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The war in Iraq became more personal for some members of the Hamilton community when they spent 12 days teaching an emergency medical technician (EMT) course to 25 soldiers from the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum. The soldiers, who are being deployed to Iraq in October and were anxious to be as prepared as possible to be of assistance, requested the training. The EMT course was organized by Faxton-St. Luke's EMS Program Agency and Central Oneida County Volunteer Ambulance Corps (COCVAC).

Distinguished Professor of Law and Public Policy at Albany Law School Paul Finkelman delivered a lecture on constitutional jurisprudence and roles of slavery and race in the construction of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution Thursday evening. An expert in American legal history, race and the law, slavery and the constitution and the founding fathers, Finkelman began his remarks with a famous quote by Thomas Jefferson, the fundamental architect of American ideology.

More than 130 students participated in HAVOC's annual Make a Difference Day on Saturday, Sept. 12. The students volunteered at the Utica Public Library, Loretto Utica Center, Your Neighbors Inc., Rome Humane Society, Kirkland Art Center, Kirkland Town Library, Hope House, and the Neighborhood Center, among others. Volunteers cleaned animal cages, walked animals, organized donations, and did face painting for children. The event was followed by a reflection time/ice cream social.

Co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C., Dean Baker presented a lecture titled “Economic Origins and the Way Out” on Wednesday evening in the Chapel. The lecture opened The Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center’s 2009-10 series, “Crisis: Danger and Opportunity.”

Rebecca Behrens ’11 had an internship this summer that could lead to improved lives for people whose bodies are virtually immobile. She spent her summer at UCLA’s Reed Neurological Institute, which works to advance knowledge of spinal cord regeneration. Spinal injuries are serious, and many of the patients staying at the Institute are paralyzed because of a single horrific accident. “Talking with patients who would do anything just to be able to walk again makes me feel like I'm doing something really significant,” Behrens said.

The Classical Connections Performing Arts Series at Hamilton College will present America’s Dream Chamber Artists (ADCA) as the first concert of the 2009-10 season on Saturday, Sept. 19, at 8 p.m. in Wellin Hall in the Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts.

Paul Finkelman, the President William McKinley Distinguished Professor of Law at Albany Law School, will present “The Declaration, the Constitution and America's Peculiar Institution: The Promise of Liberty and Equality in a Slaveholder's Republic” at the Hamilton College Chapel on Thursday, Sept. 17, at 7:30 p.m. The lecture is co-sponsored by the Alexander Hamilton Institute (AHI) and the Publius Society, a Hamilton student organization. The event is free and open to the public.

Derek Jones, the Irma M. and Robert D. Morris Professor of Economics, has co-authored an article titled “The productivity effects of stock option schemes: evidence from Finnish panel data” which was published in the online edition of the Journal of Productivity Analysis on Aug. 26.

Hamilton students in the New York City Program started off their semester with a tour of Wall Street. Alan Cafruny, the Henry Platt Bristol Professor of International Affairs, is director of this semester’s program, International Political Economy.

Alan Cafruny, the Henry Platt Bristol Professor of International Affairs, attended the 9th annual European Sociological Association Conference in Lisbon, Portugal, from Sept. 3 - 6. He was a member of the program committee of the Critical Political Economy Research Network and presented a paper titled "The Global Financial Crisis and European Integration Theory."