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A seventh edition of The American Class Structure in an Age of Growing Inequality (Pine Forge Press) by Professor of Sociology Dennis Gilbert was published in January, 2008.  In the book Gilbert analyzes trends in income, wealth, earnings, occupation, housing, child rearing, social mobility and politics to reveal a consistent pattern of growing social inequality in the United States since the early 1970s. Why, Gilbert asks, is this happening? His answer rests on factors as varied as globalization and shifting patterns of American family life.

How to evaluate and choose that first job after college with integrity and vision was the focus of U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr.'s remarks to Hamilton College's class of 2008 at its commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 25. Paulson gave the address at Hamilton's 196th commencement, in the Margaret Bundy Scott Field House, where 442 students received bachelor's degrees.

Graduating musicians will perform in the Music Department's annual Senior Concert on Saturday, May 24 at 9 p.m. in Wellin Hall. Members of the class of 2008 making their final appearance are Kate Berlent, alto saxophone; Christopher Boveroux, tenor and conductor; Joshua Cheung, piano; Kimberly Craig, soprano; Julianne Jaquith, soprano; Kara Novak, clarinet; Albert Trithart, violin; and Sarah Wissel, flute. The College Hill Singers will also perform. Accompanists are Jason Oberholtzer, Colleen Roberts Pellman and Sar-Shalom Strong. The concert is free and open to the public.

Armando Bayolo, visiting assistant professor of music, was announced as the 2008 recipient of the Brandon Fradd fellowship in music composition from the Cintas Foundation, a foundation dedicated to the promotion of Cuban and Cuban-American art. The Brandon Fradd fellowship is a $15,000 award to be used for career development.

Twenty-one members of Hamilton's class of 2008 were elected today to the Epsilon chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation's oldest honor society. They join 25 classmates who were elected earlier this year.

Rising Hamilton senior Eric Kuhn has been named a member of the UWIRE 100, a select group of undergraduate and graduate students judged the top collegiate journalists in the country. Chosen from a pool of more than 500 nominations submitted by students and educators at 132 schools, the winners hail from 66 colleges and universities.

Local Integrity Systems: World Cities Fighting Corruption, a book edited by Maynard-Knox Professor of Government and Law Frank Anechiarico '71 with Leo Huberts and Frederique Six of the Free University of Amsterdam, was published in May by BJU Publishers of The Hague, Netherlands.

Assistant Professor of Japanese Kyoko Omori gave a lecture in Japanese at Waseda University in Tokyo on May 19. The talk was titled "Japanese Radio Shows from the Occupation Period." It focused on a variety of strategies that the GHQ/SCAP took in the wake of WWII, in order to rebuild the Japanese radio broadcasting system for promoting democracy. Omori's talk was part of the "Open College" lecture series at Waseda University titled "Popular Culture During the Occupation Period (1945-1952)."

Alumni responded, and the May goal of making 800 new gifts or fulfilled pledges was met. Doing so generated a total of $125,000 in additional gifts from nine trustees. The third phase of the Alumni Participation Challenge, which concludes on June 15, will prompt the trustee challengers to contribute another $125,000 which will further magnify the impact of your gift. 

The Committee for Kirkland College hosted a brunch on-campus on Sunday, April 6, to help the Womyn's Center kick off Womyn's Energy Week.