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The cover of the Feb. 29 issue of Forbes magazine features a photograph of Legendary CEO, alumnus Thomas Tull ’92, with the headline “Reinventing the Blockbuster,” referencing the publication’s feature article. “Box Office Billionaire: How Legendary’s Thomas Tull Used Comics, China and a Secret Formula to Remake Hollywood” details Tull’s intricate negotiation of his impending sale of Legendary Entertainment.

Ernest Williams, the William R. Kenan Professor of Biology emeritus and lecturer in biology, was a co-author of an article published in the current issue of the Annals of the Entomological Society of America.

Hamilton’s curling team is co-hosting the annual Utica Curling Club (UCC) College Bonspiel this weekend with SUNY Poly and Colgate at UCC, 8300 Clark Mills Rd., Whitesboro. The schools will welcome 16 teams from 12 different colleges and universities. Hamilton will field two teams. The games begin on Friday, Feb. 12, ;at 9:30 p.m., and continue throughout the day on Saturday. Members of the Hamilton community are welcome and encouraged to go watch and support our teams.

Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies Xavier Tubau recently received grants from the American Philosophical Society and the Central New York Humanities Corridor for two projects he is working on.

Posse Scholars, Hamilton students and faculty gathered on Feb. 5-7 at the Radisson Hotel in Utica to better understand the influence of language in contemporary society at the annual Posse Plus Retreat.

Carl Rubino, the Winslow Professor of Classics, presented a lecture titled “From Mythology to Star Wars” on Feb. 8 at Sierra Nevada College. His discussion focused on the ancient mythological roots of the Star Wars films.

The Wellin Museum of Art co-hosted a Chinese New Year celebration with the Wellin Initiative for Student Engagement (WISE), Asian Cultural Society (ACS) and Hamilton American Chinese Exchange (HACE) on Feb. 8 at the Museum.

Claudia Rankine, award-winning poet and essayist, read from her nationally acclaimed book, Citizen: An American Lyric, in the Chapel on Feb.  8. This work is a collection of stories conveyed mainly as prose poems and mixed media images.  Rankine explained that she had asked her friends to tell her a story about a time “where you were doing something ordinary […] and suddenly somebody said something that reduced you to your race” in order to explore the “white supremacist foundations inside this culture.

Hamilton’s Mock Trial team competed last weekend (Feb. 5-7) at a regional competition, held at Pennsylvania State University. This competition determined whether the team would advance to the next level of bracketed competition, the Opening Round Championship (ORCs).

Professor of Psychology Jen Borton and Katherine Delesalle ’14 presented a poster on Jan. 30 at the annual conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) in San Diego.