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Some of the world's most inspired and provocative thinkers, writers, artists, business people, teachers, and leaders are gathered at the third annual Aspen Ideas Festival in Aspen, Colorado from July 2 to July 8. Hamilton’s William R. Kenan Professor of Government Cheng Li, one of the featured festival speakers in the global dynamics track, is joined by more than 250 other speakers who include President Bill Clinton, Madeleine Albright, David Gergen, Walter Isaacson, General Colin Powell, U.S. Senator Arlen Specter, U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings, Jim Lehrer and Karl Rove. Speakers are divided into four program tracks: global dynamics, arts and culture, American experience and media and community.

Thanks to the generous support of its young alumni, Hamilton College is pleased to name Tamim Akiki '08, of Kfardebian, Lebanon, as its fifth GOLD Scholar.

All of us remember learning about recycling in school. We are taught to recycle plastics as much as possible, but how much plastic do scientists give back to the industry? Diana Di Leonardo ’10 (Malverne, N.Y.) asks this question in her research this summer. Concentrating on the recycling of plastic from cell and molecular biology labs, Di Leonardo and her faculty collaborator, Professor of Biology Jinnie Garrett, will research just how much is recycled in the workplaces of those who tell us to recycle.

Preston Hutchings ’78 and his Bermuda crew aboard the new NY42 Morgan’s Ghost finished first in the 30th anniversary Marion to Bermuda Cruising Yacht Race. Morgan’s Ghost is the first Bermuda boat to take line honors since Robert Mulderig’s Starr Trail did the trick in 2003.   

Broadening the Horizon: Critical Introductions to Amma Darko, edited by Professor of English Vincent O. Odamtten, has been published by Ayebia Clarke Publishing Limited, Banbury Oxfordshire, UK. This collection of essays from nearly a dozen respected academics and practitioners in the field brings a number of critical perspectives to focus on the work of Amma Darko, a 21st century Ghanaian writer.

Edward S. Walker, Jr. '62, former U. S. Ambassador to Israel, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates and the Christian A. Johnson Distinguished Professor of Global Political Theory, was interviewed by a number of media outlets during the month of June.

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Artwork by Assistant Professor of Art Rebecca Murtaugh is featured in the June 28, 2007, edition of The New York Times. The artwork, titled "To Mark A Significant Space in the Living Room #1," appears on the front page of the House and Home section. The article is titled "While You Were Out, The Post-it Went Home" and is authored by Penelope Green.

Hamilton's Director of Outdoor Leadership Andrew Jillings finished first in the single male kayak division and sixth overall in the 2007 Yukon River Quest, the world's longest annual canoe and kayak race. Based on results posted on the official race Web site last updated today at 3:45 EDT on Saturday, June 30, Jillings reached Dawson City behind one tandem kayak and four voyageur canoes, each with six to eight rowers. He had never participated in a kayak race before clinching the single male kayak title.

Associate Professor of Theatre Craig Latrell delivered a paper in Bangkok at a conference titled "Cartographies of Culture, Religion and Thought." The conference focused on place and place-making in contemporary Asia -- the distribution of communities, cultures, religions and manners of thought. Latrell's paper, titled "Performance and Place-making at Sarawak Cultural Village," centered on the remapping of Sarawak's cultural identity and the role of performance in that remapping.  The conference, held at Assumption University, was also coordinated by La Trobe University in Melbourne and Ateneo De Manila University, Philippines.