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Christine Campbell, a rising senior at Hamilton College, received a stipend from the Ralph E. Hansmann Science Students Support Fund to study the role of programmed cell death in the development of down feathers in chicken embryos.

Adam Morris, son of Thomas and Jean Morris of Fairchild Road in Remsen and a rising junior at Hamilton College, received a stipend from the Ralph E. Hansmann Science Students Support Fund to research parent training techniques to improve treatment for children who have experienced trauma.

Hamilton Basketball Head Coach Tom Murphy begins his two-week long basketball camps this week. The Hamilton camp is a day camp that goes from 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. and involves instruction, drills, and lecture for basketball players of all ages. Each week is split up by age groups according to player’s school grade and/or age.

Laurence A. Savett, M.D., Hamilton ’57, will speak and read from his book,The Human Side of Medicine: Learning What It’s Like to be a Patient and What It’s Like to be a Physician, at the Oneida County Historical Society, 1608 Genesee St., Utica, on Thursday evening, August 7, at 7:30 p.m.

Malcolm F. Dias Jr., a rising sophomore at Hamilton College, received a stipend from the GE Fund to research a way to size down a neutron polarizer into a more practical volume for application in the field.

Steven A. Culbertson, a 1979 graduate of Hamilton and president and CEO of Youth Service America, was named to NonProfit Times Power and Influence Top 50 list. In selecting Culbertson, The NonProfit Times said "The United States is a youth-obsessed nation. Culbertson and his organization are making sure that young voices are not only heard by the organizations serving them but also that they are developed into leadership positions."

"High school seniors are more liberal on gay issues than adults - much more," says Hamilton College sociology professor Dennis Gilbert. "National surveys show adults split one-third/two-thirds against legalization of gay marriage. Our survey showed high school seniors split two-thirds/one-third in favor of legalization." Gilbert bases his opinions on a survey of 1,000 high school seniors he and his students conducted two years ago.

Hamilton College alumnus Stu Baker '57 was recently featured in The New York Times. On the front page of the Metro Section, an article was featured describing how several communities in the Hamptons wish to start a new village, Dunehampton. Baker is quoted in the article as one of the plan's main advocates. 

This past week in the Sunday Style section, Hamilton graduate Adrienne Conzelman, a member of the class of 1992, was pictured alongside her husband, Jim. The two were attending a fundraiser for the preservation of the painter Frederic Church's summer home on the Hudson.

Maggie Hanson, a 2002 Hamilton Graduate who led the Lady Continentals' Cross Country and Track teams, has experienced continuing running success since graduating. The 23 year-old former All-American won the women's title in the Beach to Beacon 10K road race that took place on August 2 in Cape Elizabeth, Maine.