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Derek Jones, the Irma M. and Robert D. Morris Professor of Economics, recently published “Human Resource Management Policies and Productivity: New Evidence from An Econometric Case Study” in the Oxford Review of Economic Policy. The study, co-authored by Panu Kalmi and Antti Kauhanen, both members of the Helsinki School of Economics faculty, identified various approaches used by economists to assess the impact of human resource management practices on productivity and reviewed and illustrated studies that represent different approaches. 

Students in government professor Peter Cannavo’s “Introduction to Environmental Politics” class will hold a simulated U.S. Senate Hearing on climate change policy on Thursday, Dec. 7, from 4 - 7 p.m. in the Red Pit auditorium in the Kirner Johnson building.

Filmmaker Su Friedrich presented a program of recent films and videos, including Rules of the Road (1993) and Seeing Red (2004) on Nov. 28 as part of the F.I.L.M. (Forum for Images and Languages in Motion) series organized by Scott MacDonald, visiting professor in art history.

Professor of History Maurice Isserman presented a lecture titled "Cold War in a Cold Place: The American Mount Everest Expedition of 1963" at Dartmouth College on November 15. The lecture was co-sponsored by the Henry and Amy Nachman Fund in History and the Dartmouth Mountaineering Club.

Visiting Professor of English Scott MacDonald presented documentary filmmaker William Greaves with the annual Leo Award for lifetime achievement in documentary filmmaking at the Lincoln Center’s Walter Reed Theater on Thursday, Nov. 16. Named after pioneer of independent and non-theatrical film distribution Leo Dratfield, the Leo is awarded by International Film Seminars. The recipient must "show a sustained ability to introduce innovative approaches into the media arts field."

Hamilton’s Director of Donor Relations, Pamela Havens, attended the third International Conference of the Association of Donor Relations Professionals (ADRP) in Denver, during the first week of November.  Havens joined nearly 250 donor relations and stewardship professionals, from the United States and Canada representing a myriad of organizations, and led a session titled, “Panning for Gold: And the 2006 Stewie Goes To.” The session offered participants an opportunity to share success and horror stories, while brainstorming creative solutions.

Sharon Werning Rivera, assistant professor of government, and David W. Rivera, government department lecturer, published “The Russian Elite under Putin: Militocratic or Bourgeois?” in the April-June 2006 issue of Post-Soviet Affairs. The article investigated the widespread assumption that since Vladimir Putin took over the presidency from Boris Yeltsin on Jan. 1, 2000, large numbers of siloviki, those with experience in the military and security agencies, have been recruited into government service.

William R. Kenan Professor of Government Cheng Li was referenced in an article that appeared in Foreign Affairs magazines’s November/December issue in an article titled “China’s Leadership Gap.” Written by John L. Thornton, professor at Tsinghua University's School of Economics and Management in Beijing and board chair of the Brookings Institution, the article referenced Li’s statistics and observations on the rising levels of education achieved by China’s political leaders. Li, who focuses his research on Chinese leadership, is also a senior scholar with the Brookings Institution and is a director of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations and a member of The Academic Advisory Group of the Congressional U.S.-China Working Group.

David Roberts, mountaineer and author of On the Ridge Between Life and Death, will lecture on Wednesday, Nov. 8, at 7:30 p.m. in the Red Pit at Kirner-Johnson. The lecture, titled “Writing About Adventure – Including Your Own,” will include slides of his Alaskan mountaineering expeditions. The first lecture in this year’s Writers on Writing Series, the event is free and open to the public.

Judith Owens-Manley, associate director for community research for the Levitt Center, and Visiting Instructor of Art Sylvia de Swaan will participate in a panel discussion on the refugee experience hosted by the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute (MWPAI) in Utica.