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Cheng Li, professor of government, was quoted in this Newsweek article which focused China's prime minister Wen Jiabao. Li said Jiabao survived China's power politics because his technical expertise in so many areas makes him indispensable. "He's a classic technocrat-brainy but not political. He doesn't belong to anyone," he said.

Professor of Government Cheng Li was quoted in this biographical article about Wen Jiabao, who was elected Premier by the National People's Congress in March. This article appeared on Forbes.com.

Professor of Government and Woodrow Wilson Fellow Cheng Li was interviewed about Wen Jiabao, CHina's new prime minister. Li said that Wen is likely to succeed because he will be able to form a coalition with the new president, Hu Jintao. "Both of them spent a lot of time in China's inland region and both of them have kind of a human touch, and are very much concerned about the social safety net," he said.

Cheng Li, professor of government and Woodrow Wilson fellow, was quoted in an Associated Press article about the new Chinese Premier. The article appeared in Newsday, Philadelphia Inquirer, Sacramento Bee and Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

Samuel Klempner ’03 has been awarded research funding from Sigma-Xi, The Scientific Research Society through the Grants-in-Aid of Research Program in January 2003. The grant will support Klempner’s research project, "Investigation of the Morphogenesis of Ephemeral Aortic Arches in Chick Embryos with Special Attention to a Role for Apoptosis in Their Removal." Professor of Biology Sue Ann Miller will supervise this student's research.

If you were to pass her in the village of Clinton, one would assume that this petite woman, with her radiant disposition, is someone’s wife or grandmother. What you might not expect is that Nadine Lowenstein is also the fastest woman in her age group (55-60 years old) in the world in the 400-meter, and equal to the fastest in the 200-meter distance recorded. This unassuming "lightning rod" has been in Hamilton College’s midst for the past nine years. She has been coaching, training and most importantly supporting Hamilton student athletes.

Assistant Professor of English Steven Yao published an article, "'My genius is no more than a girl': Exploring the Erotic in Pound's Homage to Sextus Propertius," in a special number of the French journal Annales du Monde Anglophone 16 (2e semester, 2002), pp. 111-129. The volume was edited by Helene Aji and titled, "Ezra Pound dans le vortex de la traduction."

A round-table discussion, "Multiple Perspectives on Special Educational Services," organized by Jonathan Vaughan, professor of psychology, was held as part of Education in a Liberal Democracy sophomore seminar in March.

Associate Professor of English Catherine Gunther Kodat was elected secretary/treasurer of The Faulkner Society. Kodat's review essay, "Faulkner and 'Faulkner'" has been published in the Spring 2003 issue of American Literary History (ALH).

Esther Kanipe, Marjorie and Robert W. Ewen Professor of History, has been asked to serve on a Utica College advisory panel for a new program, "Adapting Curriculum for Student Success," which will deal with improving the quality of education for students with disabilities.