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The Norwegian research group "A l'ombre des Lumières" invited Professor of French John C. O'Neal to speak at a colloquium in Norway, Dec. 4-5. Held at the University of Trondheim, 500 kilometers north of Oslo, the colloquium hosted a group of international scholars on 18th century literature, all of whom made separate presentations in a plenary format. O'Neal made his presentation on the pedagogical writings of Genevan philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau and his uses of the visual.

FibroGen, Inc. has named Hamilton graduate Frank Valone '70 as Chief Medical Officer. At Hamilton, Valone majored in Biology and Chemistry and was a member of the Men's Ice Hockey and Soccer teams.

In an attempt to find another way to communicate with Hamilton alumni, New York City GOLD (Graduates of the Last Decade) Co-chair Zach Kubin '05 recently created a Young Alumni Blog. The blog, aimed to inform Hamilton College Alumni living in NYC of upcoming events, College updates or individual updates, was created so that the region, which has the largest young alumni population in the nation with nearly 900 constituents, has a home page that directly relates to young alumni's interests and needs. The blog will not replace the Hamilton website or HOLAC; rather, it will serve as another venue for GOLD alumni living in NYC to receive information, ask questions, provide feedback in various surveys or simply learn more about the GOLD network in NYC.

Earlier this year Castile Ventures expanded its investment staff by naming Skip Besthoff '92 as a General Partner. Besthoff graduated Hamilton with a BA in Economics and French and was a member of the Men's Rugby team.

Austin Briggs, the Hamilton B. Tompkins Professor of English emeritus, published a review of Joycean Murmoirs: Fritz Senn on James Joyce, Christine O'Neill (ed.), (Dublin: Lilliput Press, 2007) in the October, 2008, issue of James Joyce Broadsheet (University of Leeds, UK).

Roberta L. Krueger, the Burgess Professor of French, contributed an essay, "The Middle Ages and the Renaissance: from Marie de France to Marie de Romieu," in Norman Shapiro, transl., French Women Poets of Nine Centuries: The Distaff and the Pen (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008).

Barbara Gold, the Edward North Professor of Classics, gave an invited lecture at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst on Dec. 4. The title of the talk was "Inhuman She-Wolves and Unhelpful Mothers in Propertius's Elegies: A Consideration of Roman Mothers and Some Remarks on their Colonial American Counterparts." The last segment of the talk arose from an Emerson grant that Gold did last summer with Hamilton senior Casey Green, who is a classics and history major.

A feature article written by Casey Wick, assistant director of custodial services, appears in the November/December issue of Facilities Manager magazine titled "From Here to There: Effectively Managing Organization Change." APPA, an organization of educational facilities professionals that, according to its Web site, "promotes excellence in all phases of educational facilities management, including administration, planning, design, construction, energy/utilities, maintenance, and operations" is the magazine publisher.

Assistant Professor of Japanese Kyoko Omori spoke at a University of Sydney, Australia, workshop on December 3-4. The workshop focused on a Japanese vernacular modernist magazine, Shinseinen (New Youth). Shinseinen enjoyed its heyday in the 1920s-30s by providing youth with (occasionally experimental) detective fiction, photographs, illustrations, and essays on the latest cultural phenomena.

The Hamilton College Orchestra will give a free performance on Thursday, Dec. 11, at 8 p.m. in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center for the Performing Arts. The program will feature Rossini, La Gazza Ladra; Faure, Pavane; Saint-Saens, Cello Concerto No. 1; and Dvorak, Symphony No. 8 in G Major. Florent Renard-Payen will perform as cello soloist.