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More than 30 Hamilton students were recently honored by the Utica American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO) board of directors and the City of Utica for their efforts to bring soccer to the Cornhill section of Utica. Erica Colligan '06 and Kristina Carroll '07 started the AYSO project last July with 12 children. This fall, the program grew to 50 children -- most of whom had never played soccer before -- from Martin Luther King and Watson-Williams Elementary Schools.

Associate Professor of Art History Deborah Pokinski will present a lecture titled "Viewing Domestic Interiors: Spectatorship and the genre images of William McGregor Paxton [1869-1941]" on Friday, Nov. 11 at 4:10 p.m. in Kirner-Johnson, Room 005, as part of the Faculty Lecture Series, followed by a reception at Café Opus.

Loretta Napoleoni, terrorism expert and author of Terror Incorporated: Tracing the Dollars Behind the Terror Networks and Insurgent Iraq: Al-Zarqawi and the New Generation, will present a lecture titled “Who is Financing Global Terror Networks?” on Monday, Nov. 7, at 8 p.m., in the Hamilton College Chapel. This event is free and open to the public.

Art Lecturer Sylvia de Swaan presented a lecture titled “Return” at the Jan van Eyck Academie, a post academic institute for research and production in the fields of fine art, design, and theory based in Maastricht, the Netherlands. The academy offers individuals and institutes the opportunity to submit research or production proposals and initiates projects for which artists, designers and theoreticians can apply.

Cheng Li, the William R. Kenan Professor of Government, has been appointed to the advisory committee for the China Futures Initiative, a joint project between the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and Institute for International Economics (IIE). China Futures Initiative will serve to explore the relationship between the U.S. and China and provide a balanced and dispassionate evaluation of China's prospects and their implications for U.S. interests and policy. China Balance Sheet, the initiative’s publication, is designed to help U.S. policymakers, corporate executives and the media better understand the facts and dynamics of China's rise. The advisory committee will guide the project and contribute to the content of the China Balance Sheet.

Recently retired Hamilton College financial aid director Ken Kogut received the 2005 New York State Financial Aid Administrators Association founders Service Award at its Annual Conference held in October on Long Island. The Service Award is presented for outstanding achievement and service to the association. Kogut served on conference committees and worked with the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities in methodology development. He was well known as being a mentor to both public and private school aid offices, and he advised many on packaging strategies and methodology changes while being a strong advocate for students of all ages.

Filmmaker Robert Perkins will be showing and discussing his film "Into the Great Solitude" on Monday, Nov. 7, at 7:30 p.m. in the KJ auditorium. Perkins is from Cambridge, Mass., and has made a number of films documenting his solo explorations of the Canadian north and other wilderness areas. His films have been shown at numerous film festivals and on PBS. The event is free and open to the public.

Paul Cartledge, professor of Greek history at the University of Cambridge (England) and a Professorial Fellow of Clare College, will present a lecture on Tuesday, Oct. 4, at 7 p.m. in the College Chapel. The talk, titled "Reuniting the Parthenon Marbles?," is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. Hosted by the Departments of Classics and Art History. Contact Professor Carl Rubino at crubino or x4283.

Associate Professor of English Naomi Guttman will give a poetry reading in the Word Thursday Series at the Bright Hill Center in Treadwell, N.Y., on Thursday, Oct. 27. The Bright Hill Center aims to seek out, study and collect the work of early and contemporary writers, storytellers and artists, according to its Web site. Participants are selected for their artistic excellence, their ability and willingness to work within a community setting and the diversity of their backgrounds, genres and styles.

Professor of Sociology Dennis Gilbert will be the featured speaker at Think Tank on Friday, Oct. 28, at noon in KJ 221. Gilbert will be speaking on "Growing Inequality in the U.S." Think Tank is a student-directed organization that works to stimulate dialogue among students, faculty and staff outside of the classroom. Lunch will be provided by Dessert Booth.