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Two Hamilton alumni are included on a short list of individuals recognized as the nation’s foremost leaders. Now in its second year, U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Leaders” edition (Oct. 30, 2006) recognizes the achievements of A.G. Lafley ’69, CEO, Procter & Gamble, and Robert Moses ’56, founder of The Algebra Project. Conducted in collaboration with the Center for Public Leadership at the John F. Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University, honorees were selected by a committee of government, community and private sector leaders. Chosen were men and women who, among other things, inspired a shared vision, challenged established processes and achieved measurable results in their respective fields.

For the second year, Hamilton students have organized a youth soccer program at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary School in the Cornhill section of Utica. The Observer- Dispatch celebrated the program with a front-page article continued on the front page of the sports section. Describing the committed engagement of approximately 45 Hamilton students, the article focused particularly on founder Kristina Carroll and sophomore Eve Stevens. Parents expressed their approval and gratitude for the effort expended by the volunteers in creating 12 teams for about 120 children aged 4 to 13. Likewise, the elementary school’s principal described the program as “wonderful.” 

George Longfish, artist and professor emeritus of Native American Studies at University of California, Davis, will present a talk about his work on Tuesday, Oct. 24, at 4:15 p.m. in Hamilton College’s Kennedy Science Auditorium.  Longfish is a member of the Six Nations Grand River Territory (Seneca/Tuscarora).  He is one of two artists whose work is included in the exhibit, “Native Perspectives,” currently showing through December 30 in the Emerson Gallery. 

Arthur Levitt Jr., former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and proponent of tougher corporate accounting standards, will present "The Paradox of an Ethical Society: Are Enrons Inevitable?" on Friday, Oct. 20, at 4 p.m. in the Fillius Events Barn.

The Emerson Gallery will host several events in October related to the two current exhibitions, "Native Perspectives: George Longfish and Shelley Niro" and "WPA Arists: Prints from the Amity Arts Foundation." These shows and related events are free and open to the public. Both exhibitions will be open through Dec. 30.  

Elizabeth Economy, CV Starr Senior Fellow and director for Asian studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and an award-winning author of "The River Runs Black: The Environmental Challenges to China's Future" (2004), will speak on Monday, Oct. 16, at 4 p.m. in the Kirner-Johnson Auditorium. The title of her talk is “Environmental Challenges to China's Future.” This lecture is part of the Levitt Center Speaker Series titled “Inequality and Equity” and is free and open to the public.

Jen Sadowsky is spending the fall of her junior year in the Cooperative Education Program between Hamilton and the New England Center for Children (NECC).  She recently described her duties as a participant in the program, "At the New England Center for Children, I am currently working with nine kids (ages 7-12) diagnosed with autism and other pervasive developmental disorders. Many of them have severe communication and social deficits, and some are completely non-verbal. We deal with a lot of challenging behaviors and constantly use positive reinforcement to reward the kids for doing their work and having good behavior." 

Cheng Li, William R. Kenan Professor of Government, was quoted in the cover article of the September issue of the National Geographic Magazine. In “The Manchurian Mandate,” Li commented on how the Chinese government could not afford to allow the frustrations of the residents of northeast China to erupt. Social unrest in that area of the country has been high due to lay-offs, rampant corruption, human and environmental disasters and a growing income gap between the highest and lowest groups. Li is currently a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington D.C.

On Sunday, Sept. 24, at 2 p.m., The Sterile Cuckoo, filmed on and around the Hamilton campus in the late 1960s and co-written by a Hamilton alumnus, will be screened in Kirner-Johnson Auditorium. The event is part of the F.I.L.M. (Forum for Images and Languages in Motion) series organized by Scott MacDonald, visiting professor in art history.

Associate Professor of Art History Stephen J. Goldberg will present a digital-slide lecture titled “Uses of the Past in Chinese Landscape Painting” at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 16, in the auditorium at the Munson Williams Proctor Art Institute (MWPAI). Goldberg’s presentation will mark the opening of an exhibition titled “Chinese Paintings from the Henricksen Collection” at the institute. A lecture titled “From Collection to Exhibition” by Sewall Oertling, professor emeritus at SUNY Oswego, will follow.  Both presentations are free and open to the public. A reception will follow in the Edward Wales Root Sculpture Court open to institute members and their guests.