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The Internal Revenue Service has issued to Hamilton College a special ruling that allows the college to invest charitable remainder trusts with its endowment. These charitable gift vehicles will benefit from increased diversification and growth potential. 

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Hamilton College has announced the single largest gift in its history, $10 million from Wendy and Keith Wellin for a three-building arts complex.

Artist and Kirkland College alumna Mei-ling Hom '73 will return to the Hamilton College campus to give a lecture on Wednesday, Jan. 31.  She will speak at 4:15 p.m. in the Red Pit of the Kirner-Johnson Building. Her lecture is free and open to the public.

Stephen Goldberg conducted a day-long workshop for K-12 teachers titled “Incorporating Asian Art into the Public School Classroom.” The workshop was hosted by Belmont University in Nashville in conjunction with the 2007 annual meeting of the Southeast Conference of the Association of Asian Studies on January 13.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Government Nicholas Tampio published an article on “Rawls and the Kantian Ethos” in the January issue of Polity. The article shows how Rawls transforms Kant’s philosophy in order to revitalize the Enlightenment. The article is part of his book manuscript on Kant’s legacy in contemporary political theory.

Associate Professor of Economics Stephen Wu delivered the ninth annual Waino Pihl Lecture at Wayne State University in November 2006.  The lecture was titled "Incorporating Behavioral Factors in Economic Research" and cited work that he had published in this area. In October 2006 Wu was invited to participate in a panel titled "Doctoral Education and the Faculty of the Future.”  This panel was part of the annual policy research conference sponsored by the Cornell Higher Education Research Institute.

A paper co-authored by Stephen Wu, “The Search for Economics Talent: Doctoral Completion and Research Productivity,” was one of the key research sources referenced in a Jan. 9 story in InsideHigherEd.com. Titled “Defining What Makes an Economist,” the article discussed what factors might play a role in predicting student success in ultimately completing a Ph.D. in economics, publishing and landing a tenure-track job at a top-20 program.

Associate Professor of Economics Ann Owen participated in two sessions at the American Economic Association's annual meeting in Chicago during the first week of January.

Professor of Psychology Jonathan Vaughan presented a paper, “PsySquash X: A Utility Program for Analyzing PsyScope Data Files,” on November 16, 2006 at the Society for Computers in Psychology. The paper’s co-authors were Associate Professor of Psychology Penny Yee, Assistant Professor of Psychology Jennifer Borton and Virginia Vaughan. Jonathan Vaughan serves as an elected member of the society’s steering committee.