Scott A. Barrett ’90 has joined the Syracuse University School of Information Studies as assistant dean for advancement. 

In the spring, The Johns Hopkins University Press will publish Biomedical Computing: Digitizing Life in the United States by Joseph November '97.  The book explores both how computers changed how life is studied and how the life sciences contributed to computing.

Nell Dodge '99 recently opened 603 Here & There, a new e-shop of hand-picked design items for the holidays. The shop offers an edited range of "contemporary and fun" products from handcrafted soap to gold lustered ceramic objects.  All the products are collaborations with smaller artists and artisans and of European and American origin, with designers from New Hampshire (Area Code 603), NYC, San Francisco, Vermont and France.

On Oct. 19, Steve Reynolds '93 was presented with an Attorney General's Award for Distinguished Service -- the Department of Justice’s second-highest honor -- for his role in the investigation and prosecution of Bridgeport, Connecticut resident Faisal Shahzad for the attempted bombing of Times Square in New York City on May 1, 2010.  Attorney General Eric Holder recognized Reynolds as well as several other federal prosecutors and law enforcement agents from New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts during the 59th Annual Attorney General Awards Ceremony at DAR Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C.

Cynthia Mondesir '75, a pediatrician in Bethel, Alaska, returned to the Hill on Oct. 24 to describe the life journey that took her from Brooklyn to Haiti to Hamilton and finally Alaska.

Ian Howat ’99 was among four scientists named by President Obama to receive the 2010 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). He received the award in a ceremony on Oct. 14 in Washington.

Students in the Semester in Washington Program met with U.S. Representative Richard Hanna of New York’s 24th District on Oct. 12. Rep. Hanna fielded a variety of questions from the group about his experiences as a new member of the House of Representatives and about the issues confronting the 112th Congress.

On Oct. 3, Oxford University Press released a book by Sarah Damaske '99 titled For the Family? How Class and Gender Shape Women's Work.  The book challenges the belief that middle-class women decide to work and working class women have to work and demonstrates that middle-class women are actually more likely to work than working class women are.  The book summary states:

On Sunday, Oct. 2 at 6:45 p.m., Brian Chiappinelli '92 and Sean Epps '91 presented "Introduction to Private Equity – Middle Market Buyouts." Peter Tonetti, Hamilton's chief investment officer, working on the endowment, also participated.  The presentation was the seventh installment in the alumni-led "Investment & Finance Education Series," which was founded by Chiappinelli and John Merill '92, who wanted to make current Hamilton students aware of the breadth of career opportunities available to them in the field of finance.