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Ross Cheit, the author of  The Witch-Hunt Narrative: Politics, Psychology, and the Sexual Abuse of Children, and  licensed clinical social worker Barry Anechiarico will present a lecture, “Politics, Psychology and the Sexual Abuse of Children: Dynamic Risk Factors Related to Sex Offending,” on Wednesday, March 4, at 4:15 p.m., in the Taylor Science Center’s Kennedy Auditorium. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Thirty-seven Hamilton students and four science faculty recently joined forces to introduce local middle school students to college-level discussion about public health issues.

The Hamilton College Arboretum Third Saturday series continues on Saturday, Feb. 21, with Fred Breglia, executive director of Landis Arboretum, Duanesburg, N.Y. He will present “Plant Health Care! Pruning, Planting and Mulching!” at 10 a.m. in the Taylor Science Center’s Kennedy Auditorium. This discussion of the most current and effective methods of pruning, planting and mulching your yard and garden is free and open to the public.

Hamilton will host the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour, a collection of short films about mountain sports and culture, on Wednesday, Feb. 18, at 7 p.m., in the Bradford Auditorium, KJ.  The screening is sponsored by the Hamilton Outing Club. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., and the films start at 7 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for children under 12, and $10 with a Hamilton ID. The material is appropriate for families.

Catherine Gunther Kodat, former professor of English and American studies at Hamilton and current acting provost and dean of the Division of Liberal Arts at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, will present a lecture on Tuesday, Feb. 17, at 4:10 p.m., in Room 3024 of the Taylor Science Center.  Her lecture is titled “Modernist Dance and the Metapolitics of Cold War Culture,” and it is free and open to the public.

Hamilton and Colgate University’s curling teams are co-hosting the annual College Bonspiel on Feb. 13-14 at the Utica Curling Club, 8300 Clark Mills Road, Whitesboro. Saturday’s individual matches begin at 9 a.m., 11 a.m., 2 p.m., with the championship at 4:30 p.m. The tournament is free and open to the public. A live stream will be available here.

Hamilton College is among  U.S. colleges and universities that produced the most 2014-2015 Fulbright U.S. students,  according to the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.  The Fulbright Program is the U.S. government’s flagship international educational exchange program.  

FebFest’s annual Mr. Hamilton competition attracted a large crowd to the Annex on Feb. 11.  Mr. Football, Lashawn Russell-Ware ’17, was crowned Mr. Hamilton from a field of seven contestants.  Nearly $900 was raised at the event to benefit Alternative Spring Break.

The Monday, Feb. 9  reading and Tuesday talk by The New Yorker author and staff writer D.T. Max have been cancelled due to the weather in the Northeast. His visit will be rescheduled for a later date.

New titles from the Richard W. Couper Press present groundbreaking research on the Shakers, House of David, and Mary's City of David. Materials from these intentional religious communities form an integral part of the Special Collections at Burke Library.