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Peter Tague ’88 delivered a talk to Professor Erol Balkan’s International Finance class on April 12 in KJ.  A lifetime investment banker, Tague was recently promoted to the position of global head of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) for Citigroup, and is also a vice chairman of the firm. Tague covered a myriad of topics for the class, ranging from the current crises in Greece and the greater Eurozone to how a typical M&A transaction works, and even attempted to answer the question, “Will China take over the world?”

A Hamilton student who chooses to remain anonymous has been named a Barry M. Goldwater Scholar for the 2012-13 academic year. This student is among 282 undergraduate sophomores and juniors to be awarded scholarships for the 2012–2013 academic year and is the 16th Hamilton student to receive the Goldwater since 2002.  The award is considered the premier national undergraduate award in the fields of mathematics, the natural sciences and engineering.

Publius Virgilius Rogers Professor of American History Isserman presented a lecture titled  “The Legacy of Michael Harrington’s The Other America on Its 50th Anniversary” on April 18 at the Missouri History Museum in St. Louis.

The Hamilton College Arboretum Association will present a free workshop on Southern Gardens on Saturday, April 21, from 10 a.m. to noon, in the Taylor Science Center’s Kennedy Auditorium (G027). This event is free, open to the public and sponsored by the College and its Arboretum Association. Pre-registration is requested by calling (315) 859-4657.  

The Hamilton Mathematics Department hosted the spring 2012 meeting of the Seaway Section of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) on April 13 and 14.  

Author Michael Egan preceded his April 18 lecture, “The History of Now: Decoding Environmental Sustainability,” by taking a refreshing bike ride with Professor of English Onno Oerlemanns.  Later in his talk Egan mentioned that all five of his family members bike to work or school nearly every day.

In the Program in Washington, classroom discussions can be connected immediately to the real world of politics and policy. On April 11, for example, students in the morning seminar on campaigns and elections discussed pre-election and post-election disputes. The reading for the class, Jay Weiner’s This Is Not Florida: How Al Franken Won the Minnesota Senate Recount, featured Marc Elias ’90 as the protagonist in the long legal battle. That afternoon, students met with Elias to discuss the 2008 recount and the 2012 election.

Professor of Archaeology Charlotte Beck and Professor of Anthropology Tom Jones have published chapters in two new books from the University of Utah Press.

Austin Briggs, Hamilton B. Tompkins Professor of English Literature Emeritus, published a review of Gordon Bowker’s biography James Joyce. “A New Life of Joyce” appeared in the Fall 2011 James Joyce Literary Supplement.

A photo by Assistant Professor of Art Robert Knight is on display in Texas National 2012 at the Stephen F. Austin State University in Texas. The photo, “Cape Ice,” is from Knight’s ongoing project called “Coming Up Roses.”