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“There will never, ever, be another you. There never has been, and there never will be.” The bold statement from Prudence Bushnell, former Ambassador to Kenya and Guatemala as well as the former Sol M. Linowitz Visiting Professor of International Relations at Hamilton College, set the tone for the diverse group of Hamilton students participating in the 4th annual Levitt Leadership Institute, Jan. 12-16.

Hamilton’s 39 January admits and six transfer students participated in Hamilton Serves on Saturday, Jan. 17, as part of their orientation. They visited seven area non-profit agencies  for a morning of service.

When Hamilton dedicated the $46.8 million Kevin and Karen Kennedy Center for Theatre and the Studio Arts as part of Fallcoming and Family Weekend in October, more than 3,000 alumni, parents and friends filled hotels, bed and breakfasts, and restaurants in Central New York. Constructing new facilities and hosting such celebratory weekends are two factors considered in a new economic impact study commissioned by the Albany-based Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities (CICU) for its members.

John McEnroe, the John and Anne Fischer Professor of Fine Art, and his colleague Matt Buell of Trent University, recently presented two papers based on their excavations in the Bronze Age town of Gournia in Crete.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology Kara Sage published an article with co-author Dare Baldwin (University of Oregon) titled "Children's Use of Self-Paced Slideshows: An Extension of the Video Deficit Effect?" in the current issue of the Journal of Research in Childhood Education.

Thirty-nine members of the class of ’18 as well as six transfer students arrived on the Hill on Jan. 16 to register, move in and take part in Hamilton orientation.  The College offers January admission to about 35-45 students per year to fill vacancies created by students on leave and studying abroad.

Celeste Day Moore, visiting assistant professor of history, presented a paper titled “Soundscapes of Liberation: Radio, Jazz, and the U.S. Military in Postwar France, 1944-1946" on Jan. 5 at the annual meeting of the American Historical Association in New York. The panel was called "Aural Histories: Transnational Approaches to Radio in France and Beyond, 1926-1946."

Derek Jones, the Irma M. and Robert D. Morris Professor of Economics, co-authored an article titled “Comparative Efficiency Between Cooperative, Savings and Commercial Banks in Europe Using The Frontier Approach” in the Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics.

The conversion of Minor Theater to a residence hall is proceeding on schedule with an anticipated August 2015 completion date. When remodeling is finished the building will house 52 students on three floors.

Hamilton research projects were featured in letters to the editor in both The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal this week. On Jan. 13, a letter by Visiting Associate Professor of Religious Studies S. Brent Plate and Assistant Professor of Art Robert Knight about their research on the transition of sacred spaces was published by the Journal. A letter by Senior Director of Media Relations Vige Barrie about a Levitt Youth Poll was included in the Jan. 13 edition of the Times.