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Associate Professor of Philosophy and Director of the New York City Program Katheryn Doran and the Hamilton in NYC students attended the one-year anniversary gathering for "Blueprint for the Upper West Side: A Roadmap for Truly Livable Streets" on Thursday, Nov. 13. According to Doran, it was an "inspiring evening about successful grass roots work to create more pedestrian and bike friendly space on the Upper West Side."

Assistant Professor of Art Rebecca Murtaugh presented a visiting artist lecture at SUNY Suffolk on Long Island on November 12. She showed works that she conceived and created during the past 10 years. The discussion focused on the relationship of everyday experience with the world to her art making process.

The winner of the Boardman Tasker Prize for 2008 was announced on Saturday, Nov. 22, at the Kendal Mountain Festival in England. Fallen Giants : A History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes, a book co-authored by James L. Ferguson Professor of History Maurice Isserman and University of Rochester Professor Stewart Weaver, was the second runner-up for the prize.

Associate Professors of Economics Ann Owen and Julio Videras and Scholar in Residence Chris Willemsen have authored an article for the Social Science Quarterly (vol. 89, December 2008). In the article "Democracy, Participation, and Life Satisfaction," Owen, Videras, and Willemsen used data on life satisfaction for individuals in 46 countries.

Professor of English Patricia O'Neill lectured at Skidmore College on Tuesday, Nov. 18, as a presenter in the college's International Week program. O'Neill's talk was titled "Where Globalization and Localization Meet: The Films of Spike Lee" and was sponsored by Skidmore's Off-Campus Study and Exchanges and the Speakers Bureau.

Derek Jones, Irma M. and Robert D. Morris Professor of Economics, gave an invited talk titled " Econometric case studies - a review of evidence from the US, China, Spain and Finland," on Wednesday, Nov. 19, at Copenhagen Business School.

Senior Eric Kuhn interviewed Trip Van Noppen, president of Earthjustice, recently and wrote a summary of their conversation for The Huffington Post. Earthjustice is one of the largest non-profit public interest law firms "dedicated to protecting the magnificent places, natural resources, and wildlife of this earth, and to defending the right of all people to a healthy environment."

Dean of Admission and Financial Aid Monica Inzer was quoted in an InsideHighEd.com article, The Bubble That Didn't Burst, on Nov. 18 on the surprising increase in the number of early decision applications received by several colleges and universities including Hamilton.

Fallen Giants: A History of Himalayan Mountaineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes, co-authored by James L. Ferguson Professor of History Maurice Isserman, has been included on Amazon.com as one of the "Editors' Picks" top 10 outdoors and nature books for 2008.

Derek Jones, Irma M. and Robert D. Morris Professor of Economics, with Evis Sinani and Niels Mygind, has published an article in Corporate Ownership & Control (Volume 5, Issue 3, 2008). "Determinants of Firm-level Technical Efficiency: Evidence Using a Stochastic Frontier Approach" investigates the determinants and dynamics of firm efficiency using a representative sample of Estonian firms for the period 1993-1999.