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A number of Hamilton alumni, well-known in their fields, will be among guest speakers visiting the Hill this spring. The Levitt Center, the Diversity and Social Justice Project, the Emerson Gallery and the English department have announced a number of lectures on topics ranging from cyber-censorship to African-Americans in the Civil War. Additional speakers will be announced throughout the upcoming semester.

Associate Professor of Dance Leslie Norton was interviewed for a New York Times article "Glad to Dance And Eager To Talk About It" (1/13/08) about legendary ballet dancer Frederick Franklin. She is the author of Frederic Franklin: A Biography of the Ballet Star, written with Franklin (McFarland, 2007). Norton was appearing with the 93-year-old Franklin at New York's Guggenheim Museum on Jan. 13-14 for its Works & Process series.

An opinion piece written by James L. Ferguson Professor of History Maurice Isserman titled "The higher summit in Sir Edmund Hillary's life" appears in the Monday, Jan. 14, issue of The Christian Science Monitor. Isserman's piece focuses on Hillary's enormous philanthropic contributions to Nepal after his successful climb to the summit of Mount Everest.

Robert Simon, the Marjorie and Robert W. McEwen Professor of Philosophy, was one of four national experts who presented a key address at the first National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Scholarly Colloquium on College Sports on January 10-11 in Nashville. Simon's address was titled Does Athletics Undermine Academics? Examining Some Issues. The colloquium was part of the 2008 NCAA Convention, which was attended by more than 3,100 people.

Professor of Biology Jinnie Garrett attended a meeting of the Genetics Society of America held in San Diego from Jan 5-8. The conference was titled "Genetic Analysis: Model Organisms to Human Biology" and focused on how basic research in the genetics of well-studied organisms (such as the fruitfly or mouse) can be applied to the understanding of human biology and disease. Garrett presented a poster titled "Including 'Genetics and Society' in genetics courses for majors" in which she described exercises she has developed in her courses to promote discussion of the most recent developments in molecular genetics and their potential impact on society.

The Hamilton College Town-Gown Fund Committee has awarded nine grants totaling $38,425 to local educational, public safety and other community organizations in the Town of Kirkland.

Hamilton College's Levitt Center will continue its year-long series, The Age of Information, with four speakers during the 2008 spring semester. The Levitt Council selects a theme for its speakers series that allows speakers from a broad range of disciplines. The speakers in the "Age of Information" series have and will address the cultural, political, legal and economic consequences of recent innovations in information technology.

Twenty-five years of art by Richard Lennox '61 will be shown in "A Retrospective Exhibition" at the Gratz Gallery in New Hope, Pa. The show opened Jan. 6 and will run through February 17. Lennox earned a bachelor's degree in French literature at Hamilton. He lives with his wife Stana in Erwinna.

Photographs taken by H. Philip West Jr. '63 will be shown in "Rebuilding Tamil Nadu" at the Chapel Gallery of the Mathewson Street United Methodist Church in Providence, R.I. The show opened on Jan. 2 and runs until Jan. 31. He lives with his wife, Anne Grant, in Providence.

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