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A Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article profiling Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack '72 reports: "For months, the Iowa governor has been among the most frequently mentioned names on the short list of candidates to be Sen. John Kerry's running mate on the Democratic ticket."

At Hamilton College's 192nd Commencement on Sunday, May 23, the valedictorian was James Baker of Weedsport, N.Y. He gave reflections on his years at Hamilton, as he put it, "Dean Paris-style."

At Hamilton's 192nd Commencement on Sunday, May 23 the Salutatorian and James Soper Merrill Prize winner was Mary Beatrice Dias. She told her classmates, "I encourage you to envision a world where social justice prevails."

Delaware Congressman Mike Castle, a 1961 graduate of Hamilton College, delivered the College's commencement address on Sunday, May 23. Hamilton's commencement ceremony took place in the Margaret Bundy Scott Field House.

Delaware Congressman and Hamilton College alumnus Mike Castle '61 told Hamilton graduates that their "education prepared them for a career but it also prepares you for life," in his address at Hamilton's 192nd Commencement on Sunday, May 23.  "You are the best positioned of your generation to be the masters of your destiny – to control your future and the future of this nation. Limits exist only in your mind," he said.Bachelor of arts degrees were awarded to 457 Hamilton graduates at the ceremony, held in the Margaret Bundy Scott Field House.

CBC News of Canada featured the discovery of an undersea volcano in Antarctica. The expedition that discovered the volcano was led by Professor of Geology Eugene Domack and included three Hamilton undergraduates. The volcano, suspected to have been recently active, stands roughly 700 meters above the ocean floor. According to CBC, barren patches and lack of glacial scours on the volcano suggest it is relatively young.

CBS News featured the discovery of an active undersea volcano by a National Science Foundation expedition led by Professor of Geology Eugene Domack.  The finding helps explain mariners' historical reports of discoloration in the water in the vicinity of the submerged volcano, CBS noted. The expedition included three Hamilton undergraduates. The volcano is located in an area known as Antarctic Sound, at the Northernmost tip of Antarctica.

Scientists working in the stormy and inhospitable waters off the Antarctic Peninsula have found what they believe is an active and previously unknown volcano on the sea bottom. Geology Professor Eugene Domack was the chief scientist of the expedition. 

Professor of Chemistry George Shields recently served as a panel reviewer for the National Science Foundation (NSF). Shields attended the NSF Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Talent Expansion Program panel review meeting on April 26 and 27. He reviewed the proposals for the STEP Division of Undergraduate Education at the NSF.

Ken Herold, director of library information sSystems, is guest editor of the latest issue of the journal Library Trends on the topic of the confluence of librarianship and computing. The issue is titled "The Philosophy of Information."