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While most people know that °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê’s undergraduate population has become increasingly international, it may come as a surprise that so many young people, in their formative middle school and high school years, travel across oceans to come to campus.

As the debt-limit debate went into hyperdrive after news of a deal filtered out of the nation’s capital on Sunday night, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê economics professor Thomas Michl urged political leaders to tone down the demagoguery and focus on the real issue at hand: creating jobs.

Robert Simpson ’97 has been chosen by N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo to help lead a new organization tasked with better coordinating economic development opportunities in central New York.

Two accomplished alumni have been selected to lead °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê’s Board of Trustees. Denis F. Cronin ’69 was elected chair, and Robert A. Kindler ’76 was named vice chair during the group’s June meeting.

A °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê liberal arts education leads to successful careers, a recent survey shows. A study by PayScale provides concrete evidence that °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê graduates fare very well when considering salaries. The school was ranked ninth overall for median mid-career salaries in a survey of more than 1,000 undergraduate colleges and universities.

Former °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê professor Arnold A. Sio, a forerunner in teaching race relations at the university level, passed away June 29 in Kingston, N.Y. He was 93.

Last month, in the valley of Chenango, gathered 47 °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê alumni, parents, and friends. Leaving behind jobs, bills, and Glee reruns, they became students again, taking classes with some of the university’s leading professors during Summer on the Hill, June 22-26.

The Hamilton International Film Festival is returning to Central New York for a third year and its organizers promise an all star lineup of films, charity-themed events, and red-carpet parties.