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Acting President and Dean of Faculty Joseph Urgo published an essay in the Association of Departments of Foreign Languages (ADFL) Bulletin (fall 2008, vol. 40, no. 1). In "Counting to One is Not Counting," Urgo questions why the Spellings commission did not consider the humanities in its report. "It is not simply that the Spelling commission report fails to mention the humanities as a factor in higher education; the report itself is devoid of a humanities perspective on what it means to be an educated human being."

Roberta L. Krueger, Burgess Professor of French, has published an essay titled "Chrétien de Troyes and the Invention of Arthurian Courtly Fiction" in The Companion to Arthurian Literature, edited by Helen Fulton (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009).

Professor of Art Bill Salzillo's intaglio, The Cabinet, is one of 63 works chosen for the exhibition, White, Black, and Shades of Gray at the South Shore Art Center in Cohasset, Mass. Professor of Art Bruce Muirhead  had two etchings accepted. They are "Power Station" and "Smoker."

Four Hamilton College women's cross country runners earned all-academic honors in 2008 from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.

For Julie Sze, professor of American studies at the University of California-Davis, the fields of environmental justice and environmental humanities are inextricably tied. It's also important to remember, however, that there are many instances in which the two seem incompatible. Her lecture at Hamilton on March 2 explored the relationship between environmental justice and environmental humanities and their implications in the American sociopolitical structure.

Hamilton was represented by 26 students at Power Shift 2009, held Feb. 27-March 2, in Washington, D.C. The conference brought 10,000 young people to Washington to mobilize, network, learn, teach, make a statement, and lobby congress to make some real progress on global warming. Students met with members of Congress to discuss rebuilding our economy and reclaiming our future through bold climate and clean energy policy.

In just over a year, Hamilton College's Trivia Night has exploded to become one of the largest weeknight attractions on campus. Every Tuesday at 8 p.m., dozens of teams, comprised of students and faculty members alike, arrive at the Little Pub to test their knowledge in the hopes of winning gift certificates to the Rio Grande Tex Mex Grill.

The inventor of one of the world's most effective anti-cancer drugs — who became fascinated with chemistry as a student at Hamilton — has, with his wife, donated $1 million to establish an endowed fund for chemistry research at the College.

Hamilton College ended up in seventh place out of 11 teams at the New England Small College Athletic Conference championships after the meet's third and final day at Wesleyan University's Wesleyan Natatorium on March 1.

Jacqueline Marra '10 is spending the spring of her junior year in Hamilton's Cooperative Education Program with the New England Center for Children. She recently described her activities as a participant in the program.