A number of Hamilton alumni, well-known in their fields, will be among guest speakers visiting the Hill this spring. The Levitt Center, the Diversity and Social Justice Project, the Emerson Gallery and the English department have announced a number of lectures on topics ranging from cyber-censorship to African-Americans in the Civil War. Additional speakers will be announced throughout the upcoming semester.
Tom Kensler '70, a professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Health in the environmental health services department, will present a lecture titled "Preventing the Global Cancer Tsunami" on Monday, Feb. 4, at 7:30 p.m. in the Fillius Events Barn. The lecture is sponsored by the Diversity and Social Justice Project as part of its year-long series on global health and healthcare.
Dan Nye '88, CEO of LinkedIn, the social networking site for professionals, will present a lecture titled "Social Networking: The Next Generation," on Thursday, Feb. 7, at 7:30 p.m. in the Science Center, Room G041. His talk is sponsored by the Levitt Center.
Another alumnus, Peter Meinke '55, noted poet and fiction writer and past director of the Eckerd College Writing Workshop, will give a reading on Tuesday, Feb. 12, at 4:30 p.m. in Dwight Lounge. Meinke will serve as writer-in-residence at Hamilton during the week of Feb. 11-15. His visit is sponsored by the English Department.
Photographer William E. Williams '73 will present a talk titled "Celebrating Unsung Heroes and Unsung Places in Photographs," on Tuesday, Feb. 12, at 4:15 p.m. in the Kennedy Science Auditorium. "Unsung Heroes: African-American Soldiers in the Civil War," a photo exhibit opening Jan. 14 at the Emerson Gallery, features more than 40 black-and-white photographs by Williams of battle sites in both the North and South, some historically renowned and some largely undiscovered.
Harris Miller, CEO and president of the Career College Association, will resume the Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center's year-long series, The Age of Information, on Tuesday, Feb. 19, at 7 p.m., with a lecture on "Challenges and Opportunities of IT Policy in the 21st Century." The lecture will take place in the Science Center Kennedy Auditorium G027.
Min Jin Lee, author of the novel Free Food for Millionaires (2007), will read from her work on Wednesday, Feb. 27, at 8 p.m. in the Events Barn. She is a recipient of the Peden Prize from The Missouri Review for Best Story and her work has been featured on NPR's Selected Shorts. The reading is sponsored by the Department of English.
Continuing the Levitt Center series is Nadine Strossen, president of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and professor of law at New York Law School. She will speak about cyber-censorship on Thursday, Feb. 28, at 7 p.m. in the Chapel.
Norman E. Bowie, the Elmer Andersen Chair in Corporate Responsibility and Strategic Management/ Organization at the University of Minnesota, will present a lecture titled "Economics: Friend or Foe of Ethics?" on Monday, April 7. It is sponsored by the Levitt Center.
John Hewko, '79, vice president of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), will lecture on Wednesday, April 9. MCC is a U. S. government corporation designed to work with some of the poorest countries in the world. MCC's mission is to reduce global poverty through the promotion of sustainable economic growth.
Author Kevin Moffett will read from his work on Thursday, April 10, at 4:10 p.m. in the Red Pit. Moffett is a recipient of the Pushcart Prize, and his story "Tattooizm," originally published in Tin House, is forthcoming in The Best American Short Stories 2006. Sponsored by Red Weather.
Jennifer Earl, director of the Center for Information Technology and Society and an associate professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, will talk about "Protest on the Information Highway: Trends in Online Activism" on Tuesday, April 15 at 7:30 p.m., in a location to be announced. Her lecture concludes the Levitt Center's Age of Information series.
Helen Epstein, author of The Invisible Cure: Africa, the West, and the Fight Against AIDS, will lecture on Monday, April 21, at 7:30 p.m. in the Science Center Kennedy Auditorium. Her visit is part of the DSJP global health series.
Tom Kensler '70, a professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Health in the environmental health services department, will present a lecture titled "Preventing the Global Cancer Tsunami" on Monday, Feb. 4, at 7:30 p.m. in the Fillius Events Barn. The lecture is sponsored by the Diversity and Social Justice Project as part of its year-long series on global health and healthcare.
Dan Nye '88, CEO of LinkedIn, the social networking site for professionals, will present a lecture titled "Social Networking: The Next Generation," on Thursday, Feb. 7, at 7:30 p.m. in the Science Center, Room G041. His talk is sponsored by the Levitt Center.
Another alumnus, Peter Meinke '55, noted poet and fiction writer and past director of the Eckerd College Writing Workshop, will give a reading on Tuesday, Feb. 12, at 4:30 p.m. in Dwight Lounge. Meinke will serve as writer-in-residence at Hamilton during the week of Feb. 11-15. His visit is sponsored by the English Department.
Photographer William E. Williams '73 will present a talk titled "Celebrating Unsung Heroes and Unsung Places in Photographs," on Tuesday, Feb. 12, at 4:15 p.m. in the Kennedy Science Auditorium. "Unsung Heroes: African-American Soldiers in the Civil War," a photo exhibit opening Jan. 14 at the Emerson Gallery, features more than 40 black-and-white photographs by Williams of battle sites in both the North and South, some historically renowned and some largely undiscovered.
Harris Miller, CEO and president of the Career College Association, will resume the Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center's year-long series, The Age of Information, on Tuesday, Feb. 19, at 7 p.m., with a lecture on "Challenges and Opportunities of IT Policy in the 21st Century." The lecture will take place in the Science Center Kennedy Auditorium G027.
Min Jin Lee, author of the novel Free Food for Millionaires (2007), will read from her work on Wednesday, Feb. 27, at 8 p.m. in the Events Barn. She is a recipient of the Peden Prize from The Missouri Review for Best Story and her work has been featured on NPR's Selected Shorts. The reading is sponsored by the Department of English.
Continuing the Levitt Center series is Nadine Strossen, president of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and professor of law at New York Law School. She will speak about cyber-censorship on Thursday, Feb. 28, at 7 p.m. in the Chapel.
Norman E. Bowie, the Elmer Andersen Chair in Corporate Responsibility and Strategic Management/ Organization at the University of Minnesota, will present a lecture titled "Economics: Friend or Foe of Ethics?" on Monday, April 7. It is sponsored by the Levitt Center.
John Hewko, '79, vice president of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), will lecture on Wednesday, April 9. MCC is a U. S. government corporation designed to work with some of the poorest countries in the world. MCC's mission is to reduce global poverty through the promotion of sustainable economic growth.
Author Kevin Moffett will read from his work on Thursday, April 10, at 4:10 p.m. in the Red Pit. Moffett is a recipient of the Pushcart Prize, and his story "Tattooizm," originally published in Tin House, is forthcoming in The Best American Short Stories 2006. Sponsored by Red Weather.
Jennifer Earl, director of the Center for Information Technology and Society and an associate professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, will talk about "Protest on the Information Highway: Trends in Online Activism" on Tuesday, April 15 at 7:30 p.m., in a location to be announced. Her lecture concludes the Levitt Center's Age of Information series.
Helen Epstein, author of The Invisible Cure: Africa, the West, and the Fight Against AIDS, will lecture on Monday, April 21, at 7:30 p.m. in the Science Center Kennedy Auditorium. Her visit is part of the DSJP global health series.
