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Three members of the geosciences department presented their research at the 119th annual meeting of the Geological Society of America (GSA). William R. Kenan Professor of Geosciences Barbara Tewksbury, Associate Professor of Geosciences Todd Rayne and Dave Tewksbury, geosciences technician, spoke at the meeting held in Denver from October 27-31. About 6,300 scientists attended the meeting.

Hamilton College has created a community group on LinkedIn, a professional networking site with 15 million members that is built on social-networking concepts and principles. This group is open to all students, alumni, parents of current and former students and current and former faculty and staff. It has been established to provide Hamilton members with a simple yet powerful means to connect and network with each other and share their wider professional connections with a Hamilton audience. The more individuals who join the group, the more robust it will be.

Assistant Professor of Art Rebecca Murtaugh will exhibit artwork in a group show titled "Sparkling Fresh Art" on Saturday, Nov. 3, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the Grant Gallery (7 Mercer St.) in New York City. The exhibition features work by emerging artists in a variety of media such as painting, drawing and photography.

The 18th annual Trust Treat, a safe trick-or-treating tour on the Hamilton College campus will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 31, beginning at 5:30 p.m. at Bristol Campus Center.  Children from the Thea Bowman House, the Boys and Girls Club, and the Cosmo Center, all in Utica, as well as employees' children are welcome to attend. Hamilton "tour guides" will partner with the trick-or-treaters and escort them to the 12 haunted houses and 26 candy stops scattered across campus. Students dress in costume and decorate residence halls and other buildings as haunted houses.  Trust Treat is in memory of Eric Trust '92 who died unexpectedly on Halloween day during his first year at Hamilton. It is sponsored by the Newman Council.

A.G. Lafley '69, chairman and CEO of Procter & Gamble Co., and a charter trustee of Hamilton College, will address the Hamilton College Wall Street Association on Thursday, Nov. 1, at 5 p.m., at the University Club, 1 West 54th St. in New York. Please see the alumni events calendar for more information.

A.G. Lafley '69, chairman and CEO of Procter & Gamble Co. and a charter trustee of Hamilton College, addressed the Hamilton College Wall Street Association on Thursday, Nov. 1. Close to 200 alumni, trustees, parents and friends joined Hamilton President Joan Stewart at the University Club in New York City. This is the fourth Wall Street Association event. Lafley made brief remarks about his career at Procter & Gamble Co. and his experiences at Hamilton, Harvard Business School and in the United States Navy. He went on to field questions from the audience on a wide-range of personal and business experiences.

Twelve Hamilton College students traveled to New Haven, Conn., on Oct. 25-28 to participate in the 30th annual Security Council Simulation at Yale (SCSY). These students are members of Model United Nations, an organization that enables students to attend various Model U.N. conferences throughout the year. The purpose of the organization is to improve public speaking and writing skills while learning about the official U.N. procedures.

Hamilton College alumna and Baylor University Classics Professor Amy Vail '84 will give a lecture, "The Case of the Disappearing Skull – Et in Arcadia Ego," on Thursday, Nov. 1, at 4:10 p.m., in the Science Center's Kennedy Auditorium. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Aaron Balivet '08 and Emily Tang '08 were two of 12 students selected nationally to participate in the first Associated Colleges in China (ACC) Field Studies Program in China this summer. It was funded by a U.S. Education Department Fulbright Hayes Group Project Abroad program grant awarded to Professor of Chinese Hong Gang Jin. The seven-week program was designed for students who had previous study abroad experience, so that students could build on existing language skills and apply them outside the classroom. It consisted of two parts: intensive language study and traveling through the country teaching Chinese students and attending education conferences with Chinese teachers and school principals.

Nine members of the newly-founded student organization Hamilton College Association of Women in Economics and Government (HCAWEG) attended a conference in New York City hosted by the National Minority Business Council on Oct. 19. Members of HCAWEG who attended were co-founders Amy Brown '08, Christina Culver '09 and Cali Garson '09, and Adah Jung '10, Katie Painter '08, Deanna Edwards '09, Whitney Rosenbaum '10, Hilary Nitka '08 and August Keating '10.