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The Social Traditions Committee hosted its annual Men’s Hockey Date Auction on Nov. 11 and set a new fundraising record of $755 for the Clinton ABC (A Better Chance) House.

“Latin Rhythms from Mambo to Hip Hop” is the theme of the sixth session in the America’s Music film history screenings and musical performances, sponsored by the Kirkland Town Library (KTL) and Hamilton’s Burke Library.

Retired Lieutenant General Josiah Bunting III’s lecture on leadership during WWII offered an appropriate observance of Veterans’ Day at Monday’s AHI Undergraduate Fellows event.

Visiting Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Brent Plate was an invited panelist at the Social Scientific Study of Religion conference in Boston. During the conference the film "Enlarging the Kingdom: African Pentecostals in Italy" was screened.

On Nov. 9-10, Hamilton’s Levitt Center along with Colgate University hosted Startup Experience, an intensive two-day workshop for students interested in social and commercial entrepreneurship. The workshop was held in the Spencer House on Hamilton’s campus.

Hamilton College played host to the Northeast Deans of Faculty annual meeting on Nov. 7-8.  Deans from 22 peer institutions attended.

Students in the Hamilton College Program in Washington, D.C. attended an informative media panel hosted by George Baker ’74 and Frank Vlossak ’89 of the Williams and Jensen law firm on Oct. 30. The panel included Hamilton D.C. area alumni who work in the fast-paced field of D.C. media and journalism.

Upson Chair for Public Discourse and Professor of Geosciences Barbara Tewksbury gave several presentations at the annual national meeting of the Geological Society of America held Oct. 27 – 30 in Denver.

Broughton Coburn, author of The Vast Unknown: America’s First Ascent of Everest, made his own trek up the Hill on Thursday, Nov. 7 to discuss his new book. Coburn revisited the first successful American expedition with slides, videos and insights.

French directors Claude Nuridsany and Marie Pérennou, considered by many to be the best nature filmmakers in the world, will present their most recent work, “The Field of Enchantment,” on Sunday, Nov. 10, at 2 p.m., in the Bradford Auditorium, as part of the college's F.I.L.M. series.