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To introduce him simply as a civil rights activist, educator, or philosopher would be irresponsible. To call him a MacArthur Genius, a Heinz Award recipient, or an Alphonse Fletcher, Sr. Fellow would reduce him to labels. He is all of that and more – there simply is no introduction that could do Robert “Bob” Moses’56 justice.

Robert Moses ’56, one of the most influential black leaders of the civil rights struggle, founder of The Algebra Project, Inc., and a MacArthur “Genius” Fellow, will return to Hamilton for a four-day visit and full slate of activities from Feb. 18 to 21.

We are all too familiar with the pressing question of our childhood: “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Our answers were often times idealistic but impractical, typically inspired by the superheroes we looked up to, the fairies we read about in books, or the astronauts we imagined as we peered up into space.

Goldman Sachs Chairman and CEO David Solomon ’84 and Thomas Tull ’92, chairman and CEO of Pittsburgh-based investment-holding company Tulco, will discuss how emerging technologies are revolutionizing today’s businesses in a special program at Hamilton College.

Steve Orlando '08, a writer for DC Comics, and James Zubkavich, a writer for Marvel Comics and DC Comics, will give a lecture on “Creating the Graphic Narrative” on Tuesday, Feb. 12, at 8 p.m., in Dwight Lounge.

More than 85 students got the chance to explore possible careers when they were matched with alumni and parents for a day of job shadowing during the recent winter break.

Stephen Knohl ’93, residency program director and vice chair for education at SUNY Upstate Medical University, tells students that Hamilton will prepare them well for medical school.

Interviews are scary. As alumnus Ward Halverson ’92 recalled his interview to work for Hamilton’s Admissions Office, he remembered “that was the first real interview that I’d ever really had, and I just kind of bombed it. I was so nervous and my mouth was dry.”

Hamilton is working with public radio's StoryCorps on a new initiative, One Small Step, to solicit community members in the Mohawk Valley and Hamilton students who hold opposing views to participate in a one-hour, facilitated, and recorded conversation to get to know each other a bit as people.

Ford will serve as a juror in the U.S. documentary category – one of seven juried categories.