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Hamilton College Program in Washington, D.C. participants visited popular D.C. attraction, the Newseum, on Sept. 11.  The Newseum is a highly interactive museum dedicated to news and journalism.

Eugene Domack, the Joel W. Johnson Professor of Environmental Studies, will present the lecture “400 parts per Million of CO2, and why Earth History Matters,” on Wednesday, Sept. 18, at 7:30  p.m., in the Chapel.  The lecture is free and open to the public.

The September issue of CASE (Council for the Advancement and Support of Education)  CURRENTS magazine includes a feature article written by Director of Interactive Content Strategy Jess Krywosa titled “All in the Hamily.” Subtitled “The true story of what happens when a college stops being polite and protective of its campus’s quirks and starts getting real on social media: The Scroll,” the article provides an overview of this social media aggregator, its development, release and resulting community cultivation and interaction.

John B. Emerson ’75 was confirmed by the United States Senate in August as U.S. Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany.

Members of the Hamilton College community gathered on Sept. 16 to hear a talk by Ambassador Prudence Bushnell, a woman known internationally for her distinguished career as a U.S. diplomat and leadership expert. Bushnell’s lecture was titled “Transformational Leadership In Foreign Affairs, Where Is It?” and was sponsored by the Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center.

Author Verlyn Klinkenborg will lecture at Hamilton on Thursday, Sept. 19, at 8 p.m., in Bradford Auditorium, KJ.  A member of The New York Times editorial board, Klinkenborg writes on environmental issues in a weekly column, “The Rural Life.” His lecture is free and open to the public and is part of the English & Creative Writing Fall 2013 Reading Series.

The Hamilton Alumni Association of the Mohawk Valley invites alumni and parents for a reception preceding the Sacerdote Great Names Series lecture by Hillary Rodham Clinton, former Secretary of State and former U.S. Senator from New York, on Friday, Oct. 4.

In honor of Constitution Day, Professor of Government Robert Martin will speak on the topic “Occupying Philadelphia in 1787: The Constitution’s Critics and the Birth of American Democratic Culture,” on Tuesday, Sept. 17, at 8 p.m., in the Red Pit, KJ.  The talk is free and open to the public.

Mihai Dohotaru, a class of 2013 graduate, is jumping directly into a career in business. He began a job this summer with UBS as a financial analyst, taking on a lot of responsibility within the financial services company.

“Broadway and Tin Pan Alley” is the theme of the second session in the America’s Music film history screenings and musical performances, sponsored by the Kirkland Town Library (KTL) and Hamilton College’s Burke Library. The film screening  is Tuesday, Sept. 17, at 7 p.m., in Bradford Auditorium, KJ.  All films and performances are free and open to the public.