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The Greek Philanthropy Union, Physical Plant, and the greater Hamilton community surpassed their fundraising goal and raised enough funds to purchase 130 Easter hams and donate $325 for more groceries for the Country Pantry in Clark’s Mills.

Hamilton’s Alternative Spring Break (ASB) group in Virginia helped build a Habitat for Humanity house during the first week of spring break, March 16-23. The Hamilton students worked with Hanover Habitat for Humanity in Mechanicsville, where they helped build a house for a family in need.

Rachel B. Cackett ’13, a double major in geosciences and art, presented a poster titled “A Laboratory Exercise for Paleontology: Environmental Analysis Using Invertebrate Fossils” at the 48th Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America – Northeastern Section.

Lauren Howe ’13 has been awarded a prestigious Thomas J. Watson Fellowship for 2013-14. Her project is titled “The Future of Food: Modern Technology and Traditional Agriculture Systems.” Howe was among 40 national winners of the Fellowships. This year 148 finalists competed on the national level, after their institutions nominated them in the autumn. Each fellow receives $25,000 for a year of travel and exploration outside the U.S.

Catherine Crone ’13 has been awarded a Royster Fellowship at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for graduate study in musicology beginning next fall. This prestigious fellowship is open to UNC graduate students in all departments and provides five years of financial support including tuition, fees and a $22,000 stipend each academic year. In 2012-2013 29 fellowships were awarded.

While many of their counterparts hit beaches and ski slopes 102 Hamilton students are spending a week of their spring break volunteering at one of 10 nonprofit organizations for Alternative Spring Break (ASB), March 16-31.

Marko Nikic ’13, a geosciences major, presented a poster titled “Correlating the North Atlantic Oscillation and the Arctic Oscillation to Central New York’s 2011-2012 Winter Weather” at the 38th Annual Northeastern Storm Conference held in Rutland, Vt., on March 8-10.

Lolita Buckner Inniss, the Elihu Root Peace Fund Visiting Professor of Women’s Studies, penned a letter to the editor that was published in The New York Times (3/7/13). The letter was in response to an op-ed, “The Good Racist People,” by Ta-Nehisi Coates, a senior editor at The Atlantic.

Denise Eileen McCoskey, associate professor of classics and an affiliate in black world studies at Miami University of Ohio, will deliver a lecture titled “Race Matters: Re-Casting Identity Among the Greeks and Romans,” on Thursday, March 14, at 4 p.m., in the Kennedy Auditorium of the Taylor Science Center.  Her lecture is sponsored by Hamilton’s Classics department and is free and open to the public.

Stage/film/TV actress Blanche Baker P’15 visited Hamilton to give a two-day workshop on “Acting for Film,” on March 9 and 10.