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In an opinion piece that appeared on Saturday, Sept. 22, in Utica's Observer-Dispatch titled "Warmer world could mean shorter winters for region," Professor of Biology Ernest Williams explained what the economic effects of global warming might mean for central New York.

Assistant Professor of Government Sharon Werning Rivera published “Unikal’nyi put’ Rossii? Obzor politicheskikh elit” [“A Unique Path for Russia? A Survey of Political Elites”], in A. D. Shutov, Uchenye zapiski 2006 (Moscow: Nauchnaya kniga, 2006), which is a publication of the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In it, she presents data from an original survey of Russian elites to show that despite the public rhetoric about Russia’s uniqueness, a substantial number of Russian leaders are willing to borrow from foreign experience, particularly from models of European welfare capitalism.

Conrad Anker, renowned climber and author of The Lost Explorer: Finding Mallory on Mount Everest, will present a talk by the same title on Tuesday, Sept. 25, at 7:30 p.m. in K-J Auditorium. The talk is free and open to the public.

Eric Kuhn '09 interviewed CNBC’s “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer on the set of Cramer's “College Tour” at the University of Southern California (USC) this month. Kuhn’s interview will air on the season premiere of “TAKE 5,” USC’s premier entertainment show, on Friday, Sept. 21, at 8 p.m. EDT and 11 p.m. EDT on USC's television station “Trojan Vision.” The show will also be streamed online at www.trojanvision.com, on Los Angeles public access Channel 36, the Open Student Television Network and UWire.

Maurice Isserman, James L. Ferguson Professor of History, was interviewed for a Minnesota Public Radio look back at the “Summer of Love,” the summer of 1967. “Midmorning” host Kerri Miller spoke with both Isserman and San Francisco Chronicle music critic Joel Selvin about the music, protests, social upheaval, the influence of earlier events in the ’50s and ’60s and the fusion of black and white culture during that summer.

Assistant Professor of Government Sharon Werning Rivera chaired a panel titled “Political Elites, Hybrid Regimes, and Democratization” at the 2007 annual meeting of the American Political Science Association in Chicago from August 30 to September 2. She also presented a paper titled “Structure versus Agency in the Postcommunist Transitions: Quantifying the Impact of Leadership,” which she co-authored with David W. Rivera, Hamilton government department lecturer.

Associate Professor of Art Stephen J. Goldberg presented two lectures in the People’s Republic of China in conjunction with the second Chinese Calligraphy Workshop organized by the Calligraphy Education Group of the Chinese Language Teachers Association.

Associate Professor of Economics Ann Owen was interviewed by The Christian Science Monitor for an article titled "Fed Expected to Cut Interest Rates Tuesday." The article pointed out that many economists have expected the Fed to reduce the federal funds rate, the rate that banks loan one another their excess reserves at the Fed, by a quarter of a percentage point. "It's already priced into the market, and if they don't do it, there will be a negative reaction," said Owen, a former economist at the Fed.

"We the people - The Constitution in the 21st Century," a panel discussion conducted by members of the Hamilton College faculty, will be held on Monday, Sept. 17, in celebration of national Constitution Day. Government professors Theodore Eismeier, Philip Klinkner, Nicholas Tampio and Edward S. Walker, Jr. '62 will present respectively "The Arnold Amendment," "Toward a New Constitution," "Deliberation Day," "D.C. Statehood" and "War Powers and the Constitution." Economics professor James Bradfield will talk about "The Fifth Amendment and Eminent Domain," and communication professor Catherine Phelan will discuss "The First Amendment in the Information Age." The event, which is free and open to the public, will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the college's Chapel.