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Amit Taneja, director of the Days-Massolo Center, has been honored with a Peace Studies award from The Central New York Peace Studies Board and Peace Studies Conference Committee.  He received the award at the organization’s 23rd annual conference on Nov. 12 in Syracuse.

On the Hill: A Bicentennial History of Hamilton College marks the occasion of Hamilton’s 200th anniversary in 2012.  Written by James L. Ferguson Professor of History Maurice Isserman, it is the first official and full-scale history of the College to be published since 1962, the year of its sesquicentennial. This slide show features some photos from the 400-page book, highlighting important events in the College’s history.

Hamilton President Joan Hinde Stewart was among participants in the Association of Yale Alumni annual assembly on Nov. 17.   Stewart, who received her Ph.D. from Yale in 1970, was a panelist on “Doctorates Without Borders,” a discussion of the challenges facing graduate school alumni in the 21st century and leadership opportunities within and beyond academia for Ph.D. degree recipients.

Professor of Art History Rand Carter was honored with a Distinguished Service/Lifetime Achievement Award by the Landmarks Society of Greater Utica at its annual meeting and banquet on Nov. 17.

Ten Hamilton seniors were elected to the Epsilon chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest honor society, at a recent meeting. The inductees are Sarah Dreyer-Oren, Julia Litzky, Philip Lowrey, Steven Pet, Emily Potter, Hannah Schacter, Wei Shi, Jordyn Taylor, Shichen Xu and Jake Zappala.

Hamilton's 10th annual Fall Fest took place on Oct. 30 on the village green in Clinton.  Tara Huggins '14, co-chair of Hamilton's Social Traditions committee with Sarah Kelley '12,  said "Over the course of the day we had a few hundred people come. The weather was amazing and that made it just a great day."

The 10th Annual Hamilton College Fall Fest will take place on Sunday, Oct. 30, from noon to 4 p.m., on the Clinton Village Green. Fall Fest is an initiative that was started in 2002 by the Hamilton Class of 2005 to enhance town/gown relations by uniting the Hamilton and Clinton communities for an afternoon of food, fun and entertainment.

Emily Greenwood, professor of classics at Yale University, will give a talk titled “Facebook, According to Plutarch,” on Tuesday, Oct. 25, at 4:10 p.m., in the Taylor Science Center’s Kennedy Auditorium (G027). The event is sponsored by the Classics department and is free and open to the public.  

Glaciologist Richard Alley, a member of the UN climate change committee that was awarded the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, will present a lecture, “Ice Sheets and Sea Level Rise,” on Thursday, Oct. 20, at 7 p.m., in the Kennedy Auditorium, Taylor Science Center. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Ian Howat ’99 was among four scientists named by President Obama to receive the 2010 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). He received the award in a ceremony on Oct. 14 in Washington.