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Nine grants totaling $20,000 were recently awarded from the Hamilton College Town-Gown Fund to educational, cultural and public safety organizations in the Town of Kirkland. Awards ranged from $7,875 to the Kirkland Police Department to purchase a Traffic Speed Display Trailer to $500 to the Clinton Central School District for supplies and materials to support volunteer activity at the elementary school.

New York State Senator Raymond A. Meier, R-C, Western, visited the ACCESS Project at Hamilton on Dec. 9 to announce that he was able to secure $500,000 through the 2002-2003 New York State budget to continue the Project. Meier met with Hamilton College President Eugene M. Tobin and Director of the ACCESS Project Vivyan Adair, as well as some ACCESS Project students. ACCESS is a comprehensive program designed to provide low-income parents in Central New York with all of the support necessary to thrive in an academic community. The ACCESS program provides an intensive and fully supported introduction to liberal arts education, coupled with extensive long-term educational, social service, employment, and family services support.

"Finance and Macroeconomic Volatility," a paper by Assistant Professor of Economics Ann Owen, was published in Contributions to Macroeconomics. The paper was a joint work with Murat Iyigun at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and Cevdet Denizer at the World Bank.

Cheng Li, China expert and government professor was quoted in this article which focused on Jiang Zemin who formally retired as chief of China's Communist Party and was portrayed by the media he controlled for 13 years as the country's paramount leader.

Cheng Li, China expert and professor of government was quoted in a front page New York Times article which focuses on Jiang Zemin who stepped down from the top position in the ruling Communist Party but was reappointed as head of the Central Military Commission at the conclusion of China's 16th Party Congress.

Cheng Li, China expert and professor of government, was quoted in this article which discussed the power of the fourth generation leaders.

Cheng Li, China expert and professor of government and was quoted in this article that profiled Hu Jintao, who assumed the most powerful job in Chinese politics at the conclusion of the 16th Congress meeting.

Cheng Li, China expert and professor of government was quoted in this article about the new Communist Party General Secretary Hu Jintao.

This article, which focused on the transfer of power in China from Jiang Zemin to Hu Jintao, quoted Cheng Li, China expert and government professor. This article also appeared in the Houston Chronicle.

This article, focused on Hu Jintao whose moment in the spotlight came on Friday when he formally took over as party chief and head of the "fourth generation" of leaders, quotes China expert and Government Professor Cheng Li.