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A memorial service for Professor of Biology Emeritus Eugene Putala will be held on Saturday, April 23, at noon, in the College Chapel. A reception will follow at the Science Center atrium.  

Dani Forshay '11, a candidate for May graduation from Hamilton, has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) to Russia.

Dr. James Afful Clarke, Ghanaian ophthalmologist and Unite for Sight medical advisory board member, will give a lecture titled “Global Health Delivery in Ghana: Reaching the Poorest of the Poor” on Tuesday, April 19, at 7:30 p.m., in the Science Center’s Kennedy Auditorium. The lecture is free and open to the public.  

The Burke Library held a formal re-opening of the Emerson Rare Book Room, honoring Patsy Couper W'44 and Dr.Walter Brumm, with a dedication of the Patricia Pogue Couper Research Room on April 14.

William Billiter, director of foundation, corporate and government relations, has written a book of poetry titled Stutter (University of Georgia Press, April 1, 2011). Stutter was a winner in the 2010 National Poetry Series, an award program judged by distinguished national poets.

James “Sparky” Rucker and Rhonda Rucker will perform Civil War music in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the start of the war in a performance titled “Blue and Grey in Black and White” on Monday, April 18, at 7:30 p.m., in the Fillius Events Barn. The event is free and open to the public.

Associate Professor of Art Rebecca Murtaugh is exhibiting two works in the exhibition PXL at Anka Gallery in Portland, Ore. "A Microcosmic View of the Dot" and "Cyclical Perspective" will be on view for the month of April. The exhibition features the work of 11 American artists whose work is influenced by the pixel. The show was inspired by Russell A. Kirsch, the progenitor of the pixel and the new variable shaped pixel.

The Hamilton College Theatre Department announces the Spring Theater Production, Wet, or Isabella the Pirate Queen Enters the Horse Latitudes, by Liz Duffy Adams. Performances will run  Thursday, April 14 –  Saturday, April 16, at 8 p.m., and Wednesday, April 20 – Saturday April 23 at 8 p.m. There is an additional performance at 2 p.m. on Sat., April 16. All performances take place in Minor Theater.

Ilana Gershon, author of The Break-Up 2.0: Disconnecting Over New Media (Cornell University Press, 2010),will lecture at Hamilton on Thursday, April 14, at 4 p.m., in the Bradford Auditorium, KJ Building. The lecture is free and open to the public.

The Burke Library will hold a formal re-opening of the Emerson Rare Book Room, honoring Patsy Couper W'44 and Walter Brumm, with a dedication of the Patricia Pogue Couper Research Room on Thursday, April 14, at 4:15 p.m. on the second floor landing of the library. The public is invited to attend.