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For the 27th consecutive year, more than 50 percent of Hamilton alumni made contributions to the college. Of the 52.2 percent who participated in the annual fund, more than half increased the size of their gifts. Total dollars raised for the fund were $5.82 million, a record for this unrestricted fund.

"What do you want to be when you grow up?" It's the perennial question at family reunions and holiday dinners. When rising senior and communications major Stacey Klein was asked that question by her boss at CNBC this summer, she had the answer. After spending nine weeks at CNBC's Global Headquarters, she replied, "a television news producer." On Sunday, Aug. 3, the first television production in which she has played a role, "Made in China: The People's Republic of Profit,"  will air on CNBC at 10 p.m. ET.

Run for the Fallen, the 4,113-mile cross-country relay run created by Hamilton alumnus Jon Bellona '03, was featured on CBS Evening News and NBC Nightly News  on Sunday, Aug. 3, and Saturday, Aug. 2, respectively. Bellona organized the run in honor of Michael Cleary '03, his Hamilton roommate who was killed in Iraq, and all of the soldiers who have lost their lives in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Daniel Chambliss, Eugene M. Tobin Distinguished Professor of Sociology, was quoted in The Chronicle of Higher Education in a July 21 article titled "Spellings Campaign Runs Low on Time and Power to Persuade." As a member of the executive committee of the Middle States Commission on Higher Education, Chambliss was invited to the previous week's Spellings Summit in Chicago.

On the 36th day of Run for the Fallen, the cross-country memorial relay for soldiers killed in Iraq, a flag was planted in memory of Hamilton alumnus Michael Cleary '03. Members of the relay team attached the flag to a placard detailing Cleary's life and service at 9:30 a.m. CDT on Sunday, July 20. Cleary's flag was the 29th of 58 flags planted during the day's 58-mile run between Winfield and Longton Kansas.

Cheng Li, William R. Kenan Professor of Government and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, has published "China's Fifth Generation: Is Diversity a Source of Strength or Weakness?" in the July issue of Asia Policy. The abridged article will appear in its complete form in a forthcoming publication based on The National Bureau of Asian Research's "Emerging Leaders in East Asia" project.

Senior Eric Kuhn was interviewed on Wednesday, July 16, on WNYC-FM 93.9, New York's flagship public radio station, on its morning program,"The Takeaway." The segment, "Future politicians will have to face the ghosts of their Facebook pasts," addressed the permanent trails left behind by users of social network Web sites, trails that may embarrass or possibly sabotage future opportunities.

Professor of Music Michael Woods, "Doctuh" Mike Woods, will direct the Zoe Jazz Ensemble in conjunction with the Cazenovia Chamber of Commerce Concerts in the Park series on Thursday, July 17, from 7-9 p.m.at Cazenovia's Lakeland Park. Woods is also the group's bassist playing with trumpeter Jeff Stockham, Bob Cesari on sax, Rick Compton on drums and Tom Witkowski on piano.

Hamilton will host the 2008 Conference of the International Association for the Economics of Participation (IAFEP), from Monday, July 14, through Thursday, July 17. IAFEP Conferences provide an international forum for the presentation and debate of current research and scholarship on the economics of participation. Associate Professor of Economics Jeff Pliskin is the conference chair.

"Doing the Right Thing – and Thriving," an article in the July 3 edition of InsideHigherEd.com, highlighted Hamilton's decision to eliminate merit aid and the subsequent rise in traditional measurements of academic quality in the incoming Hamilton class. In the article, Dean of Admission and Financial Aid Monica Inzer discussed the fact that the college was doing a better job of attracting the kinds of applicants it wanted without merit aid offers.