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Columbia University historian, professor and author Eric Foner visited Hamilton on Nov. 15  to discuss Abraham Lincoln's atttitudes toward slavery as detailed in his 2010 book The Fiery Trial.

Rebuilding Together is the largest national volunteer home rehabilitation organization in the United States. The local branch, Rebuilding Together Mohawk Valley (RTMV), has been assisting the elderly, physically and mentally disabled, and working poor in the local area since 1997.  Nick Solano ’14 began working with RTMV during his sophomore year and was recently appointed executive director of the local organization.

Hamilton President Joan Hinde Stewart announced in an e-mail to the campus community the death of long-time Professor Carol Rupprecht: I write with the sad news that Professor of Comparative Literature Emeritus Carol Schreier Rupprecht died tragically Wednesday, Nov. 15, near her home in the Adirondacks. She was 73.

A team of Hamilton economics students took second place in the annual Fed Challenge in New York City on Nov. 14. This was Hamilton’s  best finish to date and  the second year in a row that the Hamilton team advanced to the final round. The Challenge is a team competition for undergraduate college students inspired by the working of the Federal Open Market Committee. Hamilton advanced to the finals after a first-round victory on Nov. 9.

Author and University of Pennsylvania professor Annette Lareau came to Hamilton to lecture on her study of social stratification in America.  Lareau is the Stanley I. Shear Professor of Sociology in the School of Arts and Sciences at Penn. 

A group of Hamilton students, alumni and staff travelled to Madison, Wis., for the 40th annual international conference of the Association for Experiential Education (AEE), held Nov. 1-4.  According to its website, the AEE is a nonprofit, professional membership association dedicated to experiential education and the students, educators and practitioners who utilize its philosophy.

“In the Shadows and at the Margins: Working in the Korean Clubs and Bars of Osaka’s Minami Area” by Assistant Professor of Anthropology Haeng-ja Chung was published as a chapter in Wind Over Water: Migration in an East Asian Context.

Ambassador Edward S. Walker Jr. ’62, the Christian A. Johnson Distinguished Professor of Global Political Theory, has returned to the Hill this semester to teach a course on Cultural Diplomacy: Tool of Diplomacy or Imperialism (Government 341.)

The Hamilton College Performing Arts Series will present a concert by the Symphony Syracuse (now operating under the name Musical Associates of Central New York) on Thursday, Nov. 15, at 7:30 p.m., in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center. Conducted by Associate Professor of Music Heather Buchman, the program includes Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5 with soloist Jeremy Mastrangelo, and Hindemith’s Mathis der Maler.

Lauren Howe ’13 and Eunice Choi ’14 travelled to the 2012 International Slow Food Congress in Turin, Italy, Oct. 25-29.