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A rapid-fire-rapped history lesson about Hamilton College’s namesake was one of the most popular presentations at the White House’s first-ever poetry slam. Assuming the role of Aaron Burr, Lin-Manuel Miranda offered a review Alexander Hamilton’s life as part of this event titled “Poetry, Music and Spoken Word.”

Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics James Wells recently published two translations in the literary journal The Connecticut Review, Fall 2009, Vol. XXXI No. 2. The translations are titled "Olympian 14" and "Pythian 7," composed originally in ancient Greek by Pindar.

Professor of Anthropology Emeritus Douglas Raybeck responsed to a Chronicle of Higher Education commentary, “Springsteen, U2, Rod Serling, and Robin Hood," with a letter to the editor that appeared in the Nov. 1 issue.

Professor of Economics Ann Owen was interviewed by American Public Media Marketplace reporter Jeremy Hobson about Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s Nov. 16 speech. Owen, a former Federal Reserve Board of Governors economist, said that the chairman's words are part of the Fed's strategy to deal with inflation.

Professor of Religious Studies Heidi Ravven published a response to the talk/essay of Alex Rosenberg, professor of philosophy at Duke University, on The Disenchanted Naturalist’s Guide to Reality. The work is part of "On the Human: a Project of the National Humanities Center." View both Rosenberg's essay and Ravven's response essay.

What is experiential education? What, if anything, are the benefits? These questions and others were addressed in an hour-long workshop presented by seven students in the Glen House on Nov. 12.

Associate Professor of History Shoshana Keller presented recent research, titled "Public Morality in Soviet Central Asia: Did Islam Matter?" at the annual conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies held in November in Boston. This paper is part of a larger project on the creation of modern childhood in Central Asia.

Arthur and Jennifer Smith will present Ice Bears of the Beaufort (2008) in the Hamilton F.I.L.M series on Sunday, Nov. 15, at 2 p.m., in KJ Auditorium. The screening is free and open to the public.

Associate Professor of Art History Stephen J. Goldberg conducted a two-day workshop, Frames of Engagement: Looking at Asia Through Art, at Middlesex Community College, on Nov. 7-8. The event was supported by the Asian Studies Development Program, East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawai’i.

Frank Anechiarico '71, the Maynard-Knox Professor of Government and Law, presented papers at several conferences recently. He gave the opening talk, titled "Assessing Government Performance in Terms of Both Integrity and Effectiveness," at the inaugural conference of the Institute for Corruption Studies at Rutgers University on Nov. 9.