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Hamilton College’s Emerson Gallery presents "Hamilton Collects Photography - The First One Hundred Years," a comprehensive historical survey of photography from the emergence of the daguerreotype in the 1840s to the height of the modern period during the first half of the 20th century.  Opening on Monday, Aug. 25, and closing on Sunday, Nov. 23, the exhibition includes works by many well known photographers among them Edward Steichen, Man Ray, Edward Weston, Alfred Steiglitz, Eadweard Muybridge, Thomas Eakins, Berenice Abbott, Eugene Atget and Ansel Adams.

Review of Andrea Scheithauer. 2000. Kaiserliche Bautätigkeit in Rom: Das Echo in der antiken Literatur (The Classical Review 53.1 N.S. [2003]: 122-23) Assistant Professor of Classics, Mark Masterson has published a review of a book for The Classical Review, "Kaiserliche Bautätigkeit in Rom: Das Echo in der antiken Literatur," by Andrea Scheithauer. The book details appearances in ancient literature of the building projects of various emperors and their families. Masterson was selected to review this book because of work he has done on the first century BCE architect, Vitruvius.  

Messenger, a composition of digital sounds by Professor of Music Samuel Pellman, was presented on Aug. 23 as part of the Electric Rainbow Coalition Festival at Dartmouth College. This festival is a 24-hour presentation of electronic and digital music in all known styles. For more information about this event, go to the festival Web site at Rainbow. For more information about the composition, go to  Messenger.

Hamilton College welcomed the 467 members of its class of 2007 on Tuesday, Aug. 26, as new student orientation began. Convocation will take place on Sunday, Aug. 31, at 4 p.m., with President Joan Hinde Stewart presiding over the ceremony that officially opens the 192nd year of Hamilton College. Classes for all students begin on Monday, Sept. 1.  

Monk Rowe, director of the Hamilton College Jazz Archive, has been chosen as a recipient of the American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers (ASCAP) Popular Music Survey Award. This is the seventh consecutive year that Rowe has won this award, which is created for composers/performers who play their own work.  According to ASCAP, the awards are based upon the unique prestige value of each writer's catalog of original compositions, as well as recent performances in areas not surveyed by the society.

A college/university information technology data-sharing project begun by Vice President of Administration and Finance Karen Leach and Vice President for Information Technology Dave Smallen in 1996 was mentioned in an article, "Benchmarking IT Costs," on the University Business Web site. The first year 100 schools provided information about their IT costs; now, more than 200 institutions have participated in one or more years since then.  

Hamilton's Urban Service Experience, a sister program to the pre-orientation Adirondack Adventure for first-year students, was praised in a Utica Observer-Dispatch editiorial (Aug. 22, 2003). The 12 students have spent this week volunteering in Utica's inner city, painting and working at food banks. The editorial noted: "What a great way to introduce young people to the community that will be their home for the next few years... Such a connection between town and gown -- community and college -- is something to be appreciated by more permanent residents."

To support President Stewart, our Alumni Association is hosting a series of receptions through out the year.  

One of the unique programs offered to incoming first-year students at Hamilton is the "Urban Service Experience" (USE), through which they do service projects in the community.  USE is a sister program to Adirondack Adventure(AA), a pre-orientation program that helps students make a positive transition into college. While the AA trips involve outdoor activities such as canoeing or hiking, the USE project takes students into the Utica community, where they perform community service projects such as painting and working at food pantries. The group was featured in the Utica Observer-Dispatch (8/21/03).

Hamilton College’s Emerson Gallery presents “Hamilton Collects Photography/The First One Hundred Years,” a comprehensive historical survey of photography from the emergence of the daguerreotype in the 1840s to the height of the modern period during the first half of the 20th century.  Open now through Nov. 23,  the exhibition includes works by many well known photographers among them Edward Steichen, Man Ray, Edward Weston, Alfred Steiglitz, Eadweard Muybridge, Thomas Eakins, Berenice Abbott and Ansel Adams. Drawn from the collections of Hamilton alumni, parents, and friends, “Hamilton Collects Photography” includes approximately 130 photographs.