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A recent TIME magazine article reflecting on the Martin Luther King Jr.’s last campaigns included the observations of James S. Sherman Professor of Government Philip Klinkner.

On the brink of possible U.S. airstrikes in Syria, and a summit meeting with North Korea, the discussion between Susan Rice, former U.S. ambassador to the UN and national security advisor to President Obama, and Condoleezza Rice, former Secretary of State and national security advisor to President George W. Bush was particularly relevant on April 11.

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and former Ambassador Susan Rice joined a full room of students from Professor Alan Cafruny’s introductory International Relations classes, President David Wippman’s and Professor Rostow’s International Law course, and other faculty and guests for a session in the Red Pit before their Common Ground/Great Names appearance on April 11.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology Simon Coppard co-authored an eLetter that was recently published in Science Advances.

The Hamilton in NYC Program visited the Department of City Planning and heard from Director of Waterfront and Open Space Planning Michael Marella on March 28. He spoke about the role of the department in building the coastal resiliency of the city to naturally caused crises, such as extreme weather events related to climate change like Hurricane Sandy in 2012.

Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and Community Outreach and Opportunity Project (COOP) joined forces this month to volunteer at local organizations for the D-III Week of Service, a conference-wide community service competition. The goal was to gather as many hours of service as possible from April 2 to April 8. Hamilton had 128 athletes participate, and they amassed 300 hours of hands-on volunteer service during the seven-day event.

Back in the science classrooms that they had frequented not that long ago, four alumnae returned to campus for a “What I Did with My Major in Neuroscience and Psychology” panel. Hosted by the Career Center in collaboration with the Psychology Department on April 9, the event attracted 40 interested students and was followed by a networking reception.

An exhibition of work from Associate Professor of Art Robert Knight’s Transnational are on display at Millbrook School in Millbrook, N.Y., through April 27.

Journalist and sports writer Christian Red ‘90 visited on April 5 to speak with students about his experience at the New York Daily News and the changing nature of journalism.

We know him only as “John.” She cannot tell us his real name, nor his country of origin. As she tells John’s story of torture and imprisonment, she uses her finger to draw a line in the air every time his country is mentioned. John’s tale was one of attempted escapes, repeated imprisonment, and torture so brutal that he did not want it published; he didn’t want his children to know the worst details of what he had gone through.