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NCAA Women's Lacrosse Championships
Hamilton two wins from College's first national team title
Nationally ranked No. 4 Hamilton College is two wins away from a national title as the Continentals' season moves on to Salem, Va., for the Division III championships tournament semifinals at Donald J. Kerr Stadium on Saturday, May 17. Hamilton (19-1 overall) plays No. 1 Salisbury University at 11:30 a.m.
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NCAA Women's Lacrosse Championships Preview
Hamilton two wins from College's first national team title  Women's lacrosse prepares to leave for Virginia on Thursday Nationally ranked No. 4 Hamilton College is two wins away from a national title as the Continentals' season moves on to Salem, Va., for the NCAA Division III championships tournament semifinals at Roanoke College's Donald J. Kerr Stadium on Saturday, May 17.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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