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An article written by Associate Professor of Economics Ann Owen and Professor of Economics Elizabeth Jensen titled "Social Learning and Course Choice" was published in volume 7, issue 1, 2008 of the International Review of Economics Education (IREE). Owen and Jensen used a broad sample of students to examine the course selection process and to find evidence of social learning from peers.

Members of the Hamilton community who don't have a car on campus will be wheel-less no more, thanks to the arrival of Zipcar on the Hill. Zipcar, the world's largest provider of cars on demand by the hour or day, will begin its service at Hamilton this week, as an environmentally friendly alternative to the costs and hassles of keeping a car on campus. The partnership continues Hamilton's commitment to invest in sustainable solutions on campus and marks Zipcar's entry into Clinton, bringing its operations to more than 50 cities, including London, England, and 28 North American states and provinces. 

David Paris, the Leonard C. Ferguson Professor of Government at Hamilton, was quoted in an InsideHigherEd article, "Spreading the Gospel on Student Learning," about a meeting of researchers, foundation leaders and association presidents who are true believers in the value of assessing the quality of student learning in liberal education.

An Associated Press article focused on "the latest of several efforts by academics to lend analytical rigor to an emotional debate," whether college faculty impose their views on students, referenced an earlier study conducted by Assistant Dean of Faculty for Institutional Research Gordon Hewitt and Xavier University professor Mack Mariani.

With the announcement of this year's Nobel Prize winners, Hamilton recalls two of its own alumni Nobel laureates. Elihu Root won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1912, and Paul Greengard won the Nobel Prize for medicine in 2000. Alumnus Jonathan Overpeck '79 was one of 33 lead authors on the report of the intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Gore.

Levitt Center Associate Director for Community Research Judy Owens-Manley and Moises Toledano '10, a student in Owens-Manley's Seminar in Program Evaluation course, presented a poster session at the Imagining America conference in Los Angeles Oct. 2 - 4.

Jeff Corbett '09 led Hamilton College to fourth place in the 10-team Manhattanville/NYU Fall Classic, which was played at Hudson Hills Golf Course in Ossining, N.Y., on Oct. 11 and 12.

Hamilton College won two out of three matches in the Keuka College Invitational at the Weed Physical Arts Center on Oct. 11.

Hamilton College running back Mark Snickenberger '11 (Wellesley, Mass./Wellesley HS) has been selected the New England Small College Athletic Conference Offensive co-Player of the Week.

Meredith FitzPatrick '11 finished in 11th place as Hamilton College placed fifth in its own 11-team invitational on campus on Oct. 11.