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The renovation of Minor Theater into Morris House for the fall of 2015 is moving forward according to schedule, and is expected to be completed in late July in anticipation of housing students as early as mid-August. Minor Theater, which until 2014 was home to performances by the Theatre Department, will upon completion house as many as 52 students in 10 suites in the newly named Morris House.

Hamilton College competes in the 2015 NCAA Division III Women's Rowing Championships at the Sacramento State Aquatic Center in Gold River, Calif., on Friday and Saturday, May 29 and 30.

The Hamilton College Chapter of Sigma Xi, the scientific research society, initiated six members of the Class of 2015 to associate membership on May 22 before the annual dinner in Taylor Science Center Atrium. Family members in attendance enjoyed a program of observations by mentors about the students, their research and student plans to continue in research.

Maria Willstedt, assistant professor of Hispanic studies, presented "Martin Sarmiento: A Medievalist at the Court of the Spanish Bourbon Kings," at the 50th International Congress on Medieval Studies, held May 14-17 at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo.

In a lengthy article titled “Voter Turnout in U.S. Mayoral Elections Is Pathetic, But It Wasn't Always This Way - A short history of how America’s urban voters stopped showing up at the polls” in The Atlantic’s CityLab, Philip Klinkner, the James S. Sherman Professor of Government, was quoted extensively. 

In The Wall Street Journal’s The Weekend Interview, alumnus Matt Zeller ’04 discussed the plight of Iraqi and Afghan interpreters who helped Americans during our nation’s engagement in those countries and who now find themselves in great danger in their own countries. The article detailed the non-profit organization Zeller created, No One Left Behind, to get these individuals and their families moved and settled safely in this country.

In his address at Hamilton College’s commencement, former U.S. ambassador to Germany and longtime top-level executive at Goldman Sachs Philip Murphy advised the Class of 2015 that as they enter the world, above all else “it is the content of your character that counts” and stressed that “the power of the individual to change the world is undiminished.”

Three Hamilton professors, Professor of Sociology Dennis Gilbert, Associate Professor of Government Peter Cannavo and Assistant Professor of Government Erica de Bruin have participated recently in interviews in their areas of expertise with media outlets based in New York, California and London. Here are brief summaries and links to them. 

Thirty Hamilton seniors were elected to the Epsilon chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honor society, at the May meeting. Students are elected to membership in recognition of their exceptional academic achievement in fulfilling the goals and purposes of the College.

Joe Jensen '15 (West Windsor, N.J./West Windsor-Plainsboro HS North) and Caroline Walton ’15 (Skaneateles, N.Y./Skaneateles Central School) received the 2015 Jack B. Riffle Awards at Hamilton College’s senior varsity athlete awards dinner on May 21.