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Students from Hamilton’s Program in New York City recently visited Arthur Levitt Jr. at Bloomberg L.P. Bloomberg is a financial software, data and media company headquartered in Manhattan. Arthur Levitt is an active member of the board as well as the host of Bloomberg Radio’s “A Closer Look With Arthur Levitt.”

Professor of Comparative Literature Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz participated in a panel discussion on “Prison and the Academy” at Princeton University. The panel addressed the question, “What is the ‘value’ of prison education?”

Assistant Professor of Religious Studies Seth Schermerhorn participated in national conferences in Denver and Atlanta where he presented papers about different aspects of Tohono O’odham pilgrimages to Magdalena.

Each day, we weigh one decision against another using layman’s probability and statistics. Unfortunately, such estimates are often skewed, whether by misinformation or overconfidence; which, although not a problem when deciding which new ice cream flavor to try, has dramatic consequences when the stakes include military intervention in the form of American troops and innocent foreign nationals. One might hope that such decisions are more precise, or weighed more heavily, than comparably trivial matters; however, Jeffrey Friedman, assistant professor of government at Dartmouth College, maintains that they are not.

Painter and printmaker Pat Steir will present a lecture on her work on Wednesday, Dec. 2, at 4:15 p.m., in the Bradford Auditorium, Kirner-Johnson Building. The lecture is part of the Visiting Artist Series and is sponsored by the Art Department. It is free and open to the public.

Delegates of Hamilton College’s Student Assembly attended the bi-annual New York Six Student Government Conference held at Union College  on Nov. 6. St. Lawrence University student government representatives also attended. Hamilton was represented by José Olivares ’16, Lillie Piper ’18 and Annalie Garcia ’19.

Assistant Professor of Biology Cynthia Downs presented an invited talk earlier this month at the annual meeting of the Raptor Research Foundation in Sacramento, Calif. The international conference was hosted by the Golden Gate Raptor Observatory.

“Negras, Mulatas y Morenas en La Española del Siglo XVI (1502-1606),” a chapter by Scholar-in-Residence Lissette Acosta Corniel, was recently published in the edited volume Esclavitud, mestizaje y abolicionismo en los mundos hispánicos.

The Hamilton College and Community Masterworks Chorale with members of Symphoria will perform Handel’s Messiah on Tuesday, Dec. 1, at 7:30 p.m., in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts on the campus of Hamilton College.

Hunger is a problem in many areas of the country including in the Mohawk Valley. Assisting in addressing this community challenge are two Hamilton student organizations, The Harvest and Hamilton vs Hunger.