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Hamilton was well-represented with seven student attendees at the 9th annual Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) held April 1- 3 at the University of California, Berkeley. Aleksandra Bogoevska ’17, Andy Chen ’16, Leonard Kilekwang ’16, Alexandru Hirsu ’17, Emily Moschowits ’16, Sharif Shrestha ’17 and Tsion Tesfaye ’16 were among the more than 1,200 students chosen for the prestigious conference.  All are recipients of Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center funding and/or support.

A solo exhibition of sculptures by Associate Professor of Art Rebecca Murtaugh is on display through April 22 at the Thomas Hunter Project Space in Manhattan. The show, titled Cascade, includes colorful works in unfired clay, wood, paint and mixed media.

Michael Mann, professor of atmospheric science and director of the Earth System Science Center at Pennsylvania State University, and leading author on several influential reports and books, lectured on April 4 about his role in the “raging contentious debates” over climate change. The “debate,” he argues, is unfocused, since the existence and importance of climate change is not contended within the scientific community.

Charlotte Carstens ’16 has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Germany. Carstens, a German studies and world politics major, studied in Tübingen, Germany, during her junior year.

Professor of Africana Studies and Classics Shelley Haley presented an invited lecture titled “Translation, Authorial Intent and Racism” on March 24 at SUNY Oneonta. The lecture was part of her larger research project examining racist receptions of ancient authors.

John D. Nichols ’66, professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota, will present a lecture titled “The Ojibwe People’s Dictionary: A Public Digital Humanities Project for An Indigenous Language” on Wednesday, April 6, at 4:10 p.m., in the Red Pit. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Five Hamilton students presented talks at the Hudson River Undergraduate Mathematics Conference (HRUMC) held April 2 at Saint Michael’s College in Burlington, Vt. They were accompanied by Richard Bedient, the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Mathematics.

The men’s hockey team turned from the ice of Sage Rink to the floor of the field house and captured the Hamilton Association for Volunteering and Charity (HAVOC) Kickball Tournament crown on Sunday, April 3. The event, which drew 11 teams and more than 80 student participants, raised $570 for the Daniel Barden Mudfest.

The antics of the current election season have many Americans skeptically weighing the value of issues and entertainment in media coverage. In reality, “entertainment politics” has been the norm since the 1968 campaign, though likely having roots much earlier. A screening of the 2015 documentary Best of Enemies and a panel discussion explored the history of such politicking.

Associate Professor of Government Sharon Werning Rivera recently published an article in a special issue of Demokratizatsiya honoring the life and career of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov. A vocal critic of Vladimir Putin’s regime, Nemstov was shot and killed in 2015.