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Hamilton College’s Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center is sponsoring a series of lectures this fall focused primarily on the duties and roles of superpowers. The next speaker in the series is Andrew Bacevich, a professor of international relations and the former director of the Center for International Relations at Boston University.

A selection of more than 100 Hamilton College art and artifacts from the permanent collection will be on display at Hamilton College’s Emerson Gallery from Thursday, Sept. 29, through Friday, Dec. 30, in an exhibit titled “A Century of Curiosities: The Story of Hamilton College Collection.” This exhibition, the third in a series, highlights some of the 5,000 objects included in the Hamilton College Collection, which has grown substantially since its beginning in 1873.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded $181,703 to Hamilton College for support of a project directed by Derek C. Jones, the Irma M. and Robert D. Morris Professor of Economics, titled "Collaborative Research: The Nature and Effects of Human Resource Policies: Econometric Case Studies of Firms in the U.S., China and Finland."  A similar award (about $135,000) also went to Takao Kato, a Colgate economics professor who is a visiting scholar in economics at Hamilton. The NSF grant is the result of a collobarative proposal submitted by Jones and Kato. Several students have already worked with Jones on related issues, and this new award calls for other students to work on this project during the next three years.

David Stam, the former Andrew W. Mellon Director of the Research Libraries at the New York Public Library, will be the speaker for the inaugural Couper Phi Beta Kappa Lecture on Friday, Sept. 9, at 4 p.m. in the Hamilton Chapel. His talk is titled "An Army without Ammunition: Books and the College Library." The Couper Phi Beta Kappa Lecture honors Hamilton alumnus Richard “Dick” Couper ’44 in recognition of Couper’s commitment and contributions to the College and The Phi Beta Kappa Society. Each fall a distinguished speaker will be invited to present topics related to the College’s special library collections or to present an issue related to libraries generally. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Cheng Li, the William R. Kenan Professor of Government, was interviewed and quoted in a Business Week article titled "Mr. Hu Comes to Washington" which appears in the magazine's  September 12 issue. The article discusses Chinese President Hu Jintao's upcoming visit to the United States and how his meetings with President Bush will shape future China-U.S. relations.

Hamilton College announces a new film and lecture series, F.I.L.M (Forum for Images and Languages in Motion), scheduled on Sunday afternoons and Tuesday evenings. All events are free and open to the public.

In response to the devastation suffered by the Gulf Coast in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Hamilton College is eager to assist its Central New York student neighbors. Those students who are within commuting distance of Clinton, N.Y., and who are enrolled in colleges and universities in the Gulf area that have been forced to suspend operation are welcome to take classes for credit at no cost at Hamilton this fall, depending on course availability. Local students who were enrolled or planned to enroll at colleges located in the disaster area are encouraged to contact Hamilton's Office of the Dean of Students immediately at 315-859-4020.

Noelle Short, a 2005 Hamilton graduate, joined with junior Grant Zubritsky and visiting government professor Nicholas Tampio to lead the Adirondack Adventure community service group this month. Not only did Short lead the group, but she wrote about the experience for her new employer, Saranac Lake’s Adirondack Daily Enterprise, in an article titled “Hitting the woods before hitting the books.

U.S. News & World Report, in the August 19 release of its 2006 ranking of liberal arts colleges, has ranked Hamilton College #15 in the nation, tied with Colgate University and Grinnell College. Hamilton, Vassar College and Colgate University are the only three New York institutions ranked among the top 25 liberal arts colleges. This is the highest ranking Hamilton has ever achieved in U.S. News; a year ago the College was tied at 19th.

Hamilton College Alumni Association today announced the results of its Alumni Trustee election. Deborah Forte K'75, Gregory T. Hoogkamp '82 and Susan C. Bacot '88 received the greatest number of votes, as certified by Elections USA, an independent firm contracted to manage the election, and will join the College's Board of Trustees, effective immediately. A total of 3,731 or 21.4 percent of alumni ballots were cast by the August 15, 2005 deadline.