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Associate Professors of Economics Ann Owen and Julio Videras and Scholar in Residence Chris Willemsen have authored an article for the Social Science Quarterly (vol. 89, December 2008). In the article "Democracy, Participation, and Life Satisfaction," Owen, Videras, and Willemsen used data on life satisfaction for individuals in 46 countries.

Professor of English Patricia O'Neill lectured at Skidmore College on Tuesday, Nov. 18, as a presenter in the college's International Week program. O'Neill's talk was titled "Where Globalization and Localization Meet: The Films of Spike Lee" and was sponsored by Skidmore's Off-Campus Study and Exchanges and the Speakers Bureau.

Derek Jones, Irma M. and Robert D. Morris Professor of Economics, gave an invited talk titled " Econometric case studies - a review of evidence from the US, China, Spain and Finland," on Wednesday, Nov. 19, at Copenhagen Business School.

Senior Eric Kuhn interviewed Trip Van Noppen, president of Earthjustice, recently and wrote a summary of their conversation for The Huffington Post. Earthjustice is one of the largest non-profit public interest law firms "dedicated to protecting the magnificent places, natural resources, and wildlife of this earth, and to defending the right of all people to a healthy environment."

Dean of Admission and Financial Aid Monica Inzer was quoted in an InsideHighEd.com article, The Bubble That Didn't Burst, on Nov. 18 on the surprising increase in the number of early decision applications received by several colleges and universities including Hamilton.

Fallen Giants: A History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes, co-authored by James L. Ferguson Professor of History Maurice Isserman, has been included on Amazon.com as one of the "Editors' Picks" top 10 outdoors and nature books for 2008.

Derek Jones, Irma M. and Robert D. Morris Professor of Economics, with Evis Sinani and Niels Mygind, has published an article in Corporate Ownership & Control (Volume 5, Issue 3, 2008). "Determinants of Firm-level Technical Efficiency: Evidence Using a Stochastic Frontier Approach" investigates the determinants and dynamics of firm efficiency using a representative sample of Estonian firms for the period 1993-1999.

The Banff Mountain Book Festival awarded Fallen Giants: A History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes the 2008 Best Book — Mountaineering History award. The book, written by James L. Ferguson Professor of History Maurice Isserman and University of Rochester professor Stewart Weaver, has also received an award for history/biography from the National Outdoor Book Awards and was reviewed by The Sunday Times (London) on Nov. 9.

Philip Klinkner, the James S. Sherman Professor of Government, was quoted extensively in a Nov. 4 article titled "With emotions running high, America votes" in the Buffalo News.