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Ann Frechette, Luce Junior Professor of Asian Studies and assistant professor of anthropology, conducted a two-day workshop on Chinese culture for 120 families who are adopting children from China. She gave five lectures: 4000 Years of Chinese Civilization; China's Modern History; The Chinese Language; Language, Nation, and Ethnic Relations; and Families, Festivals, and Food. She also showed the movie "To Live." She organized the workshop in conjunction with China Adoption with Love, one of the largest China-US adoption agencies in the country, with whom she is also collaborating on her second book project, "The Invisible Red Thread: Concepts of the Family in an Interconnected World."

Elizabeth Jensen, professor of economics, and Ann Owen, assistant professor of economics, published "Pedagogy, Gender, and Interest in Economics," in the Fall volume of the Journal of Economic Education.

Associate Professor of English Catherine Kodat was a participant in a seminar titled "Benjamin: Memory, Experience, and the Designs of Modernism" at the annual Modernist Studies Association conference at Rice University October 12-15. MSA seminar participants each present a "position paper" on the seminar topic for general discussion. Kodat's paper was titled "'In the pleats of the old material': Reading the Queerness of Modernity in Benjamin."

Richard Werner, John Stewart Kennedy Professor of Philosphy, gave a paper, "The Noncombatant Immunity Thesis," at the 14th Annual Meeting of Concerned Philosophers for Peace at St. Bonaventure University, October 25-28.

Robert Palusky, John and Anne Fischer Professor of Fine Arts, participated in several shows, "SOFA" (Sculpture Objects & Functional Arts) International Group Exhibition, Chicago, IL; "National Group Exhibition" Habatat Gallery, Boca Raton, FL; and One Man show, "Glass Nests" Cultural Exchange Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ.

Kirk Pillow, assistant professor of philosophy, presented a paper, "Does Goodman's Distinction Survive LeWitt," twice in October, first on campus as part of the Faculty Lecture Series and then in Minneapolis at the American Society for Aesthetics national meetings. He reports that the discussion following the paper was even better on campus than it was at the conference.

In October, Christophre Georges, associate professor of economics, presented a poster, "Learning Dynamics in an Artificial Currency Market," at a workshop on multi-agent computation in natural and artificial economies at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC.

Sailing is back at Hamilton for the first time in five years. The club has recently purchased a "flying junior," a 13 foot inter-collegiate racing boat, making it possible to practice on Oneida Lake. Julie Smith '04, Jarrel Price '04, William Fuhrman '04, Stacey Stump '02, and Ben Auerbach '05, participated in Cornell's Fall Open Regatta this weekend.

An op-ed, "U.S. Must Heed Lessons from Past Wars Against Elusive Enemies," written by Stephen Orvis, associate professor of government, was published in the Sunday, October 7 issue of the Syracuse Post-Standard.

Steve Goldberg, associate professor of art, delivered a paper, "Representing Women in China: What's Gender Got to Do with It?," at Agnes Scott College in October, 2001. He also particpated in a meeting of the Board of Directors, ASIANetwork, A Consortium of Liberal Arts Colleges to Promote Asian Studies, in October.