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Vivyan Adair, the Elihu Root Peace Fund Associate Professor of Women's Studies, lectured at Columbia University on November 2 on “Representing Women: Feminist Post-Modern Theories of Identity and Experience.” Her audience included students from Columbia’s Graduate Schools of Social Work and Education and Union Theological Seminary. The talk was sponsored by the Feminist Caucus of Columbia University.

Al Gore, the 45th vice president of the United States, will give a free public lecture at Hamilton College on Thursday, April 26, at 7:30 p.m., in the Margaret Bundy Scott Field House. His lecture, “An Inconvenient Truth,” will be accompanied by a multi-media presentation on which his best-selling book and film by the same name are based. No tickets are necessary and the general public will be admitted on a first-come, first-served basis.

Director of Outdoor Leadership Andrew Jillings presented at national conferences in October and November. He spoke at the National Whitewater Symposium in California, where he also participated in a panel discussion on "Decision-making by whitewater instructors and guides." In November he gave two presentations at the International Conference of the Association for Experiential Education in St. Paul, Minn. The topics were "New perspectives on leaders training" and "Teaching New dogs old tricks; how to teach new leaders to lead like old pros."

Lois Weis, distinguished professor of educational leadership and policy at the University at Buffalo Graduate School of Education, gave a lecture at Hamilton on Nov. 8 titled "Unequal Outcomes: how families and schools structure social and economic inequalities.” Weis, the author of numerous books on race, class and gender in American education, spoke about how families and schools structure economic inequalities in a way that limits the social mobility potential of education.

Walcott-Bartlett Professor of Religious Studies Jay Williams will give a lecture at the Bennington Museum in Bennington, Vermont, as part of its Winslow Homer and Thomas Nast Exhibition on Thursday, Nov. 16 at 6 p.m. in the Museum's Education Center. The exhibition features works of popular art from the nineteenth century that depicts how Americans celebrated and enjoyed the fall and winter seasons.

Peter Meineck, artistic director of the Aquila Theatre Company, will give a talk titled “Masks, Gender, and Performance: Women’s Ritual in the Oresteia” as the Classics' Department's Winslow Lecture on Monday, Nov. 13, at 4:10 p.m. in the Science Center Auditorium (G027).

Writer and mountain climber David Roberts gave a talk titled “Writing about Adventure – Including Your Own” at Hamilton College Wednesday, November 8. Roberts has gone on 13 climbing expeditions in Alaska and the Yukon and has published 19 books based on his climbing experiences. During his talk he presented slides and descriptions of his expeditions which ranged from climbing Denali, Mt. Deborah and Mt. Huntington.

Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack, a 1972 graduate of Hamilton College, announced on November 9 his intention to seek the Democratic party nomination for president in 2008. Vilsack is the first Democrat to formally announce his candidacy.

Hamilton College will host its eighth annual gospel choir workshop and concert in the chapel on Friday and Saturday, November 10 and 11. This free two-day event is open to all members of the community who would like to experience what gospel can do for the spirit, regardless of any previous experience. Members of all faiths and musical abilities are encouraged to attend.

Hamilton College will host the Region 2 Conference of the Society of Composers (SCI) on Friday and Saturday, November 10-11. The SCI is a professional society dedicated to the promotion of composition, performance, understanding and dissemination of new and contemporary music. Members include composers and performers both in and outside of academia interested in addressing concerns for national and regional support for the creation of fresh music.