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Questions flew and tensions flared Wednesday evening in the Science Center’s Kennedy Auditorium as the students of Government 112 participated in the culmination of a semester of arduous effort. Under the guidance of Associate Professor of Government Sharon Rivera, students enrolled in the Comparative Politics courses realized the fruits of their labors as the “Simulated Election Campaign in the Country of West Europa” unfolded. The simulation’s debate was the finale of the semester-long project.

The College Choir will lead a Christmas Service of Lessons and Carols in the Chapel on Sunday, Dec. 6, at 4 p.m. Professor of Music G. Roberts Kolb will direct the choir.  College Chaplain Jeffrey H. McArn, with the assistance of readers and candle bearers from the student body, will officiate. The service is free and open to the public.

Associate Professor of Government P. Gary Wyckoff spoke at the Irish Social Science Platform Annual Conference hosted by the national University of Ireland at Galway on Dec. 2 about his recently published book, Policy and Evidence in a Partisan Age: The Great Disconnect.

Hamilton's Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Arts & Humanities Aaron Spevack, Associate Professor of Art History Steve Goldberg, and College Chaplain Jeff McArn will participate in a panel discussion, “Encountering the Cult of Progress: Abrahamic Traditions in the Secular Academy,” on Thursday, Dec. 3, at 4:10 p.m. in the Science Center’s classroom 3024. The panel, the fourth event in the Hamilton College Humanities Forum, is free and open to the public.

Margeaux Annalett '10 co-authored an article that was published in the November edition of Psychiatric Annals. Annalett, a psychology major at Hamilton, externed at Buffalo Psychiatric Center's Research Department during the summer. While there she co-authored a case challenge article that concerned a 58-year-old woman who had attempted suicide several times. Hamilton College is noted in the publication as Annalett’s affiliated institution.

“Capital Investment and Determinants of Financial Constraints in Estonia,” a paper written by Irma M. and Robert D. Morris Professor of Economics Derek Jones with Bersant Hobdari and Niels Mygind, has been published in Economic Systems (vol. 33[4] 2009).

Six Hamilton College students have been selected as recipients of the Class of 1979 Student Travel Award. The award, established by the alumni of Hamilton's Class of 1979, offers financial assistance to certain outstanding Hamilton students who wish to pursue extensive research projects in different parts of the world.

Eleven Hamilton students participated in the University of Pennsylvania Model United Nations Conference (UPMUNC) Nov. 12 - 15 in Philadelphia. The conference drew approximately 1,400 delegates. The keynote speaker at the opening ceremony was Scott Harrison, founder of the non-profit organization Charity: Water, which aims to provide safe, clean drinking water to those in less-developed nations.

Members of the Hamilton College Junior Year in France group traveled to Provence on Nov. 13-15. The first stop of the weekend trip was the Roman aqueduct, the Pont du Gard, built between 38 and 52 A.D. Guided by Hamilton Junior Year in France art professor Laurent Lecomte, the students also visited the amphitheater, stadium and baths in Arles, the picturesque town known as well as the setting for a number of Van Gogh’s paintings.

Visiting Associate Professor of Religious Studies S. Brent Rodriguez-Plate participated in the American Academy of Religion (AAR) annual meeting in Montreal, Nov. 7-10, where he was awarded a research grant, moderated a session and served as jury chair for a "Religion and the Arts" award.