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Rich Vellante '86, executive chef and executive vice president of restaurants for Legal Seafoods, met with students and discussed “How a Hamilton College Experience Can Craft a Better Cup of Clam Chowder” on Oct. 7 as part of Fallcoming weekend activities. Vellante also visited the Community Farm Garden and 1812 Heritage Garden.

Hamilton trustee Rob Morris ’76 was profiled in the October 2010 issue of Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst. Morris, founder and managing director of private equity firm Olympus Partners, sits on the board of Hamilton’s Endowment Fund.

Leonard C. Ferguson Professor of Music Samuel Pellman presented ngc 6357, a recent composition with video by Miranda Raimondi '08, in September, to a packed house at the Musikbar Rhiz in Vienna. The event was part of the Kyma International Sound Symposium, which included computer musicians from academic posts and the recording industry in Europe and North America.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature Julie Kruidenier Tolliver '02 presented a paper at the Cold War Cultures conference at the University of Texas, Austin. The conference brought together scholars of different disciplines working on the Cold War era.

Hamilton's annual Fallcoming will take place on campus, Oct. 7 through 10, with numerous activities to suit every interest. Among highlights are the dedication of the new Sadove Student Center at Emerson Hall (formerly Emerson Literary Society), two Alumni Colleges,  a world class jazz performance, and career talks by Hamilton alumni.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author and New Yorker magazine staff writer Louis Menand will give a lecture titled “What Every College Graduate Needs To Know” on Friday, Oct. 8, at 4:10 p.m., in the Chapel. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Nin Andrews '80 and Jo Pitkin K '78, will read from their poetry on Thursday, Oct. 7, at 8 p.m., in the Wellin Atrium of the Science Center. The poetry readings are free and open to the public

Sally Promey, professor of American studies, religion and visual culture at Yale University, will deliver a lecture titled “Always a Golden Calf: Materialities and Sensational Religions in ‘Secular’ Modernity” on Thursday, Oct. 7, at 4:10 p.m., in the Kennedy Auditorium in the Hamilton College Science Center. This event is free and open to the public.

Visiting Associate Professor of Religious Studies S. Brent Plate presented a paper at the International Society of Religion, Literature, and Culture conference. Plate's paper, "Face, Ethics, Cinematics" was part of a panel that explored the ethical challenges that can occur in filmic close-ups, especially close ups of the human face. His paper brought work in neurosciences together with film studies and ethics to explore the topic.

The Hamilton Environmental Action Group (HEAG) is hosting its annual Green Week to encourage sustainability and raise environmental awareness within the Hamilton community from Oct. 4. – Oct. 8.