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Even though the Men's Lacrosse team's 2008 season doesn't start until March 12, the Lacrosse Boosters Club and Friends of Athletics is giving the team a kick-start by holding a men's lacrosse fundraiser on January 17, 2008 in New York City. The reception, which is open to all alumni, parents and friends of the program, will be held at The Racquet and Tennis Club, at 370 Park Avenue. Featuring Lacrosse Head Coach Scott Barnard and new Athletic Director Jon Hind '80, a lacrosse alumnus, the event hopes to help raise funds to meet the program's annual goal of $30,000.

Deborah Forte '75, Hamilton trustee and president of Scholastic Media, Inc., is a producer of the film The Golden Compass which will be released by New Line Cinema on December 7. The Golden Compass is the first novel in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy and stars Daniel Craig, Nicole Kidman, Sam Elliott and Eva Green.

A Hamilton trustee and his wife have donated $1 million to endow a need-based scholarship for students who are the first generation in their families to attend college. Recognizing the need for alumni to give back to the College, the donors, who wish to remain anonymous, have made their gift with the hope that it will encourage other alumni and supporters to make similar contributions in support of scholarship aid.

A.G. Lafley '69, chairman and CEO of Procter & Gamble and newly elected chairman of Hamilton's Board of Trustees, was named to Fortune magazine's Power 25 list (12/10/07). The article "Power 25" notes, "Since taking charge in 2000, when Procter & Gamble was sinking under the weight of too many new products and organizational changes, Lafley has refocused on consumers and rejuvenated core businesses."

Josh Simpson '72 will participate in a meet the artist event at the Steuben Glass flagship New York City store on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 14 and 15, from noon to 6 p.m. in conjunction with an exhibit of his work there. Simpson's Steuben Selection Exhibition will be on view at the store, 667 Madison Ave. at 61st Street, through December 31.

Alan Cafruny, Henry Platt Bristol Professor of International Affairs, discussed the recent elections in Russia and the European Union's criticism of the election process on Jamaica's major news/talk radio station on Thursday, Dec. 6. Interviewing Cafruny were former Jamaican Minister of Tourism Anthony Abrahams and Trevor Munroe, government professor at the University of West Indies.

Professor of Art Bruce Muirhead has two paintings in a show titled "Urban Landscapes" that opened on Friday, Dec. 7, at Susan Maasch Fine Art, a gallery in Portland, Maine. There will be a reception at the gallery on Friday, Jan. 4.

Assistant Professor of Biology Wei-Jen Chang represented Hamilton's Sigma Xi chapter in the Sigma Xi annual business meeting held in Orlando from Nov. 1 - 4. Sigma Xi is a scientific research society founded in 1886. Hamilton College chapter members include faculty at several local colleges, institutions in other regions, scientists in non-academic roles, and loyal alumni.

Eight Hamilton students have received grants from the Academic Council to pursue research in upcoming projects. The recipients of grants from the Steven Daniel Smallen Memorial Fund are Mark Ducommun '10, Charlie Kaplan '11, Rachel Richardson '09, Katie Naughton '08, Casey Bloomquist '10, James Head '08 and Sandra Chiu '08. Sarah Moore '09, Naughton and Richardson have also been selected as recipients of the Class of 1979 Student Travel Award.

Dan Nye '88, CEO of networking site LinkedIn, is featured in a CNN Money online interview with CNN Money.com editor at large Paul R. La Monica (12/05/07). LinkedIn is a professional networking site with 17 million members that is built on social-networking concepts and principles. In the interview Nye describes LinkedIn as "the fastest growing social networking site in the world," and says that "advertisers love LinkedIn because of the demographic of people using it. The demographic matches Wall Street Journal readership," Nye said.