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A comparative politics textbook co-authored by government professors Steven Orvis and Carol Drogus has recently by published by CQ Press.  The book, Introducing Comparative Politics: Concepts and Cases in Context, is an innovative hybrid approach to the field of comparative politics.  The book is organized thematically around important concepts in comparative politics; in turn, each chapter is framed by the questions of who rules?, what motivates political behavior?, and where and why? Then, within each chapter, the authors have integrated a set of extended case studies based on a selection of 10 "core" countries. 

Last weekend, the goal of the Hamilton Outing Club was to have a member of the Hamilton community reach the summit of each of the Adirondacks' 46 High Peaks. While the group of students and community members didn't ascend all 46, they came quite close, conquering 41 peaks. This total surpasses the record 38 peaks climbed in a previous High Peak weekend outing.

An article written by Associate Professor of Economics Ann Owen and Professor of Economics Elizabeth Jensen titled "Social Learning and Course Choice" was published in volume 7, issue 1, 2008 of the International Review of Economics Education (IREE). Owen and Jensen used a broad sample of students to examine the course selection process and to find evidence of social learning from peers.

Members of the Hamilton community who don't have a car on campus will be wheel-less no more, thanks to the arrival of Zipcar on the Hill. Zipcar, the world's largest provider of cars on demand by the hour or day, will begin its service at Hamilton this week, as an environmentally friendly alternative to the costs and hassles of keeping a car on campus. The partnership continues Hamilton's commitment to invest in sustainable solutions on campus and marks Zipcar's entry into Clinton, bringing its operations to more than 50 cities, including London, England, and 28 North American states and provinces. 

David Paris, the Leonard C. Ferguson Professor of Government at Hamilton, was quoted in an InsideHigherEd article, "Spreading the Gospel on Student Learning," about a meeting of researchers, foundation leaders and association presidents who are true believers in the value of assessing the quality of student learning in liberal education.

An Associated Press article focused on "the latest of several efforts by academics to lend analytical rigor to an emotional debate," whether college faculty impose their views on students, referenced an earlier study conducted by Assistant Dean of Faculty for Institutional Research Gordon Hewitt and Xavier University professor Mack Mariani.

With the announcement of this year's Nobel Prize winners, Hamilton recalls two of its own alumni Nobel laureates. Elihu Root won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1912, and Paul Greengard won the Nobel Prize for medicine in 2000. Alumnus Jonathan Overpeck '79 was one of 33 lead authors on the report of the intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Gore.

Levitt Center Associate Director for Community Research Judy Owens-Manley and Moises Toledano '10, a student in Owens-Manley's Seminar in Program Evaluation course, presented a poster session at the Imagining America conference in Los Angeles Oct. 2 - 4.

Jeff Corbett '09 led Hamilton College to fourth place in the 10-team Manhattanville/NYU Fall Classic, which was played at Hudson Hills Golf Course in Ossining, N.Y., on Oct. 11 and 12.

Hamilton College won two out of three matches in the Keuka College Invitational at the Weed Physical Arts Center on Oct. 11.