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Environmental studies major Pat Dunn ’12 left for Tanzania on Aug. 25 to study wildlife conservation and political ecology on a School for International Training program run by the Institute for World Learning. He is part of a group of approximately 20 U.S. students who will travel as a unit, reading, listening to lectures and visiting sites that are significant to current ecological issues in the country. On the eve of his departure, Dunn began a blog which, when access is available, he will maintain throughout the program.

During the last academic year, Hamilton brought approximately 175 speakers to campus, from a former head of the Securities and Exchange Commission to an award-winning journalist to a Fortune 500 CEO. They presented on myriad topics, from set design to federal budgeting. As a new academic year begins, a review of some of the past visitors and a look at those who will be on campus this year highlight the diversity of disciplines, views and interests represented on campus as well as the opportunities afforded our students and our community.

A ceremonial run/walk commemorating the 2008 Run for the Fallen will be held on the Hamilton College campus. The free event will begin at the Michael J. Cleary ’03 Tree on Saturday, Aug. 21, at 9 a.m., adjacent to the Campus Road side of the Siuda House, Hamilton’s Office of Admission and Financial Aid. The community is welcome to participate in this special remembrance of all the soldiers who have lost their lives in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

William Billiter, director of foundation, corporate and government relations, is a 2010 winner in the National Poetry Series, a literary awards program which sponsors the publication of five books of poetry each year.

The Ninth Annual National MERCURY Conference on Computational Chemistry, devoted solely to undergraduates who are working on research projects in computational chemistry, was held at Hamilton from Aug. 1 through Aug. 3. The program offered an opportunity for undergraduates to learn about the breadth of research in computational chemistry, particularly in interdisciplinary topics and to discuss their work with other undergraduate computational chemists as well as some leaders in the field.

WAMC in Albany will feature a reading by Maurice Isserman, James L. Ferguson Professor of History, on Thursday, Aug. 5, as part of the public radio station’s Academic Minute. The new program airs each weekday at 7:37 a.m. and 3:56 p.m at 90.3 FM in the Clinton area.

Industrial and Labor Relations Review published a paper co-authored by Robert D. Morris Professor of Economics Derek Jones titled “Teams, Incentive Pay, and Productive Efficiency: Evidence From A Food-Processing Plant” in the July issue with Panu Kalmi and Antti Kauhanen.

A new, active metabolite called cryptomaldamide was discovered by Robin Kinnel, the Silas D. Childs Professor of Chemistry Emeritus, while he was on leave at Scripps Institute of Oceanography during the spring semester. This summer Kinnel is pursuing the synthesis of cryptomaldamide with University of Maastricht graduate student Marta Kolodziejczak who comes to Hamilton through the Junior Year in France Program.

Hamilton conducted its planned emergency drill on its campus in conjunction with the New York State Police (NYSP) and local emergency responders on Tuesday, July 20. “The drill has provided Hamilton College with the opportunity to understand what emergency responders will need from us and what we can expect from them. The drill also allowed the Hamilton community to meet and become familiar with the local emergency responders,” said Director of Campus Safety Fran Manfredo.

Hamilton was one of the stops on Utica Monday Nite’s “Get on the Green Wagon Tours” on Monday, July 12. Associate Vice President of Facilities and Planning Steve Bellona led a tour of the LEED Gold-certified Kirner-Johnson Building and discussed the wind, solar and geothermal energy applications throughout the campus.