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Dr. Condoleezza Rice gave a lecture and answered questions on foreign policy and her time as Secretary of State under the Bush administration as part of Hamilton College’s Sacerdote Great Names Series on November 1 in the Field House.

A few dozen Hamilton students taking Government Department courses were treated to a small-group question and answer session with Sacerdote Great Names Speaker Dr. Condoleezza Rice on Nov. 1, prior to her lecture. Students from Distinguished Visiting Professor Maj. John Dehn's Seminar in War Powers Class joined Henry Platt Bristol Professor of International Affairs Alan Cafruny's international relations classes to ask questions of Dr. Rice in a half-hour session. The conversation was ranging, covering many international policy issues and a handful of domestic issues.

Family and friends of Hamilton students turned out about 1,500 strong for the annual Family Weekend, Oct. 28-31. Visitors enjoyed musical performances, sat in on classes and viewed posters of students' summer research.

John H. O’Neill, the Edmund A. LeFevre Professor of English emeritus, presented a paper, “Resolving Tom Jones: Text and Film” at the annual meeting of the Northeast American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies in Buffalo, Oct. 21-23.

William R. Kenan Professor of East Asian Language & Literature Hong Gang Jin gave the keynote speech at the Fifth Annual Five College Chinese Language Conference at Smith College on Oct. 30. Her talk was titled "Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language: Methodological Principles and Best Practices."

Associate Professor of Mathematics Sally Cockburn presented a lecture titled “Permutations and Geometric Realizations of K 2, n” on Oct. 27, at Skidmore College.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Communication Cheryl Casey presented in two roundtable discussions at the 68th Annual New York State Communication Association Conference at Honors Haven Resort in Ellenville, N.Y.

Waller Newell, professor of political science and philosophy and co-director of the Centre for Liberal Education and Public Affairs at Carleton University, will give a lecture, “The Code of Man,” on Sunday, Oct. 31, at 7:30 p.m., at Hamilton College in the Science Center’s Kennedy Auditorium. The lecture is free and open to the public.

In 2009, Deborah A. Barany '11 and Anthony W. Sali '10 participated in Hamilton's Summer Science Research Program. Under the supervision of Psychology and Neuroscience professor Jonathan Vaughan, they investigated how people control movements in complex environments. A poster about the work was presented at the annual Psychonomic Society meeting in 2009.

Hamilton's Family Weekend will take place on campus from Oct. 28-31 with 1,500 family members and friends expected for the annual event. The weekend will give families a good idea of all the Hill has to offer, as activities are planned to entertain and educate.