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John B. Emerson ’75 was confirmed by the United States Senate in August as U.S. Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany.

Members of the Hamilton College community gathered on Sept. 16 to hear a talk by Ambassador Prudence Bushnell, a woman known internationally for her distinguished career as a U.S. diplomat and leadership expert. Bushnell’s lecture was titled “Transformational Leadership In Foreign Affairs, Where Is It?” and was sponsored by the Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center.

Author Verlyn Klinkenborg will lecture at Hamilton on Thursday, Sept. 19, at 8 p.m., in Bradford Auditorium, KJ.  A member of The New York Times editorial board, Klinkenborg writes on environmental issues in a weekly column, “The Rural Life.” His lecture is free and open to the public and is part of the English & Creative Writing Fall 2013 Reading Series.

The Hamilton Alumni Association of the Mohawk Valley invites alumni and parents for a reception preceding the Sacerdote Great Names Series lecture by Hillary Rodham Clinton, former Secretary of State and former U.S. Senator from New York, on Friday, Oct. 4.

In honor of Constitution Day, Professor of Government Robert Martin will speak on the topic “Occupying Philadelphia in 1787: The Constitution’s Critics and the Birth of American Democratic Culture,” on Tuesday, Sept. 17, at 8 p.m., in the Red Pit, KJ.  The talk is free and open to the public.

Mihai Dohotaru, a class of 2013 graduate, is jumping directly into a career in business. He began a job this summer with UBS as a financial analyst, taking on a lot of responsibility within the financial services company.

“Broadway and Tin Pan Alley” is the theme of the second session in the America’s Music film history screenings and musical performances, sponsored by the Kirkland Town Library (KTL) and Hamilton College’s Burke Library. The film screening  is Tuesday, Sept. 17, at 7 p.m., in Bradford Auditorium, KJ.  All films and performances are free and open to the public.

Prudence Bushnell, former U.S. ambassador to Kenya and Guatemala, and CEO of Sage Associates, will lecture on Monday, Sept. 16, at 4:15 p.m., in the Bradford Auditorium, KJ.  Her lecture, titled “Transformational Leadership in Foreign Affairs, Where Is It?,” is sponsored by the Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center, and is free and open to the public.

Assistant Professor of Economics Emily Conover recently published a co-authored paper in the World Bank Economic Review journal. The paper, “Effects of Colombia’s Social Protection System on Workers’ Choice between Formal and Informal Employment” examines whether the Colombian government's expansion of publicly provided health insurance, discouraged workers from seeking formal employment.

The Hamilton College canoe team continued a recent tradition by participating on Sept. 7 in the Adirondack Canoe Classic, a three-day, 90-mile race that tests outdoor skills, endurance and poise under pressure.