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Author and Duke University Professor Houston A. Baker, Jr. will give a lecture at Hamilton College on Monday, Nov. 14, at 4 p.m., in the Chapel. The lecture, titled “Of Neo-Conservatism and Black Intellectuals,” is free and open to the public.

While many students carry their books, cell phones and ipods around campus, there are others who are required to carry a defibrillator and medication to assist community members who might suffer severe asthma attacks or pass out from a heart irregularity. These students are the members of HCEMS, Hamilton College Emergency Medical Services. The week of Nov. 7 is National Collegiate Emergency Medical Services Week and Hamilton is proud to recognize its student volunteers.

Assistant Professor of Sociology Yvonne Zylan will be the featured speaker at Think Tank on Friday, Nov. 11, at noon in KJ 221. Think Tank is a student-directed organization that works to stimulate dialogue among students, faculty and staff outside of the classroom. Zylan's discussion is titled "Is Gay Marriage Killing the Movement for LGB Equality? Thoughts from the Law/Society Divide." Lunch will be provided on a first come, first serve basis and is catered by Dessert Booth.

Loretta Napoleoni, advisor to the Department of Homeland Security on matters of terrorism financing and the author of numerous articles and books, notably Terrorism Inc. (2003) and Insurgent Iraq (2005), spoke at Hamilton College on November 7. Napoleoni’s talk, titled “Who is financing global terror networks?,” focused on the economics of terrorism.

Professor of Music Samuel Pellman was an invited participant at the MusicAcoustica 2005 conference hosted by the China Electronic Music Center at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing during October. He presented his composition Neptune Flyby, a work for digitally synthesized sounds, with video created by Lauren Koss '00.

Associate Professor of Art History Deborah Pokinski will present a lecture titled "Viewing Domestic Interiors: Spectatorship and the genre images of William McGregor Paxton [1869-1941]" on Friday, Nov. 11 at 4:10 p.m. in Kirner-Johnson, Room 005, as part of the Faculty Lecture Series, followed by a reception at Café Opus.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Art Rebecca Murtaugh is exhibiting "On the Verge," a collection of site-specific artworks at the Syracuse Stage. Her works were inspired by and complement the off-Broadway production titled Bug, written by Tracey Letts. "Crawling Bundle," detail pictured, is comprised of more than 4,000 thermoplastic coated matches that slowly sprawl over 50 feet of wall space. "Wisp," a drawing in the exhibition, explores temporality and permanence in our world by treating archival paper with heat, then preserving it in plexiglas. The work will be on display until November 13.

Vivyan Adair, the Elihu Root Peace Fund Associate Professor of Women's Studies and director of the ACCESS Project at Hamilton College, gave lectures during October at Lafayette College, St. Louis University and North Seattle College. Her talk, "The Missing Story of Ourselves: Poverty and the Promise of Higher Education" was delivered at each college in conjunction with the ACCESS Project's nationally touring gallery exhibit of the same title. The exhibit consists of 50 color photographs accompanied by brief, compelling narratives that tell the story of single, welfare-eligible parents in their own words and images as they transform their lives through college education. The exhibit will be on display at galleries at each of the colleges for the next month.

Loretta Napoleoni, terrorism expert and author of Terror Incorporated: Tracing the Dollars Behind the Terror Networks and Insurgent Iraq: Al-Zarqawi and the New Generation, will present a lecture titled “Who is Financing Global Terror Networks?” on Monday, Nov. 7, at 8 p.m., in the Hamilton College Chapel. This event is free and open to the public.

Cheng Li, William R. Kenan Professor of Government, participated in a one-day conference titled "Behind the Bamboo Curtain: Chinese Leadership, Politics, and Policy" on November 2 at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington. The conference, co-hosted by the Carnegie Endowment and China Vitae, featured three panels made up of leading scholars and analysts who examined the most crucial aspects of leadership, politics and policy in China.