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Professor of Chinese De Bao Xu was appointed as visiting chair professor, member of the Council of Academic Policy, and research fellow at the Institute of Teaching Chinese as a Second Language, College of Humanities, Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai campus, for a period of three years beginning in May. He was also invited to give a talk on "Using Modern Technology to Teach Language and Film Studies" at Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai campus, on May 8.

Defending NCAA Division III champion Hamilton College advanced to the national semifinals for the second straight year with a 13-9 win against Middlebury College in an NCAA tournament regional final at Colby College's Bill Alfond Field in Waterville, Maine, on May 10.

The LARISSA team met at National Science Foundation for a Principal Investigators meeting on May 5 and 6 in Washington, D.C. LARISSA is a National Science Foundation-funded initiative that joins an international, interdisciplinary team together to address a significant regional problem with global change implications, the abrupt environmental change in Antarctica's Larsen Ice Shelf System. Lead Principal Investigator (PI) and Project Director Eugene Domack, the J. W. Johnson Family Professor of Environmental Studies, and Principal Investigator and Associate Professor of Biology Michael McCormick attended along with several representatives from National Geographic Magazine.

Hamilton College's Amber O'Connor '09 (Pembroke, Ontario/Lawrenceville School [N.J.]) has been selected to the 2009 New England Small College Athletic Conference softball all-conference team.

Four members of the Hamilton faculty were recognized for their research and creative successes through the Dean’s Scholarly Achievement Awards at Class & Charter Day on Friday, May 8. The Awards were instituted in three categories by Dean of Faculty Joe Urgo in 2008.

Hamilton College's highest awards for teaching were presented on May 8 to four faculty members. Professor of Economics Erol Balkan, Katherine Kuharic, the Kevin W. Kennedy Associate Professor of Art, Assistant Professor of Art Rebecca Murtaugh and Dave Thompson, director of the Fitness and Dance Center and Wellness Programs and professor of physical education, were honored with teaching awards. In addition, Professor of Anthropology Bonnie Urciuoli received the Sidney Wertimer Award from Hamilton's Student Assembly.

Academic achievement prizes, prize scholarships and other recognition of student accomplishments were awarded at Hamilton's 59th annual Class & Charter Day convocation on Friday, May 8, in the Chapel. Among the top prizes, Corinne Bancroft '10 won the Milton F. Fillius Jr./Joseph Drown Prize Scholarship, and Ashley Stagner '09 was awarded the James Soper Merrill Prize.

Hamilton College Trustee Thomas J. Tull '92 will address the Hamilton College Wall Street Association on Wednesday, May 27 at the New York Athletic Club.  Tull is the founder, chairman and CEO of Legendary Pictures, which has co-produced recent blockbusters such as Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, 300 and Watchmen. In addition to sharing his experiences in the cinematic business, Tull will discuss the role of private equity and hedge fund investors in the film business.

Bob Hansmann '72 hosted Hamilton's Program in New York City students for dinner this week, as they completed their semester in New York. Following is his reflection on the evening.

Moustafa Bayoumi, author of How Does It Feel to be a Problem: Being Young and Arab in America, spoke about the subject at the Science Center's Kennedy Auditorium on May 7. The Brooklyn College professor spent more than an hour lecturing and answering questions about what he learned interviewing Brooklyn youth and their families about growing up Arab and Muslim American in a post-9/11 world.