Faculty News

In an article published recently in the journal International Mathematical Forum, Robert Kantrowitz ’82, the Marjorie and Robert W. McEwen Professor of Mathematics, took a new look at a classical optimization problem that dates back to Heron of Alexandria (10–75 AD).

Kyoko Omori, associate professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures – Japanese, gave an invited talk on April 22 at Studio X, the XR lab at the University of Rochester.

Dan Chambliss, the Eugene M. Tobin Distinguished Professor of Sociology Emeritus, recently presented in events hosted by Bard and Le Moyne, and at the MSS Annual meeting in Chicago.

Professor of Jewish Studies Heidi Ravven recently presented at Arizona State University (ASU) and St Anne’s College, Oxford.

In an essay recently published in The Montréal Review, Marianne Janack, the John Stewart Kennedy Professor of Philosophy, writes about the dialogue form, teaching and learning about Plato, and how we think about knowledge and myth.

Director of the Oral Communication Center Amy Gaffney and peer consultants Del Gonzales ’25, Tinashe Manguwa ’25, and Lauren Prins ’27 represented Hamilton at the 2025 National Association of Communication Centers (NACC) conference hosted by the University of Southern Mississippi.

Derek Jones, the Irma M. and Robert D. Morris Professor of Economics, Emeritus, was a discussant for two papers presented recently at Rutgers University. He also published a paper co-authored with Associate Professor of Economics Jeff Pliskin.

Assistant Professor Ariel Kahrl and collaborators from Trinity University publish a new article in the Biological Journal of the Linnean Society titled "The evolution of testis architecture and sperm size in Anolis lizards."

Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics Martin Shedd recently presented at the 119th Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of New England (CANE) held at Yale University.

Doran Larson, the Edward North Chair of Greek and Greek Literature and Professor of Literature and Creative Writing, recently presented in a panel discussion on prison writing hosted by the University at Buffalo (UB) Prison Studies Certificate program.