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Hamilton College recorded easy wins against Tufts University on Nov. 22 and against Connecticut College on Nov. 23 at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H.

Hamilton College's Peter Kosgei '10 (Kapsabet, Kenya/Kapsabet Boys' HS) has been selected the 2008 NCAA Division III men's cross country Athlete of the Year by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.

Sarah Bertino '09 recently traveled to Washington, D.C. with Herman Lehman, associate professor of biology and chair of the biology department, to attend Neuroscience 2008, the Society for Neuroscience's 38th annual meeting. While at the meeting, Bertino presented a poster summarizing research she had done over the summer and previous academic year with Nicholas Berry '09, Daniel Bond '08 and Carlos Rico '10.

Associate Professor of Philosophy and Director of the New York City Program Katheryn Doran and the Hamilton in NYC students attended the one-year anniversary gathering for "Blueprint for the Upper West Side: A Roadmap for Truly Livable Streets" on Thursday, Nov. 13. According to Doran, it was an "inspiring evening about successful grass roots work to create more pedestrian and bike friendly space on the Upper West Side."

The winner of the Boardman Tasker Prize for 2008 was announced on Saturday, Nov. 22, at the Kendal Mountain Festival in England. Fallen Giants : A History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes, a book co-authored by James L. Ferguson Professor of History Maurice Isserman and University of Rochester Professor Stewart Weaver, was the second runner-up for the prize.

Assistant Professor of Art Rebecca Murtaugh presented a visiting artist lecture at SUNY Suffolk on Long Island on November 12. She showed works that she conceived and created during the past 10 years. The discussion focused on the relationship of everyday experience with the world to her art making process.

Hamilton College's Peter Kosgei '10 finished in first place at the NCAA Division III men's cross country championship held at Hanover College's L.S. Ayres Athletic Complex in Hanover, Ind., on Nov. 22, and has been named the 2008 NCAA Division III men's cross-country athlete of the year by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.

Students Christopher Bouton '09, Casey Green '09 and Kelsey Rice '10 along with Lisa Trivedi, associate professor of history and chair of Asian Studies, traveled to Siena College on Nov. 8 for a conference of Phi Alpha Theta, the national honors association for history. The students each gave papers, which were well received and reviewed by the faculty from the other campuses.  Bouton's paper was titled "The Brotherhood of Thieves Riot: The 1842 Anti-Abolitionist Riot on Nantucket"; Green's was "Post-Revolutionary America and the Republican Mother"; and Rice's was "Misinterpreting the Middle East: Western Biases in Approaches to Middle Eastern History."

Students in the Hamilton in New York program met with Randy Cohen, "The Ethicist" for The New York Times Magazine. Cohen gave a talk to the group called "Ten Reasons Not to Drive in Manhattan, or, the Highway to Hell."  They presented him with a homemade MTA subway line cake.

Associate Professors of Economics Ann Owen and Julio Videras and Scholar in Residence Chris Willemsen have authored an article for the Social Science Quarterly (vol. 89, December 2008). In the article "Democracy, Participation, and Life Satisfaction," Owen, Videras, and Willemsen used data on life satisfaction for individuals in 46 countries.