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National and regional news organizations regularly interview Hamilton faculty, staff, alumni, and students for their expertise and perspectives on current events, and to feature programs and activities on campus. February’s news topics included varied subjects from President Barack Obama’s upcoming visit to campus to the possible economic and political effects of decisions made by President Donald Trump.

Alan Cafruny, the Henry Platt Bristol Chair of International Affairs and Professor of Government, discussed “Europe and the World Beyond the Polycrisis: Possible futures” at the 30th annual conference of the EuroMemo.

Alan Cafruny, the Henry Platt Bristol Chair of International Affairs and Professor of Government, was recently a guest commentator for Voice of America.

Students in Professor of Government Sharon Rivera’s introductory comparative politics class (Govt 112) participated in a mock parliamentary debate on April 3 as part of a semester-long simulation staged in the fictional country of West Europa.

Alan Cafruny, the Henry Platt Bristol Chair of International Affairs and Professor of Government, gave an invited lecture based on his recently published book at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard.

Now back on campus this fall for his junior year Alexandru Hirsu ’17 spent his summer exploring the impact that cooperation with the European Union has had on corruption in Romania through a Levitt Center Summer Research Fellowship. Hirsu, along with the Henry Platt Bristol Professor of International Affairs Alan Cafruny, will present on their findings during this fall’s Family Weekend.

Nejla Asimovic ’16 is spending her summer researching the accession of Serbia to the European Union (EU)  in an Emerson project under the guidance of Professor of Government Alan Cafruny. Early this year Serbia began formal membership discussions with the EU, bringing it one step closer to accession. Asimovic says the goal of her research is “to understand the remarkable transformation that Serbia has gone through over the last decade and to explore the remaining obstacles on Serbia’s path to EU accession.”

While planning her study abroad experience in France, Mary (Caroline) D’Ambro ’15 developed a deep interest in the political system of the country, particularly in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) that has affected the European Union (EU).  In her research sponsored by the Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center, D’Ambro will study the past, present and future of this European agricultural policy.

Asle Toje, acting research director for the Norwegian Nobel Institute, visited Hamilton on March 8 to discuss the history of the Nobel Peace Prize and its most recent recipient, the European Union. As research director Toje is responsible for gathering information on Nobel candidates for review by the Nobel committee.

The lecture by Asle Toje, research director for the Norwegian Nobel Institute, originally scheduled for Thursday, March 7, has been rescheduled for Friday, March 8, at 7:30 p.m., in the Taylor Science Center, room 3024. Toje's original flight from Iceland was cancelled.