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Hamilton College finished in fifth place out of a talented six-team field at the University of Rochester's Fred B. Kravetz golf invitational, which was held on April 17 and 18.

The Hamilton College women's soccer program is scheduled to host a day clinic for girls ages 15 to 18 on Sunday, April 26, and Sunday, May 3.

Professor of Chinese De Bao Xu was invited to give a three-hour workshop on CALL Practice and Incorporating Technology into Day-to-Day Instruction at the Center for Advancement of Chinese Language Education and Research (CACLER), Faculty of Education, the University of Hong Kong on April 17.

Phillip Milner '10 has been named a Barry M. Goldwater Scholar for the 2009-10 academic year. Milner is among 278 scholars from across the U.S. to receive the Goldwater, the premier national undergraduate award in the fields of mathematics, the natural sciences and engineering.

Nearing the end of a semester studying the American presidency, students in the Program in Washington went right to the source on April 18 with a visit to Mount Vernon, the home of President George Washington.

Students and faculty from Hamilton's Classics Department traveled to Colgate University to attend and present at the fourth annual Parilia Conference, highlighting undergraduate research in classics, on April 17. Presenters and topics at this year's conference were: Kaitlyn Bishara '09, "Evolution or Revolution: The Influence of the Classics on the Creation of America"; Casey Green '09, "Social Understandings of the Deaf and the Blind in Ancient Greece"; and Cassie Sullivan '09, "Translation in the Classics Classroom: What is Lost and What is Gained?"

Visiting Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and Postdoctoral Fellow Anna Oldfield presented a paper titled "Reimagining the Caucasus: Minstrel Music and Multicultural Identities in Northern Azerbaijan" at the British Forum for Ethnomusicology annual conference held at John Moores University in Liverpool, England, April 16-19.

Visiting Professor of Film History and F.I.L.M. Director Scott MacDonald, on-leave this semester, spoke on cinema and the American landscape at the San Francisco Exploratorium and delivered the inaugural presentation at the new storefront theater of San Francisco's Studio for Urban Projects on March 27.

Nationally ranked No. 24 Bates College swept host Hamilton College, 9-0, in a New England Small College Athletic Conference match played at Gray Tennis Courts on April 19.

Amber O'Connor '09 went 2-for-3 with a homer and two RBI but visiting Hamilton College dropped a New England Small College Athletic Conference West Division game in five innings, 11-3, against Amherst College at Amherst Softball Field on April 19.