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Sponsored by the Levitt Center, 11 Hamilton students recently traveled to Germany to represent Romania and Slovakia at an international Model European Union (EuroSim) conference. This year's event was hosted by the Universities of Trier and Saarbrucken, and concentrated on possible independence for the Kosovo region of Serbia. The participants Elena Filekova '08, Stephen Sallan '08, Tamim Akiki '08, Murtaza Jafri '08, Matt D'Amico '08, Henok Alemayo '10, Mariam Ballout '10, Zeynep Harezi '10, Kasey Hildonen '10, Reisa Asimovic '11 and Robert Eisenhart '11 prepared through weekly meetings and individual research in the preceding months.

The 13 members of the Hamilton College Buffers took their show on the road as they departed for their annual winter tour on January 9. In recent years this popular a cappella group has been active throughout the Northeast, performing at assorted alumni events and at academic institutions including Williams, Harvard, RPI, Russell Sage, Georgetown, Bates, Dartmouth, Vermont and McGill. 

More than 1,000 alumni, parents and friends gathered in 26 cities during the week of Jan. 6 – Jan. 13, 2008, to celebrate the birthday of the college's namesake, Alexander Hamilton. The birthday celebration kicked off in Iowa City, Iowa, where the state held its first-ever alumni gathering with a group of about 15 alumni, parents and friends. 

Christian A. Johnson Distinguished Professor in Global Political Theory Edward S. Walker, Jr. '62 has participated in numerous interviews and panel discussions in the last few months related to U.S. relations with the Middle East.

According to the Boston Business Journal, Oasis Technology Partners Inc. founders: Jeff McMahon, Nick Laidlaw, and Robert Naughton, all 1997 graduates, have managed to build their second internet business after venture number one, PlanetLink.com, sold in 2000.

A number of Hamilton alumni, well-known in their fields, will be among guest speakers visiting the Hill this spring. The Levitt Center, the Diversity and Social Justice Project, the Emerson Gallery and the English department have announced a number of lectures on topics ranging from cyber-censorship to African-Americans in the Civil War. Additional speakers will be announced throughout the upcoming semester.

Associate Professor of Dance Leslie Norton was interviewed for a New York Times article "Glad to Dance And Eager To Talk About It" (1/13/08) about legendary ballet dancer Frederick Franklin. She is the author of Frederic Franklin: A Biography of the Ballet Star, written with Franklin (McFarland, 2007). Norton was appearing with the 93-year-old Franklin at New York's Guggenheim Museum on Jan. 13-14 for its Works & Process series.

An opinion piece written by James L. Ferguson Professor of History Maurice Isserman titled "The higher summit in Sir Edmund Hillary's life" appears in the Monday, Jan. 14, issue of The Christian Science Monitor. Isserman's piece focuses on Hillary's enormous philanthropic contributions to Nepal after his successful climb to the summit of Mount Everest.

Robert Simon, the Marjorie and Robert W. McEwen Professor of Philosophy, was one of four national experts who presented a key address at the first National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Scholarly Colloquium on College Sports on January 10-11 in Nashville. Simon's address was titled Does Athletics Undermine Academics? Examining Some Issues. The colloquium was part of the 2008 NCAA Convention, which was attended by more than 3,100 people.

Professor of Biology Jinnie Garrett attended a meeting of the Genetics Society of America held in San Diego from Jan 5-8. The conference was titled "Genetic Analysis: Model Organisms to Human Biology" and focused on how basic research in the genetics of well-studied organisms (such as the fruitfly or mouse) can be applied to the understanding of human biology and disease. Garrett presented a poster titled "Including 'Genetics and Society' in genetics courses for majors" in which she described exercises she has developed in her courses to promote discussion of the most recent developments in molecular genetics and their potential impact on society.