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Women's Lacrosse Knocks Salisbury From Unbeaten Ranks

Hamilton one win from College's first national team title

Hamilton College opened up a 10-5 lead in the second half and the Continentals held on for an 11-10 win against previously unbeaten Salisbury University in an NCAA Division III championships tournament semifinal game at Roanoke College's Donald J. Kerr Stadium in Salem, Va., on May 17. More ...

National Run Honors Fallen Soldiers in Iraq

Relay Team Covers 4,000 Miles to Arlington National Cemetery

1st Lt. Michael Cleary '03

Alumnus Jon Bellona '03, in honor of his Hamilton roommate Michael Cleary '03 and all of the soldiers who have lost their lives in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom, has organized a memorial cross-country relay beginning at Fort Irwin, Calif., and finishing at Arlington National Cemetery. The relay team, comprised primarily of Hamilton alumni, will plant a flag with the name of a fallen soldier at each mile on the 4,000-mile route. More ...

Horseradish and Hops on Hamilton's Campus

Food for Thought Class Seeds 1812 Heritage Garden

L-R: Austin Deyo '08, Frank Sciacca , Brendan O'Malley '08 in the Heritage Garden

"No, no that's the horseradish." "Just leave the mint out for now. There's something else that goes there." "I have some more seeds for you, and Janet is bringing the lemon balm." Directions, suggestions and observations emanated from the 1812 Heritage Garden as students began planting the first rows of vegetables, fruits, flowers and herbs on a recent sunny May afternoon. The garden is one of the centerpieces of this spring's "Food for Thought: The Science, Culture, and Politics of Food" course taught by Professor of Biology David Gapp and Associate Professor of Russian Frank Sciacca. More ...

LARISSA Initiative Announced with New Web Site

Remains of the Larsen B Ice Shelf

Hamilton College is participating in the International Polar Year (IPY) via Larsen Ice Shelf System – Antarctica (LARISSA), a National Science Foundation (NSF) funded and Hamilton College supported initiative. The program has been launched and has established a Web presence. LARISSA brings an international, interdisciplinary team together to address a significant regional problem with global change implications. More ...

Students' Academic Excellence Recognized at Class & Charter Day

Marco Allodi '08 stands to accept the James Soper Merrill Prize

Academic achievement prizes, prize scholarships and other recognition of student accomplishments were awarded at Hamilton's 58th annual Class & Charter Day convocation on Friday, May 9, in the Chapel. Among the top prizes, Casey Green '09 won the Milton F. Fillius Jr./Joseph Drown Prize Scholarship and Marco Allodi '08 was awarded the James Soper Merrill Prize. More ...

Teaching Awards Presented to Five Faculty Members at Annual Class & Charter Day

Ernest Williams, Brian Collett, Haeng-ja Chung, Katie Kodat

Hamilton College's highest awards for teaching were presented on May 9 to five faculty members. Professor of Biology Ernest Williams Jr. received the Christian A. Johnson Professorship; Associate Professor of Physics Brian Collett was awarded the Samuel & Helen Lang Prize for Excellence in Teaching; Associate Professor of English Catherine Gunther Kodat received the Class of 1963 Excellence in Teaching Award; Assistant Professor of Anthropology Haeng-Ja Chung was honored with the John R. Hatch Excellence in Teaching Award; and Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology Mark Oakes received the Sidney Wertimer Award. More ...

Inaugural Dean's Scholarly Achievement Awards Honor Five Faculty Members

Lisa Trivedi, Debra Boutin, Stephen Ellingson, Derek Jones, Naomi Guttman

Five members of the Hamilton faculty were recognized for their research and creative successes through a new series of awards presented at the 2008 Class & Charter Day on May 9. The Dean's Scholarly Achievement Awards were instituted in three categories this year by Dean of Faculty Joe Urgo. Derek Jones, the Irma M. and Robert D. Morris Professor of Economics, received the Career Achievement Award; Associate Professor of Mathematics Debra Boutin was awarded Early Career Achievement; and Assistant Professor of Sociology Stephen Ellingson, Associate Professor of English Naomi Guttman and Associate Professor of History Lisa Trivedi all received the Notable Year Achievement awards. More ...

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Will Caffry Awarded Sigma Xi Grant to Continue Research in Oregon

Will Caffry '09 has been awarded a Sigma Xi grant-in-aid of research in the amount of $496 to travel to Oregon this summer to conduct research on lizards with former Hamilton Biology Professor Pete Zani. Both Caffry and Lizzy Finan '08 conducted this research last year, as did Jon Milgrom '08 in 2006. Caffry independently applied for a grant. He will join Zani in Oregon on May 20 for five weeks to conduct research on the behavioral ecology of lizards.
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New York City Program students at the U.N.

New York City Program Students Tour United Nations

Students in the New York City Program recently visited the United Nations where they had a tour and lunch in the delegates lounge as part of a final student project/presentation. Students in the program this semester are Marketa Crandle '10, Nick Eugenio '09, Sofia Guerron '10, Gillian Hawley '09, Robin Joseph '09, Harry Jung '10, Meredith Kennedy '09, Carlyle McWilliams '09, Sarah Moore '09, Ed Odre '09, Travis Talmadge '09, Rita Tran '09, Lyndra Vassar '09 and Xiaolu Xu '10. Vivyan C. Adair, the Elihu Root Peace Fund Professor of Women's Studies, is director of this semester's program, Globalization: The City as Text.