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Curator Jenny Schmid, director of Bikini Press International in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has selected prints by Professors of Art Bill Salzillo and Bruce Muirhead for Sixty Square Inches, the 17th Biennial Small Print Exhibition at Purdue University Galleries. Both professors have been awarded prizes for their work. The show opens on March 8 and closes on April 25.

Hamilton’s annual Public Speaking competition took place on Saturday, March 6 on the Chapel. Five students won prizes in three prize competitions: The McKinney Prize, The Clark Prize, and The Warren Wright Prize.

Daniel L. Schacter P'12, professor of psychology at Harvard University, will give the John Rybash Memorial Lecture on Monday, March 8, at 4 p.m. in the Science Center Kennedy Auditorium. Schacter will discuss his work in the field of memory and cognition in his talk titled "Constructive memory: Remembering the past and imagining the future." The lecture is free and open to the public.

On February 24,  students of the New York City Program visited the Whitney Museum of American Art. The students, together with Professor Rick Werner, received a comprehensive tour of the Collecting Biennials exhibition on the museum’s fifth floor.

The Washington Post’s “On Faith” blog published “And the Oscar for Best Image of God in a motion picture goes to . . .” on March 4. Written by Visiting Associate Professor of Religion S. Brent Plate, the article will appear in The Washington Post’s print edition shortly. Plate reviewed the films of 2009 and the manner in which they explored the image of the human and the image of God.

Alan Rapp, former senior editor at Chronicle Books in San Francisco, will present a lecture titled “Publishing Books on Art, Design, Architecture, and Photography” on Tuesday, March 9, at 4:10 p.m., in the Red Pit (KJ 127). The event is free and open to the public.

Carolyn Carpan, Burke Library’s director of public services, has published “Introducing Information Literacy 2.0,” the first installment of her new column “Library Services in the Age of Google.” The column appears in the latest edition of College & Undergraduate Libraries, a quarterly journal that provides practical information for the librarians and staff of undergraduate institutions.

A writer from age 16, Margaret Atwood has created a successful career, garnered many awards in both poetry and prose, and has received international acclaim. Throughout her career she has shown loyalty to her fellow writers and to the causes she champions.

U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand came to Hamilton on Friday, March 5, to host an economic round table with community, business and government leaders. President Joan Stewart greeted the senator as she arrived at Eels House. Approximately two dozen attendees discussed major issues facing the area with the senator.

Congratulations to the Hamilton Club Ice Hockey team, that took home the Upstate New York Club Hockey League (UNYCHL) championship after a victory over Le Moyne College in Sage Rink on Saturday, Feb. 27. Hamilton, coached by Visiting Assistant Professor of Geosciences Robin Mattheus, beat Le Moyne 7-6 in overtime, clinching its first UNYCHL title.