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Hamilton Dedicates New Science Center
Congressman Sherwood Boehlert Gives Keynote The long awaited dedication ceremony for Hamilton's new Science Center was held on Friday, Sept. 30, in the building's atrium. President Joan Hinde Stewart gave the opening remarks and introduced the keynote speaker, Congressman Sherwood L. Boehlert, chairman of the House Committee on Science.
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Jared Diamond Launches Science Dedication Weekend With Lecture
Diamond Discussed His New Book, Collapse  Jared Diamond gave the Plant Lecture at Hamilton on Sept. 29. Jared Diamond, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Guns, Germs, and Steel, gave the James S. Plant lecture at Hamilton College on September 29 as part of the Science Center dedication weekend, "A Celebration of Science." The James S. Plant Distinguished Scientist Lecture series was established in 1987 through a bequest from Dr. Plant, class of 1912 and an eminent child psychiatrist, to bring to the campus outstanding scientists as guest lecturers. Diamond's lecture topic was a discussion of his new book, The New York Times best-seller Collapse.
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Ivan King '47 Took Audience on Tour of Universe With Hubble Telescope Pictures
King Lecture Was Part of Science Center Dedication Weekend  Ivan King '47 showed pictures taken with the Hubble telescope. Ivan King '47, a research professor of astronomy at the University of Washington, gave a lecture titled "Through the Universe with the Hubble Space Telescope" on October 1 as part of the Science Center dedication weekend. Dr. King took his audience on a "Tour of the Universe" with pictures taken by the Hubble telescope.
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Susan Bryant and Robert Almeder Debate Stem Cell Therapy
Panel Was Part of Science Center Dedication Weekend  Susan Bryant and Robert Almeder debated stem cell therapy. The student organization Biology Matters hosted a panel titled "Stem Cell Therapy: The Science and the Controversy" on Friday, Sept. 30, as part of the Science Center dedication weekend. The panelists were Susan Bryant, P'08, dean, School of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine; and Robert Almeder, the McCullough Distinguished Visiting Professor of Philosophy at Hamilton.
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Martin Hirsch '60 Lectures on HIV/AIDS For Science Symposium
Harvard Professor Hirsch is Director of AIDS Clinical Research at Mass General  Biology Professor Ernest Williams and Martin Hirsch '60. Martin Hirsch '60 gave a lecture titled "HIV/AIDS-Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow" for the Biology department during the Science Symposium held on Saturday, Oct. 1 and part of Hamilton's Science Center dedication weekend. Dr. Hirsch is a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, professor of infectious disease and immunology at Harvard School of Public Health and director of clinical AIDS research at Massachusetts General Hospital. Hirsch was introduced by Professor of Biology Ernest Williams, who presented him with a Hamilton Alumni Achievement Medal.
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About the Science Center
Unique characteristics of the design of this building include:
 complete faculty involvement in laboratory and classroom design
an open approach to make science activity visible
four different types of student public/study area: enclosed small rooms, common rooms, open study areas and the atrium
wireless computer capability throughout the building as well as 1,300 wired network jacks
an organization with teaching labs on one side of the hallway and
research labs on the other, organized "communities" to maximize
efficiency for access to lab and support areas
"atriette" stairway areas providing vertical connections between disciplines More ...
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