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Eleven Hamilton students participated in the University of Pennsylvania Model United Nations Conference (UPMUNC) Nov. 12 - 15 in Philadelphia. The conference drew approximately 1,400 delegates. The keynote speaker at the opening ceremony was Scott Harrison, founder of the non-profit organization Charity: Water, which aims to provide safe, clean drinking water to those in less-developed nations.

Visiting Associate Professor of Religious Studies S. Brent Rodriguez-Plate participated in the American Academy of Religion (AAR) annual meeting in Montreal, Nov. 7-10, where he was awarded a research grant, moderated a session and served as jury chair for a "Religion and the Arts" award.

After a briefing at the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Justice in Rosslyn, Va., on Nov. 18, students in the Program in Washington D.C. traveled to the bowels of 1401 Wilson Ave. to visit the space 32D, the spot where “Deep Throat,” later identified as Mark Felt, met with Bob Woodward during the Washington Post’s investigation of the Watergate scandal.

Grayson McCouch '91 was featured as a "leader in the arts" by Canyon News (Calif.). McCouch received his bachelor's degree in theater with honors from Hamilton and later studied at the British American Drama Academy through the Oxford-Yale program.

Professor of Comparative Literature Peter J. Rabinowitz and James Phelan of Ohio State University gave a joint paper titled “The Rhetoric of the River: Space and Setting in Huckleberry Finn” at Ohio State University on Nov. 13.

Hamilton hosted a Community-based Research (CBR) program on Friday, Nov. 6, arranged by New York Campus Compact, at which four CBR models currently in use as part of Hamilton courses were presented. Faculty members from Colgate and SUNY/IT as well Hamilton faculty and two Levitt Vista workers attended this roundtable which included discussions of best practices for student learning and community outcomes.

Dr. Julietta Hua, professor of women and gender studies at San Francisco State University, will present a lecture titled “Cleaning Up After Human Trafficking: ‘Cleaning Lady’ and the Politics of Representation” on Monday, Nov. 30, at 5 p.m. in the Science Center, room G041 at Hamilton College. The lecture is free and open to the public.

G. Roberts Kolb, conductor, and the Hamilton College and Community Oratorio Society and Orchestra celebrate the 200th anniversary of Felix Mendelssohn’s birth with a performance of his celebrated Oratorio, Elijah, on Tuesday, Dec. 1, at 8 p.m. in Wellin Hall.

Hamilton was recognized with an honorable mention citation in the 2008 Campus Votes Challenge, a program that sought to encourage voting at colleges and universities nationwide during the 2008 presidential election. The College was among more than 40 undergraduate colleges and universities across the nation that participated in the challenge.

Passing by Utica’s Salvation Army on a Thursday evening, one might assume a carnival is taking place behind its doors. Crashing cymbals, the occasional crack of a snare drum and muddled piano melodies can be heard from the Salvation Army’s chapel, their sounds pouring out into the street. Nearly overpowering this raucous symphony, the playful laughter and boisterous voices of the performance’s participants bring life to the musical melee taking place within.