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Anthony Aveni, the Russell B. Colgate Professor of Astronomy and Anthropology at Colgate University, will give the Winslow Lecture at Hamilton College on Thursday, Sept. 11, at 4:10 p.m. in the Kennedy Auditorium of the Science Center. His lecture is titled "Scientific Astronomy in Hesiod? The Roots of Prehistoric Star Gazing," and is free and open to the public. 

Corinne Bancroft, a junior comparative literature major from Tucson, Ariz., contributed a guest opinion piece titled "Feds accountable for desert deaths" to the Sept. 8 edition of the Arizona Daily Star. Bancroft details her experiences volunteering with No More Deaths, a humanitarian group focusing on the U.S.-Mexico border, and the "human and environmental tragedy" that migration through the desert of Arizona causes. The piece reads, "If our government is serious about border security, they will redirect enforcement resources to improve the economies of Southern Mexico and Central America, thus eliminating the incentive for people to migrate."

Assistant Professor of Art Rebecca Murtaugh presented a visiting artist lecture titled "Play" at Virginia Commonwealth University on Sept. 4. She discussed her artworks conceived and exhibited over the past seven years, including the new series "The Sweetest Battle." In her work, she used diverse formats and media to create works that are both intellectually and visually seductive, such as using Post-it Notes to transcend the use of everyday objects.  While at VCU she also visited with graduate students in the Craft and Material Studies Department, who sponsored the lecture.

Students in Hamilton's program in New York City visited the Whitney Museum on Sept. 3, where they toured the exhibit, "Buckminster Fuller: Starting with the Universe."  According to the Whitney Museum Web site, "Visionary designer, philosopher, poet, inventor, engineer, and advocate of sustainability, Buckminster Fuller was one of the great transdisciplinary thinkers of the last century with a legacy that extends to nearly every field of the arts and sciences."

Russell Marcus, the Chauncey Truax Post-Doctoral Fellow in Philosophy, led a  workshop at the 17th annual International Workshop/Conference on Teaching Philosophy, run by the American Association of Philosophy Teachers (AAPT). The workshop was titled "Adjudicating the Objections and Replies: A Cooperative Lesson Using the Objections and Replies to Descartes's Meditations." Also, his article, "Structuralism, Indispensability and the Access Problem," was published in August in the Swiss journal Facta Philosophica.

The Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center and the Diversity and Social Justice Project are focused on related themes this year: "sustainability: environment, health and poverty" and "environmental justice," respectively. Together they are sponsoring a panel discussion titled "Environmental Justice and Sustainability" on Tuesday, Sept. 9, at 4:10 p.m. in the K-J auditorium.

Hamilton College Professor of Music Michael "Doc" Woods brings together some of the area's best jazz artists for the annual Jazz Kick-Off event on Tuesday, Sept. 9, at 8 p.m. in the Fillius Events Barn. It is free and open to the public.

This year Hamilton students are being offered front-row seats for an exceptional opportunity in Hollywood. In the Legendary Pictures Film Treatment Challenge, students can extend their ideas from the classroom to the big screen through the creation of an original film treatment. This unique opportunity will allow student film treatments to possibly be reviewed by the team that helped create Superman Returns, Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. Sponsored by Legendary Pictures founder, chairman and CEO, Thomas Tull '92, the competition is exclusively open to Hamilton students and will be conducted throughout the 2008-09 academic year

"Five Years at Delavan," opens on Thursday, Sept. 11, at the Delevan Art Gallery featuring prints by the Atelier Four, a group which includes alumna Amy Georgia Buchholz '80, Professor of Art Bruce Muirhead, alumnus Jake Muirhead '86 and Professor of Art William Salzillo. A reception will be held on Thursday, Sept. 11, from 5 to 8 p.m. The gallery is located at 501 W. Fayette Street, Syracuse. The exhibition is open through Oct. 25.

Jon Stewart, executive producer and host of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" will be the next guest in the Sacerdote Great Names series at Hamilton College. He will perform on Friday, Nov. 14, at 7:30 p.m. in the Margaret Bundy Scott Field House. No tickets will be issued for the free event, but seats for the general public will be limited, on a first-come, first-served basis, because members of the Hamilton College community will receive priority seating.