All News

The student organization Biology Matters hosted a panel titled "Stem Cell Therapy: The Science and the Controversy" on Friday, Sept. 30, as part of the Science Center dedication weekend. The panelists were Susan Bryant, P'08, dean, School of Biological Sciences, University of California, Irvine; and Robert Almeder, the McCullough Distinguished Visiting Professor of Philosophy at Hamilton.

The long awaited dedication ceremony for Hamilton's new Science Center was held on Friday, Sept. 30, in the building's atrium. President Joan Hinde Stewart gave the opening remarks and introduced the keynote speaker, Congressman Sherwood L. Boehlert, the chairman of the House Committee on Science.

Martin Hirsch '60 gave a lecture titled "HIV/AIDS-Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow" for the Biology department during the Science Symposium held on Saturday, Oct. 1 and part of Hamilton's Science Center dedication weekend. Dr. Hirsch is a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, professor of infectious disease and immunology at Harvard School of Public Health and director of clinical AIDS research at Massachusetts General Hospital. Hirsch was introduced by Professor of Biology Ernest Williams, who presented him with a Hamilton Alumni Achievement Medal.

Jay G. Williams, the Walcott-Bartlett Professor of Religious Studies, delivered a lecture at Skidmore College as part of this year's Fox-Adler Lecture Series. His lecture, titled "Thomas Nast: America's Icon Maker," discussed Nast, whom some call the father of American caricature. Nast is best known for popularizing the image of the elephant for the Republican Party, the donkey for the Democratic Party, Uncle Sam and Santa Claus. The talk featured special recognition of Saratoga Springs resident Norman Fox and his family, who made the lecture series possible.

Tom Brokaw, the former longtime anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, will be the next speaker in the Sacerdote Great Names Series at Hamilton. He will speak on Thursday, April 27, at 7:30 p.m. in the Margaret Bundy Scott Field House.

Frank Rich, opinion page columnist for the New York Times, will speak at Hamilton College on Saturday, October 1, at 1:30 p.m., in the Chapel as part of the College's Fallcoming weekend. His talk, titled "On Art, Culture, and Politics," is sponsored by the Doris M. and Ralph E. Hansmann Lecture Series. It is free and open to the public.

Jared Diamond, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Guns, Germs, and Steel, gave the James S. Plant lecture at Hamilton College on September 29 as part of the Science Center dedication weekend, "A Celebration of Science." The James S. Plant Distinguished Scientist Lecture series was established in 1987 through a bequest from Dr. Plant, class of 1912 and an eminent child psychiatrist, to bring to the campus outstanding scientists as guest lecturers. Diamond's lecture topic was a discussion of his new book, The New York Times best-seller Collapse.

Utica native Rep. Sherwood L. Boehlert (R-New Hartford), chairman of the House Science Committee, will deliver the keynote address at the dedication of Hamilton College’s new $56 million science center on Friday, Sept. 30, at 5:30 p.m. in the Science Center atrium.

A panel discussion, “Stem Cell Therapies: The Science and the Controversy,” will be presented on Friday, Sept. 30, at 1:30 p.m. in Hamilton’s new Science Auditorium as part of the College’s science center dedication weekend “Celebrating Science at Hamilton College.” The panel will feature Dr. Susan Bryant, (P' 08) dean of Biological Sciences at the University of California at Irvine, and a member of the California Citizens Oversight Committee, and Dr. Robert Almeder, author and the Alan McCullough, Jr. Distinguished Visiting Professor of Philosophy at Hamilton. The new $56 million science center is the largest construction project in Hamilton’s history.

Three events during Hamilton College’s annual Fallcoming weekend, Sept. 29-Oct. 2, will pay tribute to the College’s namesake, the first secretary of the treasury, Alexander Hamilton. All events are free and open to the public.