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Professor of Chinese De Bao Xu edited a special issue of the Journal of Technology and Chinese Language Teaching and attended the executive board of directors meeting at the annual conference of Chinese Language Teachers Association in Denver.

Hamilton’s New York City Program participants wrapped up the semester with visits to the New York Federal Reserve and the Bank of New York Mellon on Nov. 30. The students began their day with a visit to the Fed. for an informal discussion on the Eurozone crisis.

Visiting Associate Professor of Religious Studies S. Brent Plate presented the AAR Award in Religion and the Arts to Pulitzer Prize-winning author and poet Gary Snyder at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion (AAR) Nov. 18-22 in San Francisco.

Author and Ithaca College religious studies professor Rachel Wagner will discuss her recent book Godwired in a lecture at Hamilton on Monday, Dec. 5, at noon, in the Taylor Science Center, room GO41.

Professor of Mathematics Debra Boutin was recently elected as an officer of the Discrete Math Activity Group of the Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM).

The Social Traditions Committee and the men’s hockey team joined forces to host a date auction on Nov. 30 with proceeds going to charity.

Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies Joana Sabadell-Nieto has published a book titled Desbordamientos: Transformaciones culturales y políticas de las  mujeres (Overflowings: Cultural and Political Transformations by Women). The result of nearly a decade of research, the book is part of Icaria/Akademia’s “Women and Culture” collection and will be presented in Barcelona later in the month.

Assistant Professor of Africana Studies Nigel Westmaas was a guest on WFRG Radio Free Georgia to discuss the national elections in Guyana and the Congo.

Ann Owen, the Henry Platt Bristol Professor of Economics, will discuss the Federal Reserve and how the decisions it makes are focused on improving our economy, today (Dec. 1) at noon on WAMC, Northeast public radio (90.3 FM). 

The Hamilton College Department of Music presents a weekend of jazz and chamber music on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 2 and 3.  Both concerts begin at 8 p.m. in Wellin Hall.