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Walter Cronkite IV '11 has been spending the past few months dedicated to a government project. This is not simply a school assignment, however; rather it is the labor-intensive product of an internship at the Brookings Institution in Washington D.C that began this past summer. As a contributor to an index that compiles hot-button issues relating to the presidential election, Cronkite plays an important role in providing an information outlet for voters. 

More than 1,560 students and their families will gather on the Hill on Oct. 30-Nov.2 for Hamilton's annual Family Weekend. The weekend will give families a good idea of all the Hill has to offer, from athletic contests and concerts, to an Adirondack Adventure slide show and educational family colleges.

Rensselaer scored two goals midway through the second half and went on to a 2-0 Liberty League win against visiting Hamilton College at Renwyck Field on Oct. 26.

Colleen Callaghan '11 scored three goals, including the game-winner 2 minutes, 35 seconds into overtime, to lift visiting Hamilton College to a 3-2 Liberty League win against William Smith College at McCooey Field on Oct. 26.

Hamilton College's "A" entry in the Frosh/Novice 8 finished ninth at the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta in Philadelphia on Oct. 25.

Hamilton College's entry in the Open 4 finished third at the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta in Philadelphia on Oct. 25.

Kenneth M. Roberts, Cornell University professor of comparative and Latin America politics, will give a lecture, "Why Latin America is Turning Left," on Tuesday, Oct. 28, at 7 p.m. in KJ Auditorium. His research is devoted to the study of political parties, populism, and labor and social movements. Roberts is the author of Deepening Democracy? The Modern Left and Social Movements in Chile and Peru (Stanford University Press, 1998), along with a forthcoming manuscript from Cambridge University Press on the transformation of party systems in Latin America's neoliberal era.

The Career Center and Alpha Chi Lambda hosted an alumni networking, career panel and discussion on Saturday, Oct. 25, in Bristol Dwight Lounge. Alumni working in a variety of fields came back to discuss what they've been doing since graduating from Hamilton, as well as offer some advice for current Hamilton students who will be in the job market soon.    

Five Hamilton students from the New York Program attended a talk at Columbia University's Earth Institute, titled "Can We Save the World Economy?"

Frank Anechiarico '71, Maynard-Knox Professor of Government and Law, was the co-organizer of the New York City National Watchdog Conference with New York City Investigations Commissioner Rose Gill Hearn. Anechiarico also co-chaired the conference, which was held on Friday, Oct. 24, at Gracie Mansion. He presented at several points during the day, delivering the opening remarks and the closing remarks along with the Commissioner and Colgate University Professor of Political Science Michael Johnston.