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Study Buddies is an on-campus mentoring program that in recent months has taken initiatives to expand its mission. Co-directors Pat Hodgens '09 and Ben Dropkin '11 coordinate the partnership between HAVOC and For the Good Inc., a Utica non-profit run by Kirkland alumna Cassandra Harris-Lockwood '74.

University of Pittsburgh Professor of Neuroscience Bita Moghaddam, presented the John Rybash Memorial Lecture on schizophrenia to the Hamilton community on April 27. The Lecture Series was established in honor of John Rybash, Hamilton College professor of psychology from 1991-1999, by his family, friends, colleagues and former students. Rybash died of cancer in June, 1999, at the age of 51.

Patrick Cook-Deegan, a 2008 graduate of Brown University who raised funds to build schools in Laos by bicycling through Southeast Asia, will give a presentation about his experiences on Thursday, April 23, at 8 p.m. in the Fillius Events Barn. The lecture is sponsored by STAND, the student coalition against genocide, and is free and open to the public.

On Monday, April 13, award-winning journalist Naomi Klein presented a lecture on her best-selling book, The Shock Doctrine: the Rise to Disaster Capitalism, to the Hamilton Community. The event was co-sponsored by the Kirkland Endowment and the Dean of Faculty.

Michael Ondaatje, the best-selling and award-winning author of such books as The English Patient and Divisadero, read excerpts from his vast body of work to the Hamilton Community as part of the Tolles Lecture Series on April 9. The reading was sponsored by the Dean of Faculty Office.

On Friday, April 3, a panel of alumni gave a presentation titled "Careers, Networking and Employment in the Current Economic Climate," as part of the annual Alumni Council weekend at Hamilton. The panel was comprised of alumni industry experts who gave advice on career searches and transitions as well as offered a broader perspective on possible career paths for current students and alumni. The presentation was moderated by the Director of the Career Center Kino Ruth.

Jonathan Mallinson, professor of French at the University of Oxford and Fellow of Trinity College, presented a lecture, "Reading Candide Today: From Voltaire to Cormac McCarthy," on Monday, March 30. The lecture was sponsored by the Offices of the President and Dean of Faculty and the French Department.

James Bradfield, the Elias W. Leavenworth Professor of Economics, held a personal finance workshop outlining student loan management, building credit, investment plans, personal budgets and long-term financial decisions on Feb. 25.

On January 11 through 15, Hamilton first-year Bonner Leaders, under the direction of the Levitt Center and accompanied by AmeriCorps VISTA Project Coordinator and Bonner Leader Program Coordinator Jordan Fischetti '08, took a service trip to San Juan, Puerto Rico. The purpose of the trip was to volunteer at various service sites in an area that was culturally distinct from where the group is based. The trip also offered participants an opportunity to bond as a unit so as to enhance their joint endeavors on return to campus. Students who made the trip were Stefanie Russell, Yoko O'Hara, Caroline Pantazis, Liam Ronan, Laura Gilson and Henry Edelson.

Jim Kennedy, vice president and director for strategic planning at the Associated Press, presented "The New Model for News" on February 3 in the Science Center. The presentation focused on how the Associated Press (AP) is confronted with the challenge of restructuring the news to fit the new generational consumption of media. Kennedy provided detailed information regarding how the AP addressed this problem as well as solutions for news consumption in the future.