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Mack Mariani, visiting assistant professor of government, presented a paper he co-authored with government professor Philip Klinkner last week at the American Political Science Association Teaching and Learning Conference. Titled “The Effect of a Campaign Internship on Political Efficacy, Trust and Responsiveness,” the paper examined how student participation in campaign internships affected their attitudes about political efficacy, trust in government and government responsiveness.

Hamilton College is one of 23 founding colleges and universities participating in the new Upstate New York Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (UNY-HERC). UNY-HERC (www.unyherc.org) is an online consortium in which colleges and universities from across upstate New York unite to provide free information, technology, networking and outreach programs for prospective college faculty and higher education professionals. Via this innovative resource, colleges hope to successfully recruit and retain highly qualified and diverse faculty and staff, as well as to help spouses of faculty and staff find area employment.

The Emerson Gallery is hosting "Ernest Hemingway and Walker Evans: Three Weeks in Cuba, 1933" from Thursday, Feb. 15, through Sunday, April 15. The exhibition includes vintage photographic prints by Evans, only recently available for public viewing, along with notes and personal artifacts, left by Hemingway and found among his possessions after his death. An opening reception will be held in the Emerson Gallery on Thursday Feb. 22, from 4 to 6 p.m.  Both the reception and the exhibition are free and open to the public.

"Highest Adventure," an article in the March issue of American Heritage magazine, tells the stories of the first Americans to summit Mount Everest.  History professor Maurice Isserman, who wrote the article, is also the co-author of a forthcoming book on Himalayan mountaineering.

On Monday, Feb. 5, LinkedIn appointed Hamilton alumnus and former Advent Software Inc. executive Dan Nye '88 to the position of chief executive officer. Nye will succeed LinkedIn’s founder and CEO Reid Hoffman, who will remain chairman and president of products. Hoffman is confident that Nye is among “the best organizational builders and leaders there is” and is very “excited to work with Dan, both because he is an amazing executive and because (they) share the vision that LinkedIn will be essential for every professional in the world.” Under Nye’s leadership, LinkedIn intends to double its staff by December.

Professor of Mathematics Robert Kantrowitz and Mary B. O'Neill, academic support coordinator and director of the Quantitative Literacy Center were invited panelists for the discussion “Current Practices in Quantitative Literacy: An Interdisciplinary Perspective” at the national joint meetings of The American Mathematical Society and The Mathematical Association of America in New Orleans last month.

An installation titled “Breath,” created by Assistant Professor of Art Rebecca Murtaugh, is currently featured at the Athens Institute of Contemporary Art in Athens, Georgia. It is part of an exhibition titled “Transience: The Paradox of Being” that offers the perspectives of 16 artists whose work inspires contemplation of the universal issue of transience. The show was curated by Katy Logue Thompson and Chris MacKay.

Art history professor Stephen J. Goldberg presented a lecture titled "Memory, Authenticity, and Identity in Contemporary Chinese Art," as part of the Spring 2007 Art and Art History Lecture Series at Colgate University on Jan. 31.

The Internal Revenue Service has issued to Hamilton College a special ruling that allows the college to invest charitable remainder trusts with its endowment. These charitable gift vehicles will benefit from increased diversification and growth potential. 

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