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Eric Klinenberg, professor of sociology at New York University (NYU), will present a lecture titled “Urban Crisis” on Wednesday, Oct. 21, at 7:30 p.m. in the Fillius Events Barn. His talk is part of The Arthur Levitt Public Affairs 2009-10 series “Crisis: Danger and Opportunity.” All lectures are free and open to the public.

A number of well-known speakers - experts in a variety of fields - will be visiting Hamilton to present lectures in upcoming weeks. When classes resume after Fall Recess on Monday, Oct. 19, Dr. Arlene Blum, director of the Green Science Policy Institute, will present a lecture about the risks of chemical flame retardants.

There was a slight but noticeably casual quality to Arthur Levitt, Jr. as he approached the lectern at the front of the KJ Auditorium – a quality that was accentuated by the considerable pomp and circumstance surrounding him. Levitt was introduced by President Joan Stewart and greeted with waves of anticipatory applause from a mostly formally dressed audience, leaving no doubt that he was the subject of much professional esteem. But upon leaning toward the microphone to open his lecture on regulation in the financial markets, he began his address without notes and with a casual intimacy that immediately engaged the audience.

Professors, alumni, students and family members gathered in the Kirner-Johnson Mezzanine on Friday for the 2009 Levitt Summer Research Fellows Poster Session, an annual event that highlights some of the self-directed research that a select group of students takes on each summer. Posters documenting several months’ worth of studies in policy-related topics were on display in order to cultivate discussion among students, faculty and visiting alumni. This year, 16 juniors and seniors participated in the program, which is funded by the Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center. Arthur Levitt Jr. P '81, former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, attended the poster session before his lecture.

Arthur Levitt Jr., former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and proponent of tougher corporate accounting standards, will present a lecture titled “Regulation in the Financial Markets,” on Friday, Oct. 2, at 4:10 p.m. in the Kirner-Johnson Auditorium at Hamilton. It is free and open to the public.

Hamilton's annual Fallcoming took place Oct. 1-4, with numerous activities to suit every interest. Among highlights were the dedication of the newly expanded Kirner-Johnson Building and open houses at the learning centers there.

An opinion piece titled “Students take part in community-based learning courses” and written by Levitt Center Associate Director of Community Research Judith Owens-Manley appeared in the Utica Observer-Dispatch on Sunday, Sept. 5. In a follow-up opinion piece titled “College students prove tremendous asset to area” that appeared in the Observer-Dispatch, a former Utica-based Americorps VISTA worker wrote about Hamilton alumna volunteer Haley Reimbold '06.

Co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C., Dean Baker presented a lecture titled “Economic Origins and the Way Out” on Wednesday evening in the Chapel. The lecture opened The Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center’s 2009-10 series, “Crisis: Danger and Opportunity.”

The Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center of Hamilton College will open its 2009-10 series, “Crisis: Danger and Opportunity,” with a lecture by Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Sept. 16, at 7:30 p.m. in the Chapel. He will present a lecture titled “The Origins of Economic Crisis and the Ways Out.” It is free and open to the public.

China has long been criticized as a haven for piracy. The degree to which it exists there is so alarming that it would shiver ye timbers and condemn you straight to the depths of Davy Jones’ locker. At least, it would in the United States. But the kind of piracy that goes on in China is not usually discouraged, and is treated as a normal part of life. More than 90 percent of the Chinese population takes part in the search for the treasures of digital media culture, not gold. While citizens get much of their business software and electronic entertainment for free, their laid-back attitude has made piracy the number one issue for digital media companies that wish to make a profit. This summer Jiong Chen ’10 worked on a research project on the subject with Professor of Economics Elizabeth Jensen.