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A research project being conducted this summer by Visiting Professor of Rhetoric and Communications John Adams, Joshua Huling '05 and Instructional Technology Specialist Janet Simons has been funded by the Mellon Foundation Northeast Regional Center for Educational Technology (CET) in Middlebury, Vt. The project, "Video Cellphones, War Metaphors and Micro-Documentaries: Exploring the Rhetorical Constraints of Time and Place," had been accepted for inclusion in Vassar's Summer Institute in Media Studies. Amy McGill and Bryan Alexander, co-directors of CET, funded the purchase of cell phones and Sprint service in hopes to learn from the Hamilton team about this technology and to use this project as the basis for continued experimentation with the multimedia and cell phone technology. 

Young Han '06 was quoted in an Associated Press article regarding student voting rights. The article focuses on Oneida County and its refusal to allow local college students to register with the Board of Elections.

Science Daily published an article about the recent discovery of an active undersea volcano off Antarctica. The NSF funded expedition was led by Professor of Geology Eugene Domack and included three Hamilton students. The team announced the discovery on May 5 in a dispatch from their research vessel.

Heather Schrum '05, a geology major, was quoted in an article in the Observer-Dispatch about an expedition to Antarctica in which she participated. She was a member of a team led by Professor of Geology Eugene Domack and including Jemma Kirkwood '05 and Stephanie Higgins '04, which discovered an undersea volcano. Originally, the team intended to study the stability of the Larsen Ice Shelf, which collapsed several years ago. "It was amazing because we weren't there to find a volcano," Schrum said.

Assistant Professor of English Dana Luciano presented a paper as a panel member of "Close Your Eyes and Think of England: Allegories of Britain in Queer American Narrative" at the Queer Matters conference at King's College London on May 30. Luciano presented the same paper, "Crushed Velvet: Todd Haynes and the Temporal Texture of Queer Adolescence," at the Lesbian/Gay Film panel of the Society for the Study of Narrative Literature conference in Burlington, Vt., on April 24. 

A book written by Visiting Assistant Professor of History Aram Goudsouzian was reviewed in The Post and Courier of Charleston, S.C. Sidney Poitier: Man, Actor, Icon profiles the trials and triumphs of Sidney Poiter. The article notes the book uses "history to illustrate and to help readers fully conceptualize the boundaries Poitier leapt to claim his place in history."

William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Government Cheng Li was quoted in a recent Los Angeles Times article about divisions of power in China. The article notes it is unclear who, between the current president, premier and former president, is "in charge" of China. Many question the sustainability of the current system, but, according to Li, the current president and premier have begun to make gains on the former president.

Haley Reimbold, of Roosevelt, N.J., a rising junior at Hamilton, was honored with the "Russ Berrie Award for Making a Difference" in New Jersey on May 27. According to the Bergen Record, Reimbold received the top award of $50,000 "for combining academic achievement with volunteering in countless events for the homeless and needy families as well as the Special Olympics, blood drives, and meals at shelters and soup kitchens." At Hamilton, Reimbold is director of HAVOC (Hamilton Action Volunteer Outreach Coalition).

Assistant Professor of Physics Gordon Jones is featured on the Physics Central Web site in an article about the physics of the yo-yo, which is 75 years old in 2004. While the yo-yo is thought of primarily as a toy, "To a physicist, a yo-yo is a remarkably fun example of a flywheel," Jones said.

Professor Emeritus of Biology Eugene Putala and the College's Root Glen are featured in a Syracuse Post-Standard article (5/28/04) for the newspaper's Garden Travelogue section. The article recounts the history of the 7 1/2-acre Root Glen and the famed Saunders peonies, as described by Putala during a recent tour. It also includes photos of a massive Tulip Tree, Grant Garden and the Primrose Basin.