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David Stam, the former Andrew W. Mellon Director of the Research Libraries at the New York Public Library, will be the speaker for the inaugural Couper Phi Beta Kappa Lecture on Friday, Sept. 9, at 4 p.m. in the Hamilton Chapel. His talk is titled "An Army without Ammunition: Books and the College Library." The Couper Phi Beta Kappa Lecture honors Hamilton alumnus Richard “Dick” Couper ’44 in recognition of Couper’s commitment and contributions to the College and The Phi Beta Kappa Society. Each fall a distinguished speaker will be invited to present topics related to the College’s special library collections or to present an issue related to libraries generally. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Cheng Li, the William R. Kenan Professor of Government, was interviewed and quoted in a Business Week article titled "Mr. Hu Comes to Washington" which appears in the magazine's  September 12 issue. The article discusses Chinese President Hu Jintao's upcoming visit to the United States and how his meetings with President Bush will shape future China-U.S. relations.

Hamilton College announces a new film and lecture series, F.I.L.M (Forum for Images and Languages in Motion), scheduled on Sunday afternoons and Tuesday evenings. All events are free and open to the public.

In response to the devastation suffered by the Gulf Coast in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Hamilton College is eager to assist its Central New York student neighbors. Those students who are within commuting distance of Clinton, N.Y., and who are enrolled in colleges and universities in the Gulf area that have been forced to suspend operation are welcome to take classes for credit at no cost at Hamilton this fall, depending on course availability. Local students who were enrolled or planned to enroll at colleges located in the disaster area are encouraged to contact Hamilton's Office of the Dean of Students immediately at 315-859-4020.

Noelle Short, a 2005 Hamilton graduate, joined with junior Grant Zubritsky and visiting government professor Nicholas Tampio to lead the Adirondack Adventure community service group this month. Not only did Short lead the group, but she wrote about the experience for her new employer, Saranac Lake’s Adirondack Daily Enterprise, in an article titled “Hitting the woods before hitting the books.

U.S. News & World Report, in the August 19 release of its 2006 ranking of liberal arts colleges, has ranked Hamilton College #15 in the nation, tied with Colgate University and Grinnell College. Hamilton, Vassar College and Colgate University are the only three New York institutions ranked among the top 25 liberal arts colleges. This is the highest ranking Hamilton has ever achieved in U.S. News; a year ago the College was tied at 19th.

Hamilton College Alumni Association today announced the results of its Alumni Trustee election. Deborah Forte K'75, Gregory T. Hoogkamp '82 and Susan C. Bacot '88 received the greatest number of votes, as certified by Elections USA, an independent firm contracted to manage the election, and will join the College's Board of Trustees, effective immediately. A total of 3,731 or 21.4 percent of alumni ballots were cast by the August 15, 2005 deadline.

The Antarctic Peninsula is undergoing greater warming than almost anywhere on Earth, a condition perhaps associated with human-induced greenhouse effects. According to the cover article published in the August 4 issue of the journal Nature, the spectacular collapse of Antarctica's Larsen B Ice Shelf, an area roughly the size of Rhode Island, is unprecedented during the past 10,000 years. Eugene Domack, professor of geosciences at Hamilton College and the author of the paper, has been the lead scientist of a multi-institutional, international effort that combines a variety of disciplines in examining the response of the Antarctic Peninsula to modern warming. Domack says, "Our work contributes to the understanding of these changes -- where they are occurring first and with greatest magnitude and impact upon the environment."

Hamilton College’s Class of 2009 is the most academically competitive ever enrolled at the institution as measured by SAT scores and class standings. Average SAT scores are 1346, and 69 percent of the students rank in the top 10 percent of their class. These first-year students also comprise the most culturally diverse class in the college’s history. Eighteen percent of entering students are multicultural students from the U.S. Thirty-six states and 22 countries are represented. The College anticipates enrolling a first-year class of 500 students.

Three local colleges actively engaged in assisting refugees in Utica have joined together as sponsors of a photo exhibit, "Many Cultures, One Community," a visual presentation of the city's cultural diversity presented by the Mohawk Valley Resource Center for Refugees (MVRCR). The exhibit's opening was held on World Refugee Day, Monday, June 20, in the Red Room Gallery in the Stanley Theatre in Utica. The exhibition will run through July 20 and is free and open to the public. It is hosted by MVRCR in conjunction with The Central New York Community Arts Council.