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Two Hamilton alumni are included on a short list of individuals recognized as the nation’s foremost leaders. Now in its second year, U.S. News & World Report’s “America’s Best Leaders” edition (Oct. 30, 2006) recognizes the achievements of A.G. Lafley ’69, CEO, Procter & Gamble, and Robert Moses ’56, founder of The Algebra Project. Conducted in collaboration with the Center for Public Leadership at the John F. Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University, honorees were selected by a committee of government, community and private sector leaders. Chosen were men and women who, among other things, inspired a shared vision, challenged established processes and achieved measurable results in their respective fields.

Visiting Instructor in Art Sylvia de Swaan presented a lecture at the State University of New York in Oswego as part of their Visiting Artist Lecture series on Monday, Oct. 23. She also conducted a workshop for advanced photography students focused on constructing narrative in relation to local history and geography while creating an emotional connection.

Les Roberts, author of two Lancet studies on deaths in Iraq, spoke at Hamilton on October 23. Roberts introduced his team's follow-up study on deaths in Iraq, released October 12, and the way it is being covered by the media, compared with the way his first study of Iraqi deaths was received by the media.

For the second year, Hamilton students have organized a youth soccer program at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary School in the Cornhill section of Utica. The Observer- Dispatch celebrated the program with a front-page article continued on the front page of the sports section. Describing the committed engagement of approximately 45 Hamilton students, the article focused particularly on founder Kristina Carroll and sophomore Eve Stevens. Parents expressed their approval and gratitude for the effort expended by the volunteers in creating 12 teams for about 120 children aged 4 to 13. Likewise, the elementary school’s principal described the program as “wonderful.” 

Catherine Cook '07 and Samantha Pitter '07 presented their research at the 64th annual New York State Communication Association meeting on October 22 in Kerhonkson. Their original submissions for the conference were drawn from research papers completed for a senior seminar in Communication during spring semester 2006. Cook's presentation addressed key differences between traditional letter writing and electronic mail. Pitter's work compared the ways in which radio and television communicate information to varied audiences.

Alan Taylor, professor of history at the University of California, Davis, and author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book William Cooper’s Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic (Knopf, 1995), will give the Victor S. Johnson III ‘71 Lecture at Hamilton College on Wednesday, Oct. 25, at 7:30 p.m. in the Chapel. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the Department of History and President’s Office at Hamilton.

Arthur Levitt Jr., former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), spoke to a large audience of students, faculty and staff in the Fillius Events Barn on Friday, Oct. 20. In 1980, Mr. Levitt established Hamilton's Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center in honor of his father, Arthur Levitt Sr. A long-time proponent of corporate accountability and shareholder rights, Mr. Levitt Jr. spoke on the topic, "The Paradox of an Ethical Society: Are Enrons Inevitable?"

Carl Rubino, the Edward North Professor of Classics, was elected president of the Classical Association of the Atlantic States for 2006-2007, at its recent meeting in Baltimore.  In this capacity he will preside over the association's Centennial Meeting, which will be held next October in Washington D.C.  At the Baltimore meeting, he presided over a session on "Gender and Identity in Latin Literature and Roman Society" and directed a workshop session on "Augustus, Augustanism, and Teaching the Advanced Placement Vergil and Latin Literature Syllabi."

George Longfish, artist and professor emeritus of Native American Studies at University of California, Davis, will present a talk about his work on Tuesday, Oct. 24, at 4:15 p.m. in Hamilton College’s Kennedy Science Auditorium.  Longfish is a member of the Six Nations Grand River Territory (Seneca/Tuscarora).  He is one of two artists whose work is included in the exhibit, “Native Perspectives,” currently showing through December 30 in the Emerson Gallery. 

The fifth annual Hogwarts at Hamilton is taking place on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 20 and 21, at the Emerson Literary Society. Hogwarts holds a series of hour-long shows where visitors are taken on a tour of “Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.” On these tours, they see Hamilton students dressed as Hogwarts students, and improvising scenes of classrooms that might have come from one of J.K. Rowlings' books. There will be four tours on Friday at 6, 7, 8 and 9 p.m., and five tours on Saturday starting at 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 p.m. The event is free and open to the public and all ages are welcome.