New York Program Students Attend Isserman Book Signing
 Maurice Isserman with New York Program students and Katheryn Doran at Logos Bookstore. Students in Hamilton's Program in New York City and resident director Katheryn Doran, associate professor of philosophy, attended a talk and book signing by Maurice Isserman, the James L. Ferguson Professor of History, at New York's Logos Bookstore on Oct. 27. Logos is owned by owned by Harris Healy III '78. Isserman gave a talk about the book, Fallen Giants: A History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of the Empire to the Age of Extremes, that he co-authored with University of Rochester professor Stewart Weaver.
Students in New York Program Attend Performance of New York Philharmonic
 New York program students attended a performance of the New York Philharmonic. Students in Hamilton's Program in New York attended a performance of the New York Philharmonic on Oct. 23. They heard Leonidas Kavakos perform the Bartók Violin Concerto #2, and the Brahms Symphony #3. The New York Philharmonic performance was one of several cultural activities sponsored by Kevin '70 and Karen Kennedy for the students participating in the Program in New York.
Students in New York Program Attend Earth Institute Panel
 New York students with event coordinator Ivy Morgan. Five Hamilton students from the New York Program attended a talk at Columbia University's Earth Institute, titled "Can We Save the World Economy?"
The Oct. 20 event was a conversation with George Soros, Nouriel Roubini and Jeffrey Sachs on the breakdown of financial markets around the world and whether the global economy can be saved. Soros is a global financier and philanthropist as well as founder and chairman of the Open Society Institute; Roubini is professor of economics and international business at the Stern School of Business, New York University; Sachs is director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University and special advisor to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. The event was moderated by John Roberts, CNN anchor.
New York City Program Visits Museum of Modern Art, Hears Scott MacDonald Lecture
Associate Professor of Philosophy and Director of the New York City Program Katheryn Doran and the Hamilton in NYC students visited the Museum of Modern Art on Oct. 6. They saw Visiting Professor of Comparative Literature Scott MacDonald's film exhibition and talk celebrating the publication of his 2008 book, Canyon Cinema: The Life and Times of an Independent Film Distributor.
Metropolitan Opera Performance is Latest Stop on New York Students' Itinerary
 New York Program students with Prof. Katheryn Doran at the Metropolitan Opera Hamilton in New York students enjoyed the premiere of the Metropolitan Opera's 2008 season with a thrilling performance of Salome on Sept. 23. The Metropolitan Opera performance was one of several cultural activities sponsored by Kevin '70 and Karen Kennedy for the students participating in the Program in New York.
Program in New York City Students Visit Tenement Museum
 NYC students with their guide after their interactive tour through the museum. The Hamilton Program in New York City students continue to explore the city that is their home for the fall 2008 semester. On Sept. 18 they toured the Tenement Museum, a New York City museum that tells the stories of immigrants who lived in 97 Orchard Street, a tenement built in 1863 on Manhattan's Lower East Side.
Next on the New York City Itinerary: The Metropolitan Museum
 Students and Prof. Doran stop for a photo while others in the group explored the rest of the museum. Hamilton's program in New York City students continued their exploration of the city with a tour of the J.M.W. Turner exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum, on Sept. 17. A generous alumni benefactor made the visit possible.
Hamilton in New York Students Tour Science Barge, A Sustainable Urban Farm
 New York Program students at the Science Barge. Students from Hamilton's Program in New York toured the Science Barge at Pier I, Riverside Park South, on Sept. 10. The barge is "a prototype, sustainable urban farm and environmental education center. According to the New York SunWorks Web site, "It is the only fully functioning demonstration of renewable energy supporting sustainable food production in New York City. The Science Barge grows tomatoes, cucumbers, and lettuce with zero net carbon emissions, zero chemical pesticides, and zero runoff."
Students in New York Program Visit Whitney Museum
 Hamilton program in NYC students with Professor Katheryn Doran at the Whitney. Students in Hamilton's program in New York City visited the Whitney Museum on Sept. 3, where they toured the exhibit, "Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe." According to the Whitney Museum Web site, "Visionary designer, philosopher, poet, inventor, engineer, and advocate of sustainability, Buckminster Fuller was one of the great transdisciplinary thinkers of the last century with a legacy that extends to nearly every field of the arts and sciences."
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Program in New York Students Visit New York Historical Society Museum
 Students in the N.Y. Program visited the N.Y. Historical Society Museum. Students in Hamilton's Program in New York City visited the N.Y. Historical Society Museum on Aug. 29 to see the Plague in Gotham! exhibit. The exhibit focused on cholera in New York City in 1832, in which a mixture of wretched environmental conditions coupled with false beliefs about the science of transmission (that cholera was not contagious and that it befell those of dissolute moral character) contributed to the epidemic.
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Students in New York Program Attend Performance of New York Philharmonic
 Students in the spring 2008 New York program attended a premiere by the New York Philharmonic. Students in Hamilton's Program in New York in April attended a performance of the New York Philharmonic. They heard Chinese pianist Lang Lang perform the world premiere of Tan Dun's "Piano Concerto" and Stravinsky's "The Firebird." The New York Philharmonic performance was one of several cultural activities sponsored by Kevin '70 and Karen Kennedy for the students participating in the Program in New York.
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New York City Program Students Tour United Nations
 New York City Program students at the U.N. Students in the New York City Program recently visited the United Nations where they had a tour and lunch in the delegates lounge as part of a final student project/presentation. Students in the program this semester are Marketa Crandle '10, Nick Eugenio '09, Sofia Guerron '10, Gillian Hawley '09, Robin Joseph '09, Harry Jung '10, Meredith Kennedy '09, Carlyle McWilliams '09, Sarah Moore '09, Ed Odre '09, Travis Talmadge '09, Rita Tran '09, Lyndra Vassar '09 and Xiaolu Xu '10. Vivyan C. Adair, the Elihu Root Peace Fund Professor of Women's Studies, is director of this semester's program, Globalization: The City as Text.
New York City Program Students Enjoy a Night at the Opera
 New York City Program students with Professor Vivyan Adair at the Metropolitan Opera. Hamilton students in the New York City Program had the opportunity to attend a performance of Carmen at the Metropolitan Opera in February. The students are sampling all New York has to offer, with visits to the Frick Museum and Tenement Museum, in addition to holding internships at Merrill Lynch, MTV/CH1, NBC and the Clinton Foundation. Vivyan C. Adair, the Elihu Root Peace Fund Professor of Women's Studies, is director of this semester's program, Globalization: The City as Text.
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