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Derek Jones, the Irma M. and Robert D. Morris Professor of Economics, was an invited attendant at a workshop at the London School of Economics on Feb. 6th and 7th.

Hamilton was well-represented at a Refugee Solidarity Rally in Utica on Feb. 10. The rally was organized as a way to stand in solidarity with the refugee population in Utica, and with those around the world affected by recent national events.

The Hamilton College Performing Arts Series opens the spring semester with the jazz trio The Bad Plus on Friday, Feb. 17, at 7:30 p.m., in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center.

Professor of Africana Studies Heather Merrill's Africa in Diaspora class along with other Africana studies concentrators and students traveled to the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 11.

Refocusing the Lens: Pranlal K. Patel’s Photographs of Women at Work in Ahmedabad curated by Professor of History Lisa Trivedi and Assistant Professor of Art Robert Knight opened at City Hall in Sacramento California on Feb 6.

In an essay published by Inside Higher Ed, Professor of Sociology Daniel Chambliss observed that on the day after the election and for the rest of the semester his students were “as committed to learning as any students I’ve seen in 40 years of college teaching.”

Associate Dean of Faculty and Professor of Psychology Penny Yee and Assistant Dean of Faculty for Institutional Research and Assessment Gordon Hewitt recently discussed ePortfolios in San Francisco.

Going “against the grain” can be painful and cause splinters, but as speakers at Hamilton’s TEdX talks advised, there is often good reason to endure that pain. The four speakers at the Feb. 11 event spoke to different reasons to move “against the grain.”

Hamilton will host the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour, a collection of short films about mountain sports and culture, on Tuesday, Feb. 14, at 7 p.m., in the Bradford Auditorium, KJ. The screening is sponsored by the Hamilton Outing Club.

Superhero Costumes Come to Parents' Rescue, a Feb. 8 Wall Street Journal article, featured a recent study by Assistant Professor of Psychology Rachel White titled The “Batman Effect”: Improving Perseverance in Young Children.