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Ann Frechette, Luce Junior Professor of Asian Studies and assistant professor of anthropology, conducted a China culture workshop for 60 families adopting children from China. The workshop took place in March at the Brooks School in North Andover, Massachusetts. Attendees came from throughout New England. For the workshop, she lectured on "4000 Years of Chinese Civilization," "China's Modern History," "The Chinese Language," "Language, Nation, and Ethnic Relations," and "Families, Festivals, and Food." This is the third in a series of workshops she has been conducting with China Adoption with Love (CAWLI), the country's largest adoption agency specializing in China. CAWLI is also helping her to gather the information for a second book project, "The Invisible Red Thread: Concepts of the Family in an Interconnected World."

Ann Frechette, Luce Junior Professor of Asian Studies and assistant professor of pnthropology, organized and co-presented with Jenny Taransky ('03) a Think Tank on "Sexuality, the Media, and International Adoption:  How an Insurance Ad Can Influence International Policy," in March.

The Hamilton College Board of Trustees has unanimously elected real estate entrepreneur Stuart L. Scott of Chicago, Ill., as its next chairman and investor Chester A. Siuda of New Vernon, N.J., as its next vice chairman. The election came following the board’s regular meeting March 2 in Clinton. Scott, who replaces Kevin W. Kennedy, and Siuda, who succeeds Gerald V. Dirvin, will assume their new posts on July 1. Kennedy and Dirvin were elected life trustees, also effective July 1.