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Although social media activism campaigns are started almost daily, seldom do they accomplish their goal of creating and sustaining national interest that lasts for years. Nevertheless, occasionally these movements successfully promote awareness, draw together communities and create lasting conversations that can affect lives across the country, and even the globe. One such campaign is the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, co-founded by Alicia Garza.

Aptly echoing the thoughts of many Americans who awoke to discover that Sept.17 was a national holiday, Michael Lienesch began his Constitution Day lecture with a simple question, “so what is Constitution Day anyway?” As Lienesch, professor of political science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, would delineate in his speech, to answer this seemingly simple question, one must first understand where this holiday came from, and why it was created, and how it is celebrated today.

Michael Lienesch, a professor of political science at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, will deliver the annual Constitution Day lecture on Thursday, Sept. 17, at 4:30 p.m., in the Red Pit, Kirner-Johnson Building. The lecture is free and open to the public and is sponsored by the Government Department.

Few people have trouble visually distinguishing a desk chair from a moving car, or the sounds of a crying baby and crashing waves. But could brain activity alone allow researchers to determine what novel stimuli a participant heard or saw? Although the proposition sounds more akin to a science-fiction blockbuster than a scientific possibility, Jack Gallant, of the Gallant Lab at UC Berkeley, has spent decades focused on answering this question.

Rhodessa Jones, co-artistic director of the San Francisco performance company Cultural Odyssey and director of Cultural Odyssey’s Medea Project: Theater for Incarcerated Women and HIV Circle, will hold two free, public events as part of her residency at Hamilton, Sept. 15 - 18.

Jack Gallant, Robert S. Morris Class of 1976 Visiting Fellow and an expert in the science of brain reading research, will present the Morris lecture on Monday, Sept. 14, at 7 p.m., in the Taylor Science Center’s Kennedy Auditorium.

Andrej Krickovic, assistant professor in the Higher School of Economics in Moscow, Russia, and a former colleague of Hamilton Professor Alan Cafruny, visited Hamilton on May 3 to present a lecture titled “Russia, the United States and the War in Ukraine.” The event, sponsored by the Government Department, was well attended by Hamilton community members.

Andrej Krickovic, assistant professor of world economy and international affairs at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow, Russia, will present a lecture titled “The War in Ukraine” on Sunday, May 3, at 7 p.m., in the Fillius Events Barn

Due to unforeseen circumstances, Ambassador Jalil Abbas Jilani, Pakistan's ambassador to the United States, has had to cancel his appearance at Hamilton College on Wednesday, April 29. The 8 p.m. lecture will not take place.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, Ambassador Jalil Abbas Jilani, Pakistan's ambassador to the United States, has had to cancel his appearance at Hamilton College on Wednesday, April 29. The 8 p.m. lecture will not take place.