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Hamilton alumnus David Dunn '90 and his brother Nat Dunn have developed a new Word game application, released in Dec. 2012.  Word Skill, similar to Words with Friends and Scrabble, challenges users through a more skill based game.

A new version of Paul Reichert ‘90’s children’s book The Lemonade Ripple was recently published and released by Sky Pony Press. This is Reichert's first children's book, and he plans to donate all author proceeds from the sale of the book to charity.

In the Program in Washington, classroom discussions can be connected immediately to the real world of politics and policy. On April 11, for example, students in the morning seminar on campaigns and elections discussed pre-election and post-election disputes. The reading for the class, Jay Weiner’s This Is Not Florida: How Al Franken Won the Minnesota Senate Recount, featured Marc Elias ’90 as the protagonist in the long legal battle. That afternoon, students met with Elias to discuss the 2008 recount and the 2012 election.

Scott A. Barrett ’90 has joined the Syracuse University School of Information Studies as assistant dean for advancement. 

Students in the Semester in Washington Program met with U.S. Representative Richard Hanna of New York’s 24th District on Oct. 12. Rep. Hanna fielded a variety of questions from the group about his experiences as a new member of the House of Representatives and about the issues confronting the 112th Congress.

Marc Elias '90, firmwide chair of political law at the Washington, D.C., firm Perkins Coie LLP, will present a lecture titled “Money, Politics, and the 2012 Election,” on Sunday, Oct. 2, at 7:30 p.m., in the Bradford Auditorium, KJ. The lecture is free and open to the public.  

On July 27, POLITICO.com featured a profile of Marc Elias '90 in an article titled "50 politicos to watch: Litigators." Elias is a nationally recognized expert in election and campaign finance law who represented John Kerry in his 2004 bid to unseat President Bush and Democrat Al Franken in the recount of the 2008 Minnesota Senate election. In 2008 he was also General Counsel for Chris Dodd's presidential campaign.  In 2010, he served Mark Dayton during the recount for the Minnesota governorship election. Facebook and Google have sought his expertise to clarify how rules apply to their online ads.

Team "Al Hamithon" spent a rainy April Saturday morning painting healthy vegetable characters on the walls of the Nurse's Station at the Bruce Monroe Elementary School in Northwest Washington, D.C. during Greater Washington Cares Servathon 2011.

Paul Reichert '90 released his first children's book, The Lemonade Ripple, this year to much success. The book, which Reichert both wrote and illustrated, tells the story of Caroline, a young girl who starts a lemonade stand to raise money for a friend in need, and details how her goodwill affects an entire town. Reichert recently held a book party in Washington, D.C., which attracted 60 guests, including Hamilton alumni. He has also beendoing readings at elementary schools and children's bookstores. All profits from The Lemonade Ripple go to The Foundation for Community Betterment.

Doug Lemov '90 visited campus on Oct. 4 to speak to several of Susan Mason's education classes and give a public lecture. Lemov, who graduated from Hamilton with plans of becoming a teacher, taught for several years at a public high school in Princeton, N.J., before deciding that he wanted to be involved in education at the highest level.