Shribman, executive editor of the Post-Gazette, was also published in the Buffalo News.

Cheng Li, the William R. Kenan Professor of Government, published the paper, "Bringing China's Best and Brightest Back Home: Regional Disparities and Political Tensions," in issue No.11 (Summer 2004) of the China Leadership Monitor.

Journey's End, a play written by RC Sherriff in 1928 and currently enjoying a popular revival in London theatre, had its first amateur performance at Hamilton College by the Charlatans in the 1930s. The play, which concerns four days in the lives of British officers on the front lines in World War I, has been reproduced now in response to the situation in Iraq. A letter from playwright RC Sherriff to the Charlatans, dated March 24, 1936, says " The play 'Journey's End' was written for the use of a dramtic club in the little town of Kingston on the Thames, but as they fell out, the first amateur performance ever given of the play anywhere in the world was by the Charlatans at Hamilton College. From time to time I hear with pleasure how well and how often you repeat the play and I send you good luck and best wishes for the future with the hope that one I day I shall personally witness a performance," Sherriff wrote.

What do a biologist, an orchestra conductor and a swim coach have in common? Come summertime they – as well as numerous Hamilton colleagues and co-workers – lace up the running shoes and start training for the Boilermaker, one of the Mohawk Valley’s premier summer events. Billed as the biggest 15K (9.3 mile) race in the United States, the 27th annual Boilermaker will take place this year on Sunday, July 11.

Hamilton employees and retirees were treated to a summer picnic on the McEwen Quad on June 18. The dinner, that included clams and steak, was topped off with strawberry and blueberry shortcake.

After a number of traumatic incidents in his life, Adam Morris '05 discovered few resources available to parents who struggle to help their children cope with disaster-related traumatic experiences. Morris decided to develop and test a parent-training program to aid families whose children find difficulty coping after a disaster.