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Professor of Anthropology Douglas Raybeck was quoted in the Boston Herald in a September 11 anniversary article. Raybeck said, "The psyche that recovers from these wounds of a year ago will be more mature, more sensitive, and profoundly more pessimistic than the psyche which has, for generations, characterized the United States...We will become closer to the world at large and less insensitive to its pain," he said. "The result may well be an even grander nation. But globally, at any rate, the tragedy of 9-11 should result in a more cautious nation, too."

Ann Frechette, Luce Junior Professor of Asian Studies, presented a paper, "State Building without a State: The Role of the Refugee Camp in the Tibetan Diaspora," at a conference on "Revisiting the Asian State" sponsored by the International Institute for Asian Studies at Leiden University, the Netherlands, June 30-July 1, 2002.

Best-selling author and political theorist Benjamin R. Barber will speak on globalization on Thursday, Sept. 5 at 7:30 p.m. in the Chapel. Barber is the Gershon and Carrol Kekst Professor of Civil Society at the University of Maryland and a principal of the Democracy Collaborative. His talk is titled "Globalization a Year After 9/11: Terrorism or Democracy?"

Dave Smallen, vice president for information technology is quoted in a University Business article about the distance learning software Blackboard. Smallen said, “the technology facilitates Hamilton’s core values by extending the classroom beyond the meeting times, increasing time on task for students, and helping them be better prepared to use the in-class time for substantive discussions.” Faculty uses the course management system to distribute materials, provide a forum for discussions outside the classroom among other things. Students have embraced this online system even though as the writer states in the beginning of the article, “Everything about Hamilton College in Clinton, NY says, ‘Come live here.’ This top liberal arts, residential college seems the antithesis of distance education.”

Assistant Professor of Psychology Julie Dunsmore presented a paper, co-authored with Megan Robinson '00, at the conference of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development in Ottawa. The presentation, "Parental socialization of empathy and altruism and children's reasons for prosocial behavior," was part of a symposium chaired by Sophie Havighurst titled, "The socialization of children's emotional regulation." The conference was held in Ottawa, ON.

Assistant Professor of History Kevin Grant published an article, "Bones of Contention: The Repatriation of the Remains of Roger Casement," in the Journal of British Studies, July 2002, pp. 329-353. He also published an essay titled, "The Post-Cold War Era, 1988-2002," in John Grayson Kirk (ed.), The History of the World. (World Publications, 2002). He presented a paper on the subject of "Trusteeship, Empire, and International Government," at the Anglo-American Conference of Historians in London in July.

Professor of Chinese Hong Gang Jin received a research grant from the National Science Council in Taiwan in August, 2002. She is currently working with colleagues at the Institute of Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language at National Taiwan Normal University. The grant is a prestigious research grant from the Taiwan government, which provides support for Jin's research and living expenses for ten months in Taiwan. While there, she plans to collect data and necessary materials for her two books: 1. The Role of Classroom Interaction in Second Language Acquisition; 2. Experimental Studies of Multimedia Effects on Chinese Language Learning. Jin is also visiting different Chinese programs in Taiwan and giving lectures on topics of Chinese language pedagogy.

An article that appeared in the Denver Post said, "Hamilton College 'Muslim America' Poll released in May says more than half of the 500 Muslims surveyed said they knew individuals who were victims of anti-Muslim discrimination, harassment or assault following September 11."

Mitchell Stevens, associate professor of sociology, is quoted in an article about higher learning institutions across the country revamping their orientation programs to include more activities to get students to bond with each other and faculty. Institutions across the country are adding social programs to their orientation schedule. “Colleges have become increasingly responsible for social skill of college students,” Steven says. “Many of these kids grew up with parents scheduling their extracurricular lives elaborately. They don’t have a lot of experience scheduling their own lives.”

As chair of a panel on information ethics at the August 2002 Computing and Philosophy Conference at Carnegie Mellon University, Ken Herold, director, Library Information Systems, gave a presentation, with Marti Smith of Drexel University, on "Information Ethics: Perspectives from Librarianship and Information Science." Herold is also a guest editor of a special issue of the journal, Library Trends, Winter 2004, devoted to the philosophy of information.