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Twelve Hamilton College students traveled to Philadelphia the weekend of November 2-5 to participate in the University of Pennsylvania Model United Nations Conference (UPMUNC). These students are members of Model United Nations, an organization which enables students to attend various Model UN conferences throughout the year. The purpose of the organization is to improve public speaking and writing skills while learning about the official UN procedures.

Jim Erickson ‘79, science reporter for the Rocky Mountain News won a 2006 Science in Society Award (Newspaper category) presented by the National Association of Science Writers (NASW) at that organization's annual meeting in Baltimore on Oct. 29. His award-winning story, "A Change in the Air," published December 13, 2005, described the impact of climate change on the Colorado Rockies. The NASW's Science in Society Awards are considered to be among the highest honors in science journalism, primarily because the winners are chosen by a panel of their peers and the awards are not sponsored by any special interest group. Winners receive $1000 and a certificate.

John Adams, visiting professor of rhetoric and communication, published a paper, “Rhetoric’s Teaching and Multi-Modal Learning,” in Academic Exchange Quarterly. This paper broadly addresses the concept of multi-modal learning as it may be engaged in teaching rhetoric. It highlights an example drawn from Adams’ teaching experience—the creation of “vidblinks” with cell phones—as it explains how multi-modal learning is essential to a well-considered engagement of rhetoric’s teaching as far as it encompasses artistic and inartistic proof. Further, the paper explains how rhetoric itself is multi-modal as an architectonic practice drawing on, and substantively contributing to, the sum of the liberal arts.

Steven Hess, a Holocaust survivor, will speak about his childhood experiences during the war on Monday, Nov. 13, at 7 p.m. in the Chapel. Hess' family was sent to the Dutch Transit Camp, Westerbork, and then the Bergen Belsen concentration camp. He and his twin sister are among the few children younger than 15-years-old who survived. Hess will talk about how he struggled to survive and how the experience impacted his life. The talk is sponsored by Hillel.

Rouben C. Cholakian, the Burgess Professor of Romance Languages and Literature, will present a talk titled "Marguerite de Navarre: The Making of a Biography," on Monday, Nov. 13 at 8 p.m. in the Science Center room 3024. The talk will be about the life and times of Queen Marguerite de Navarre based on Cholakian's recent biography of her, co-authored with Patricia Francis Cholakian. Marguerite de Navarre was a renowned Renaissance humanist and author and the sister of King Francois of France.

Jonah Goldberg, editor-at-large with the National Review Online, will present a lecture titled "The Case for Conservatism" on Tuesday, Nov. 14, at 7:30 p.m. in the Fillius Events Barn. The event is hosted by the Hamilton College Republicans.

Walcott-Bartlett Professor of Religious Studies Jay Williams will give a lecture at the Bennington Museum in Bennington, Vermont, as part of its Winslow Homer and Thomas Nast Exhibition on Thursday, Nov. 16 at 6 p.m. in the Museum's Education Center. The exhibition features works of popular art from the nineteenth century that depicts how Americans celebrated and enjoyed the fall and winter seasons.

Vivyan Adair, the Elihu Root Peace Fund Associate Professor of Women's Studies, lectured at Columbia University on November 2 on “Representing Women: Feminist Post-Modern Theories of Identity and Experience.” Her audience included students from Columbia’s Graduate Schools of Social Work and Education and Union Theological Seminary. The talk was sponsored by the Feminist Caucus of Columbia University.

Al Gore, the 45th vice president of the United States, will give a free public lecture at Hamilton College on Thursday, April 26, at 7:30 p.m., in the Margaret Bundy Scott Field House. His lecture, “An Inconvenient Truth,” will be accompanied by a multi-media presentation on which his best-selling book and film by the same name are based. No tickets are necessary and the general public will be admitted on a first-come, first-served basis.

Director of Outdoor Leadership Andrew Jillings presented at national conferences in October and November. He spoke at the National Whitewater Symposium in California, where he also participated in a panel discussion on "Decision-making by whitewater instructors and guides." In November he gave two presentations at the International Conference of the Association for Experiential Education in St. Paul, Minn. The topics were "New perspectives on leaders training" and "Teaching New dogs old tricks; how to teach new leaders to lead like old pros."