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Associate Professor of Economics Ann Owen participated in a conference focused on the role of the economics major in a liberal education at the invitation of the American Economic Association's Committee on Economic Education. Along with nine other economists from both public and private research universities and liberal arts colleges, Owen discussed ways in which economics can be taught that increase the potential for economics to contribute to a liberal education.

Visiting Instructor of Art Sylvia de Swaan has been appointed to the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Artists' Fellowship Advisory Committee in the category of photography. NYFA gives more support to artists and arts organizations in all disciplines than any other private organization in the country, according to the NYFA Web site.

In "London Stole My TV," Eric Kuhn '09, who is studying at the London School of Economics for the year, wrote in a Huffington Post blog about the challenges in following U.S. news and media while abroad. Using an iPod, iTunes, the Internet and YouTube, he has been able to replicate both the noise and the news he once absorbed via television and Netflix.

Derek Jones, the Irma M. and Robert D. Morris Professor of Economics, presented a paper titled "Inequality, Trust and the size of the cooperative sector: cross country evidence" at the First International Conference on the Social Economy in Victoria, Canada, on Wednesday, Oct. 24. The paper details the first, albeit preliminary, empirical evidence on the determinants of differences in the size of the cooperative sector around the world.

Frank Anechiarico, Maynard Knox Professor of Government and Law, delivered a keynote address titled "Building Public Sector Effectiveness and Integrity – Together" at the first Australian Public Sector Anti-Corruption (APSAC) Conference on Wednesday, October 24. Held in Sydney, Australia, from Oct. 23 – 26, the conference was a joint initiative of Australia's leading anti-corruption bodies comprising the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption, the Queensland Crime and Misconduct Commission and the Western Australian Corruption and Crime Commission. Participants were drawn from Europe, Asia, Australia, and the Americas and included representatives from law enforcement, higher education, the public sector and local government.

"Sex, Celibacy, and Gender Roles among the Shakers," will be presented on Tuesday, Oct. 23, at 4 p.m. in Hamilton's Kennedy Science Auditorium in the Science Center by Glendyne Wergland, this year's Couper Phi Beta Kappa Lecture speaker. The event is free and open to the public. Wergland's most recent book, Visiting the Shakers: 1778-1849, was recently published by Hamilton's Couper Press.

Cheng Li, the William R. Kenan Professor of Government, has published an article titled "China's Most Powerful 'Princelings': How Many Will Enter the New Politburo" in the Oct. 17 issue of China Brief, a bi-weekly source of information and analysis covering Greater China published by The Jamestown Foundation.

Frank Anechiarico, Maynard Knox Professor of Government and Law, participated in a conference on "Law and the War on Terror" at West Point from Sept. 25 – 27. Anechiarico lead a panel on "Presidential Power and the Constitution in the War on Terror." The conference was attended by military lawyers, representatives of other government agencies and the media. Anechiarico is a director of the Center for the Study of the Law of War at the United States Military Academy, which sponsored the conference.

The Charlean and Wayland Blood Fitness and Dance Center has received four design and construction awards since its dedication in 2006. The building was awarded the Society of American Registered Architects (SARA) - New York Council Award of Excellence earlier in the year. It was one of only three athletic buildings included in The Chronicle of Higher Education "Campus Architecture" special section in February. In September, it was recognized with the New York Construction's Best of New York 2007 "Best Sports Facility" and also the "Award of Merit" in the restoration category.

"Information Technology and the Dream of Democratic Renewal" is the title of the next Hamilton College Levitt Center lecture in its year-long series, "The Age of Information." Langdon Winner, the Thomas Phelan Chair of Humanities and Social Sciences at Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), will present his talk on Thursday, Oct. 18, at 7:30 p.m., in the Kennedy Science Auditorium in the College's Science Center. The program is free and open to the public.