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Hamilton was well-represented at the 10th annual Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U), held this year at Northeastern University. Risper Kirui ’19, Emily DeJong ‘19, Gerard Pozzi ‘18 and KT Glusac ‘17 were among the more than 1,100 students chosen to attend the prestigious conference. In addition previous CGI U attendees Sharif Shrestha ‘17, Emily Moscowitz ‘16 and Andy Chen ’16 returned this year. All were recipients of Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center funding and/or support.

Mother Nature did her part to ensure a glorious, sunny, and mild Fallcoming/Family Weekend on the Hill. The Hamilton community honored Life Trustee Joseph F. Anderson ’44 on Saturday, and the Tietje Family Tennis Center and Falmouth Road Race Reunion Courts were dedicated during the combined Fall Weekend.

A memorial service in honor of Life Trustee Joseph F. Anderson ’44, and dedication of the Tietje Family Tennis Center and Falmouth Road Race Reunion Courts are among highlights of the combined Fallcoming/Family Weekend, taking place Oct. 19 through 22.

Professor of History Maurice Isserman was quoted in a Washington Post article concerning the 50th anniversary of the Pentagon March to protest the Vietnam War.

Eight students launched Hamilton’s inaugural Alternative Fall Break trip with a four-day visit to Double H Ranch in the Adirondacks, Oct. 11-15. The camp was founded by Charles R. Wood, and actor Paul Newman as a part of his SeriousFun network of camps for children with life threatening illnesses.

More than 140 Hamilton community members took part in the 5th annual AK5K on Oct. 8 at SUNY Poly in Utica. The charity run and walk was in honor of Alexandra Kogut, a 2012 New Hartford Senior High School graduate who was killed inside her dorm room at SUNY Brockport in 2012.

Hamilton students on the Program in Washington, D.C. this semester recently met with Niels Lesniewski '07, a senior writer with Roll Call, a newspaper and website published in Washington when Congress is in session.

Twenty-three Hamilton students presented their research at the 7th annual New York 6 Undergraduate research conference, held on Sept. 23 at Skidmore College.

Eight Hamilton College seniors were elected to the Epsilon chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest honor society, at the September meeting. The inductees are Rachel Alatalo, Kara Burns, Julia Carpenter, Dana Holloway, Sarah Magee, Theodore McKenna, Clare Munroe and Madeleine Roehl.

Teach For America released its 10th annual list of the schools contributing the greatest number of alumni to its 2017 teaching corps and Hamilton College is among the top 10 small colleges and universities. This is the fourth year Hamilton has been named to the list.