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Kevin Williams, a former athlete as well as  former cross-country and track coach at SUNY Albany, is now part of its industrial organizational psychology department.  He has a degree in human psychology focusing primarily on motivation and performance.  Williams gave a lecture at Hamilton College on November 15  titled "The Goal Striving Process in Athletes: Raising the Bar and Missing the Mark".  There are some students in college who excelled in sports in high school, but for one reason or another no longer participate in sports at the collegiate level.  There are a number of different reasons or circumstances for this, but more often than not it is because of a poor first experience.

Students and faculty filled the Chapel to listen to world- renowned environmental thinker and activist Dr. Vandana Shiva on Sept. 7.  Shiva is the first speaker of the 2003 Kirkland Project series, "Alternatives to Globalization and War." The lecture was co-sponsored by the biology department, the environmental studies department, and the Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center at Hamilton. 

Christopher Butts, a rising senior at Hamilton College, received one of four stipends from the Sergei Zlinkoff Foundation, which supports summer research for students interested in the health professions. Chris’s research seeks to understand the calcium binding behavior of the antibiotic tetracycline.  His faculty advisor is Hamilton Professor of Chemistry Tim Elgren.

Andreu Viader Valls, a rising junior , is conducting research this summer with Professor Steven Festin at Hamilton College.  The summer research will be in the fields of biochemistry and cancer biology. Valls, under Festin’s advisement, will be studying the cellular pathways associated with the steroid hormone estrogen and its relation to cancer, specifically breast cancer.

Robert D. Group, a rising sophomore at Hamilton College, received a stipend from the Ralph E. Hansmann Science Student Support Fund to study and map portions of the surface structure of the planet Venus.  The Ralph E. Hansmann Science Students Support Fund is given to support research in all sciences and mathematics during the summer.  He will be part of a research group including Hamilton Professor of Geology Barbara Tewksbury and two local high school students. 

Andrew T. Yue,  a rising senior at Hamilton College, received a stipend from the LUCAS Fund to research a way to size down a neutron polarizer into a more practical volume for application in the field.  The LUCAS Fund helps support summer science research at Hamilton College.  His faculty advisor is Assistant Professor of Physics and nuclear physicist Gordon L. Jones. 

Sarah E. McNeil '04, Ashley Kuenzi '05, Charlotte Hodde '04, and Krista Marran '04 will be participating in summer research concerning species recovery of the Karner Blue and Frosted Elfin butterflies on the Rome Sand Plains.  Their research is funded through a recent grant from the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) and Hamilton College’s summer science grants program.  Their faculty advisors, Professors of Biology William Pfitsch and Ernest Williams, are members of the Rome Sand Plains Resource Management Team.  Pfitsch’s expertise is in plant ecology, and Williams is a butterfly population ecologist. 

Jennifer M. Henkle, a rising junior at Hamilton College, received a stipend from the Dean’s Summer Research Fund to study how mutant bacteria may be used to clean up contaminated environments. Her faculty advisor is Assistant Professor of Biology Michael L. McCormick.

Mollie H. Wright, a rising junior at Hamilton College, received a stipend from the Ralph E. Hansmann Science Student Support Fund to study how mutant bacteria transform carbon tetrachloride in iron-respiration of surface proteins. The Ralph E. Hansmann Science Students Support Fund is given to support research in all sciences and mathematics. Her faculty advisor is Assistant Professor of Biology Michael L. McCormick.

Christine Campbell, a rising senior at Hamilton College, received a stipend from the Ralph E. Hansmann Science Students Support Fund to study the role of programmed cell death in the development of down feathers in chicken embryos.