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Students in the Washington, D.C., Program recently visited Mount Vernon. They were accompanied by program director Alan Cafruny.

Barbara Gold, the Edward North Professor of Classics and Greek Literature Emerita, was recently invited to present a lecture and teach a class at Binghamton University.

Why do birds typically live longer than mammals? A new paper offers a hint, albeit not a conclusive answer. Assistant Professors of Biology Cynthia Downs and Ana Jimenez at Hamilton College and Colgate University respectively have co-authored a paper with nine students, “Does cellular metabolism from primary fibroblasts and oxidative stress in blood differ between mammals and birds? The (lack-thereof) scaling of oxidative stress” in press with Integrative and Comparative Biology.

Robert Martin, the Sidney Wertimer Professor for Excellence in Advising and Mentoring, was recently invited to present a paper at the Pioneer Valley Political Theory Workshop.

“It's not too late to rein in government corruption,” an essay published by Albany’s Times-Union and co-authored by Professor of Government and Law Frank Anechiarico, precedes the Finding Our Way: Rebuilding Ethics in New York State conference which he is co-hosting this Wednesday in Albany and his interview on the Capitol Pressroom (locally WRVO 91.9 FM) Tuesday at 8 p.m. about the conference.

In an email to the Hamilton community on April 28, Dean of Faculty Suzanne Keen announced the death of Winslow Professor of Physics Emeritus James W. Ring ’51, P’84. Jim received his bachelor’s degree in mathematics and physics from Hamilton in 1951, graduating as an elected member of Phi Beta Kappa. He earned a Ph.D. in nuclear physics in 1958 from the University of Rochester, where he became a member of Sigma Xi. Jim joined the Hamilton faculty as an assistant professor in 1957, earned tenure, received promotion to associate professor in 1962, and became a full professor in 1969. He retired in 2003.

“Apocalypse Here; Reading the Natural World in Native American Mormon Visions,” by Associate Professor of Religious Studies Quincy Newell, appears as the lead article in the April issue of American Studies.

Professor of Comparative Literature Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz recently presented a guest lecture for the Classics Department of Boston University and is working on a collaborative production with a London theatre group.

Professor of Economics Paul Hagstrom and Assistant Professor of Economics Javier Pereira presented papers on their refugee project at the 87th International Atlantic Economic Conference in Athens.

Seniors Victoria Anibarro, Marie Fouche, and Meredith Jones recently presented at the Seventh Annual Screening Scholarship Media Festival at the University of Pennsylvania.