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Through funding from the Levitt Center, Arthur Williams ’16, a native of Jamaica, will create a socially oriented agricultural enterprise called FreshLife.

Marianne Janack, the John Stewart Kennedy Chair of Philosophy and director of the Levitt Center, and Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures Kyoko Omori recently visited Japan to discuss a new program focused on social innovation and leadership.

Richard Hanna – who served three terms (2011-2017) as a Republican in the House, representing New York's 24th & 22nd congressional districts – came to the Levitt Center to share his reflections on the current political moment and climate.

Five Hamilton students attended the 2018 Ashoka U Exchange, a conference that invites educators, social entrepreneurs, and students to discuss the importance of social innovation and how to cultivate unique ideas for change. With over 700 participants from around the world, the conference was held in Boston from April 5-7.

Nineteen Levitt Leadership Institute (LLI) students traveled to Washington, D.C., during the first week of spring break to study leadership. A continuation of the week-long January program that was primarily focused on theory, the trip allowed students to apply what they learned as they interacted with influential leaders in public service, government, and nonprofit sectors.

The large numbers of migrants traveling into the European Union has left policymakers struggling to come up with a humanitarian and practical solution. Leila Simona Talani, professor of international political economy at King’s College London and scholar-in-residence at Hamilton’s Levitt Center, spoke recently on the migration crisis.

Leila Simona Talani will present a lecture about Europe’s migration crisis on Monday, Feb. 19, at 7:30 p.m. in the Red Pit, KJ. This lecture is free and open to the public, and sponsored by the Levitt Public Affairs Center.

Professor of Economics Stephen Wu has analyzed attitudes towards gun control from a 2013 Levitt Center survey of American high school sophomore, junior and senior students.

Nemtsov, a documentary about a vocal opponent of Vladimir Putin’s regime, will be screened on Tuesday, Jan. 30, at 7:30 p.m., in the Bradford Aud., KJ. A discussion with Nemtsov's friend and colleague, director Vladimir Kara-Murza, will follow.

Twenty-five students returned to campus a week early over winter break for the Levitt Leadership Institute, an intensive program designed to help students develop, practice, and employ leadership skills in whatever discipline they pursue. Originally created by Ambassador Prudence Bushnell and Christine Powers, the program is now led by Susan Mason, former Education Studies department director, with subject matter experts and student leaders.