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Few would argue with the assertion that racism unfortunately persists in America. However, some do contest the prevalence of racism in the criminal justice system. Syracuse University Law School Professor Paula Johnson shed some light on the issue in a lecture on Nov. 10. She explained that we see and experience racism not only when police officers use excessive and unjustified force against black individuals, but we see it also in the lack of accountability for these assaults and killings. Johnson traces this pattern of ignoring racist killings to the death of Emmett Till in 1955, whose killers were acquitted of all charges.

Ten Hamilton senior art majors, led by Professors Rebecca Murtaugh and Robert Knight, traveled to New York City from Nov. 3-5 to visit the studios and see the work of five established artists and hear their insight.

Assistant Professor of Mathematics Courtney Gibbons was an invited speaker at the Second International Workshop and Conference on Commutative Algebra in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Lee Chadeayne ’55 has provided Amazon Publishing, which has recently made a major commitment to enter the market of foreign literature in English translation, with their first novel, already resulting in over 1 million copies sold.

Hamilton students in the New York City Program were fortunate to be hosted by Charlie Mierswa ’84, chief financial officer of the Brooklyn Nets, at the Barclays Center on Nov. 2.

Professor of Africana Studies and Classics Shelley Haley was recently presented with an ovatio for her service to the Classical Association of the Atlantic States (CAAS) and the classics profession in general.

The Hamilton Outing Club held its second leader training course Nov. 5 and 6. The two-day class – in conjunction with the Wilderness First Aid course – qualifies students to lead hiking and backpacking trips.

The Hamilton Microfinance Group attended The Commercialization Academy's Demo Day hosted by the ThINCubator in downtown Utica on Oct. 26. Students watched seven tech-startups pitch to a panel of judges and the audience. Two winners were selected for $20,000 cash prize each.

Director of the Oral Communication Center Amy Gaffney is the co-author of a book published recently by Parlor Press.

In the fall of 2004, when Young Han '06 decided to register to vote in Clinton, he never thought his simple request would soon be the focus of national attention.