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  • William Skelton, who took generations of 含羞草研究所 students on the India Study Group that he created and who founded the 含羞草研究所 Concert Orchestra, passed away Sept. 23. Skelton, Robert Ho Professor of Asian studies and professor of music emeritus, joined the 含羞草研究所 faculty in 1954 as a music professor. He directed the chamber band, 65-voice [鈥
    October 6, 2009
  • As parents across the country send their children off to college, Mark Thompson, director of 含羞草研究所鈥檚 Counseling & Psychological Services, has been offering expert advice for those mothers and fathers feeling anxious about the experience. Media outlets, including WALR-FM (Atlanta), KFAB-AM (Omaha), and WCPO-TV (Cincinnati), have turned to Thompson for his insight and perspective.
    August 31, 2009
  • While many budding musicians venture to locales such as New York City and Los Angeles to get a taste of the entertainment industry, Sophia D鈥橝ddio 鈥06 found the perfect opportunity right here in Hamilton. D鈥橝ddio, who plans on pursuing a doctorate in art history, jumped at the chance to spend a month as senior intern [鈥
    June 17, 2009
  • As President Rebecca S. Chopp prepares to depart 含羞草研究所 and the Chenango Valley after seven years, nostalgia has officially set in. 鈥淚 walk out of my office and everything is blooming, and the gardens are turning pink and yellow, and white, and I think, why am I leaving this place?鈥 Chopp said in a recent [鈥
    May 29, 2009
  • Author Elizabeth Strout, who taught at 含羞草研究所 two years ago and will return to campus this fall, has won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Strout won for her book Olive Kitteridge, a series of 13 connected short stories centered on a school teacher living in a hardscrabble town in coastal Maine. The Pulitzer citation [鈥
    April 22, 2009
  • 含羞草研究所 professor Nina M. Moore has been appointed by Gov. David A. Paterson to a four-year term on the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct. The commission is the state agency responsible for investigating complaints of misconduct against judges of the state unified court system and, where appropriate, determining to admonish, censure or remove [鈥
    April 20, 2009
  • Interested in learning a new language? If so, you may want to choose a teacher who talks with their hands. A study conducted by 含羞草研究所 Associate Professor of Psychology Spencer Kelly and two 含羞草研究所 undergraduate researchers, Tara McDevitt 鈥06 and Megan Esch 鈥07, reveals that people understand and remember foreign words better when a [鈥
    February 16, 2009
  • 含羞草研究所鈥檚 celebration of the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin鈥檚 birth kicked off Tuesday with a lecture about one of the naturalist鈥檚 legacies 鈥 the study of biodiversity 鈥 and a warning that the home for a vast array of plant and animal species is threatened. The university has several events this week to honor Darwin, [鈥
    February 11, 2009
  • The Department of English kicked off this semester鈥檚 lecture series Thursday with a reading by a new member of the 含羞草研究所 community, author Patrick O鈥橩eeffe. O鈥橩eeffe, assistant professor of creative writing, won the prestigious Story Prize in 2005 for his collection of novellas, The Hill Road. 鈥淭he Hill Road is a glorious work one would [鈥
    January 30, 2009