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Alexandra Millar ’09 was not planning on pursuing science at Hamilton. However, after working in the geosciences department during the spring semester, Millar (Chagrin Falls, Ohio) changed her mind. “I always liked rocks, but I never thought of it as a particular area of study,” said Millar, who is planning on declaring a major in geoscience as a sophomore. Now, Millar is spending 10 weeks this summer working with Associate Professor of Geosciences David Bailey on a research project involving kimberlite dikes in central New York.

Meghan Dunn '06 was a guest on WAMC Northeast Public Radio's "The Best of Our Knowledge" on May 22. Dunn, a chemistry major, taped a studio interview with show’s host Glenn Busby in March as part of a National Science Foundation story about women in science and math. In the interview, Dunn describes why she likes Hamilton's size, the importance of her research on water clusters, gender equity in science and helping to get more young women into science. Dunn will enter graduate school in the fall at the University of Colorado at Boulder, in its atmospheric/environmental chemistry program. The interview can be heard on the Web; Dunn’s segment begins around 16:00.

Hamilton College’s annual Baccalaureate Service was held on May 20. Hamilton  President Joan Hinde Stewart introduced the Baccalaureate speaker, president of the Schumann Center for Media and Democracy Bill Moyers, whose address was titled "Pass the Bread."

Karen Sullam ’06 presented a poster at the 26th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation in Crete, Greece from April 3-8. Sullam’s project, presented with co-author Melissa Hedges from Virginia Polytechnic Institute, was titled “Nesting Trends and Spacial Patterns of Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta caretta) on Bald Head Island, North Carolina.”

The 8th Annual AIDS Hike for Life will take place at Hamilton College on Sunday, April 30. Registration begins at 10 a.m. and the 5K walk begins at 11 a.m. The AIDS Hike for Life is a walk/fun run committed to raising funds that provide direct care to families and individuals living with AIDS, and help support AIDS Community Resources’ (ACR) Teen AIDS Task Force prevention program in area high schools.

Sarah Griffith '06 has been awarded the college's prestigious Bristol Fellowship. The Bristol Fellowship was begun in 1996 as part of a gift to Hamilton College by William M. Bristol, Jr., (Class of 1917). The purpose of the fellowship is to perpetuate Mr. Bristol's spirit and share it with students of the college that was such an important part of his life. Created by his family, the fellowship is designed to encourage Hamilton students to experience the richness of the world by living outside the United States for one year and studying an area of great personal interest.

Associate Professor of Philosophy Todd Franklin presented a paper at a one-day symposium at Temple University on April 7. “Heretical Nietzsche Studies” was a meeting of a group of scholars whose research makes creative use of central Nietzschean themes, including political thinking, religious views, critique of gender and contributions to French post-structural thought. Franklin delivered a paper titled “More Eyes, Different Eyes: Visions of Genealogy as Counter-Hegemonic Praxis.” He also presented a lecture titled “Ecce Nietzschean: Reflections on the Allure of Nietzsche’s Philosophy” at Siena College on March 31.

Fourteen Hamilton mathematics majors gave talks at the Hudson River Undergraduate Mathematics Conference (HRUMC) on April 8, held this year at Westfield State College in Westfield, Mass. They were among 240 speakers and 500 attendees from more than 40 institutions. The conference featured short talks by students and faculty and a keynote speech by Ken Ono of the University of Wisconsin.

Peter Bernstein, author of Wedding of the Waters: The Erie Canal and the Making of a Great Nation, spoke at Hamilton on March 29. In addition to Hamilton students, faculty and staff, many outside guests, including local high school students and teachers, attended the lecture. Bernstein is president of Peter L. Bernstein Inc., an economic consulting firm to institutional investors and corporations worldwide. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard, then after working in research at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Bernstein served as a captain in the Air Force during World War II. He has authored nine books on economics and finance, and has contributed countless articles to professional journals.

Bron Taylor, the Samuel S. Hill Ethics Professor at the University of Florida, will present a lecture titled "Globalization and Earth-Based Spiritualities" on Wednesday, March 29 at 7:30 p.m. in the Red Pit. Taylor has written widely about the religious and ethical dimensions of environmental movements around the world. His books include Ecological Resistance Movements: the Global Emergence of Radical and Popular Environmentalism and the Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature (Continuum 2005).