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When Americans hear of 1956 in the Soviet Union, if anything comes to mind it is usually the uprising in Hungary and the Soviet intervention to suppress it. This association is far different from the liberalization movement that Russians associate with 1956. Kathleen Smith, professor of teaching at the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, discussed this disparity in a lecture, “Rebellious Soviet Students in 1956: A New Generation of Political Prisoners.”

Ted Pitcher ’68 is endowing a scholarship in honor of Bill Hoyt ’59. 

The Hamilton in NYC program continued its exploration of urban ecology on Feb. 7 with a guest presentation from Andrea Townsend, Hamilton assistant professor of biology. Townsend, whose research deals with urban bird ecology, gave a talk titled "The Urban Exploiter: what makes an urban animal?"

Andrea Mitchell, NBC News’ chief foreign affairs correspondent and host of MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports, will moderate the discussion between two foreign policy experts and former national security advisors, Condoleezza Rice and Susan Rice, at Hamilton on Wednesday, April 11. The program is free and open to the public, although tickets are required. Ticket information about tickets will be released in March.

Professor of Economics Stephen Wu was recently invited to become a member of the World Wellbeing Panel, a research program that promotes “wellbeing as the ultimate purpose of all major decision makers, particularly government.”

Eugene M. Tobin Distinguished Professor of Sociology Daniel F. Chambliss, a professor whose classes are always in demand and who is known beyond the campus for his prize-winning research and books, is the winner of the American Sociological Association’s 2018 Award for Distinguished Contributions to Teaching.

About 80 coaches and student athletes recently attended a program focused on helping student athletes improve their ability to perform in the classroom and in their sport.

Research by Assistant Professor of Psychology Rachel White was cited in the article “Throw On a Cape to Get the Job Done!,” in the March 2018 issue of Parents magazine.

Two new exhibits opened on Feb. 10 at The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art. This Place and Margarita Cabrera: Space in Between will be on view through June 10.