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Assistant Professor of Africana Studies Nigel Westmaas presented a paper titled "Guyana’s History Geopolitics and Education in the context of strategic culture” at a Florida International University(FIU) and US SOUTHCOM- sponsored workshop in Miami on Oct. 7.
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In seeking to play a constructive role in the ongoing bankruptcy of the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra and the future of symphonic music in Central New York, Hamilton College is hosting “Summit on the Symphony” on Sunday, October 16. ’The event will bring together leaders from institutions of higher education and government and stakeholder arts organizations in the region, many of whom have been engaged in working on the future of a professional orchestra here.
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Visiting Associate Professor of Religious Studies, S. Brent Plate, recently published articles in the scholarly journals Religious Studies and Theology: Interdisciplinary Studies in Religion and New Theology Review. Both deal with relations between religion and media.
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Hamilton’s Performing Arts program will be one of two local arts groups featured as part of Artist Break on WCNY, Syracuse-based public television station on Friday, Oct. 14. The short production will be broadcast in the middle of PBS’ new Arts Fall Festival program which premieres at 9:00 p.m.
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When Hamilton College started measuring its CO2 emissions in 2007, carbon equivalents measured 22,540 metric tons. By 2011, the College had reduced emissions to a total of 17,817 metric tons, surpassing its 2015 Climate Action Plan goal of 18,032 and achieving a 20 percent reduction four years ahead of schedule. In 2010 the College’s emissions totaled 18,323 metric tons.
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Hamilton hosted the annual meeting of MAALACT, the Middle Atlantic Association of Liberal Arts Chemsitry Teachers, on Oct. 7-8. Founded in 1967, the organization includes chemistry faculty from liberal arts colleges in the Middle Atlantic states and eastern N.Y. that gather yearly to discuss a variety of curricular matters, laboratory safety, how to get grants and other matters of interest.
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Dave Bugliari ’01 and Eric Kuhn ’09 were included in a Daily Variety article “Hollywood's New Leaders 2011: Agents” on Oct. 10. Bugliari is a talent agent for CAA and Kuhn is social media agent at United Talent Agency. Both were identified as Hamilton College graduates in the story.
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The Hamilton College Arboretum Association will present a workshop ”Putting the Garden to Bed,” on Saturday, Oct. 15, from 10 a.m. – noon, in the Kennedy Auditorium, Taylor Science Center. The workshop is free and open to the public.
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Digital Humanities initiative co-directors Angel David Nieves and Janet Simons were lead presenters at the New Directions Digital Humanities Workshop in Holland, Mich., Oct. 7–8, for the Great Lakes College Association (GLCA) at the request of the Mellon Foundation.
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Assistant Professor of History John Eldevik published an article titled “Bishops in the Medieval Empire: New Perspectives on the Church, State and Episcopal Office” in the peer-reviewed online journal History Compass.
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