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Associate Professor of Philosophy Russell Marcus recently published An Historical Introduction to the Philosophy of Mathematics: A Reader. Marcus co-edited the book with Mark McEvoy of Hofstra University.

As general counsel for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, Marc Elias ’90 was in the thick of the long, historic and divisive 2016 election. If he slowed down in its aftermath, it was hard to tell. He represented the Clinton campaign when Green Party candidate Jill Stein pushed for recounts in several states and argued two different redistricting cases before the U.S. Supreme Court on the same December day.

The Men's Hockey Date Auction sponsored by the Social Traditions Committee on Jan. 25 was another huge success, raising $702 for the Young Civic Leaders Scholarship. Started last year by The Hamilton College Philanthropy Committee, the scholarship is given to a local high school senior who has demonstrated commitment to community service and is continuing his/her education at a higher level.

Alan Cafruny, the Henry Platt Bristol Professor of International Affairs, is the co-author of The European Union and Global Capitalism: Origins, Development, Crisis, recently published by Palgrave Macmillan.

Wall Street Journal “Potomac Watch” columnist Kim Strassel, author of The Intimidation Game: How the Left is Silencing Free Speech, presented to a group of students, faculty, staff and community members on January 25 in the Chapel.

As Washington prepared for the presidential inauguration last week, students on Hamilton’s Program in Washington, D.C., settled in for the semester and began internships working on The Hill, as well as at various NGOs and lobbying groups.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature Nhora Lucía Serrano recently co-organized two panels on comics at the Modern Language Association (MLA) Conference in Philadelphia.

Nearly 50 Hamilton students met their match on Jan. 22 when they participated in the Career Center’s Communicate 301. The event, formerly known as Interview Mojo, pairs a student with an alumna/us, member of the business community or Hamilton staff member for a one-on-one mock job interview. This was the seventh year for the event.

Derek Jones, the Irma M. and Robert D. Morris Professor of Economics, was a discussant of the keynote presentation at the Mid-Year Fellows Workshop on Capital Shares and Research Questions in the Social Sciences.

Hamilton College charter trustee Linda E. Johnson, a 1980 graduate, has established the Johnson-Pote Museum Director Fund in support of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art director’s position.