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Joseph Volpe, general manager of the Metropolitan Opera from 1990 to 2006, gave the annual Tolles Lecture, titled “The World Of Opera,” on Sunday, Feb. 18, in the Chapel. Volpe spoke about his career with the Met and some of the issues involved in performing arts management. Each year, the Tolles Lecture Series brings distinguished speakers from the fields of literature, journalism and theater to Hamilton to lecture and meet with students.

Todd Franklin, associate professor of philosophy, delivered the inaugural lecture for Colgate University's Nietzsche and Beyond Lecture Series on Feb. 15.  Titled "Nietzsche, Genealogy, and Race,"  Franklin's lecture outlined the major methodological features of Nietzschean genealogy and went on to describe how it can serve both critical and existential functions in relation to the history and future of conceptions of racial hierarchy.

Joseph Volpe, who retired as general manager of the Metropolitan Opera in 2006, will give the Tolles Lecture on Sunday, Feb. 18, at 5 p.m. in the Chapel. The lecture, titled “The World of Opera,” is free and open to the public.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Music Armando Bayolo was a featured composer at the 32nd Annual Symposium for New Band Music held at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Virginia, this month.  Bayolo conducted a series of clinics and rehearsals of his wind ensemble work, Fanfares, with the Virginia Intercollegiate Band, students selected from seven institutions participating in the symposium.

History Professor and Reed College graduate Maurice Isserman has written an article for the winter issue of  Reed Magazine titled “And All That – Radicals, Hippies and SDS at Reed.” With the relaunch of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) on Reed’s campus, Isserman explores the legacy of radicals, hippies, and SDS at the college. He chronicles the evolution of the organization at Reed and throughout the nation and reflects on how the organization might have been more effective. 

Mack Mariani, visiting assistant professor of government, presented a paper he co-authored with government professor Philip Klinkner last week at the American Political Science Association Teaching and Learning Conference. Titled “The Effect of a Campaign Internship on Political Efficacy, Trust and Responsiveness,” the paper examined how student participation in campaign internships affected their attitudes about political efficacy, trust in government and government responsiveness.

In the recent discussions regarding the election of Alumni Trustees, there have been suggestions that there is an “elite” running the affairs of the Kirkland and Hamilton alumni organizations. This concept has given me pause as I have concluded that I am among the so-called elite, but I believe that my story is instructive to these conversations says Paddy McGuire ’81.  

Hamilton College is one of 23 founding colleges and universities participating in the new Upstate New York Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (UNY-HERC). UNY-HERC (www.unyherc.org) is an online consortium in which colleges and universities from across upstate New York unite to provide free information, technology, networking and outreach programs for prospective college faculty and higher education professionals. Via this innovative resource, colleges hope to successfully recruit and retain highly qualified and diverse faculty and staff, as well as to help spouses of faculty and staff find area employment.

Geoarchaeology major Mary Beth Day '07 has been named to USA Today’s All-USA College Academic First Team. Each February, USA Today honors 20 undergraduate academic all-stars as its All-USA College Academic Team. Day is the first Hamilton student to earn the honor. The team honors full-time undergraduates who not only excel in scholarship but also extend their intellectual abilities beyond the classroom to benefit society.

Hamilton College is closed today, Wednesday Feb., 14, due to heavy snowfall and severe weather conditions.