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Assistant Professor of English Naomi Guttman published two poems,"Real Living" and "Autumn Song," in the fall issue of GSU Review. She also gave a poetry reading at the Syracuse YMCA as a part of the "Writer's Voice" series in February.

Assistant Professor of English Naomi Guttman published "Ecofeminism in Literary Studies," which appeared as a chapter in the book The Environmental Tradition in English Literature, edited by John Parham and published in England by Ashgate.

Ever wonder the answer to "Does God exist?" Contrary to popular perception modern science does not necessarily rule out God's existence. Carl Rosenzweig, professor of physics at Syracuse University presents, "The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob and the God of Einstein, Darwin and Marx," on Feb. 12, at 4:30 p.m. in the Physics Auditorium. The Hamilton College Hillel and the physics department are sponsoring the lecture which is free and open to the public.

Professor of Comparative Literature Peter Rabinowitz's article "Rats Behind the Wainscoting: Politics, Convention, and Chandler's The Big Sleep," was reprinted in "Raymond Chandler: A Documentary Volume" Dictionary of Literary Biography. The article was originally published 1980 and this volume was edited by Robert F. Moss (The Gale Group, 2002).

On Feb. 14, at 7 p.m., the third annual benefit reading of Eve Ensler's Obie Award-winning play, "The Vagina Monologues," will take place in the Events Barn. A $2 donation is the price of admission, but no one will be turned away. V-Day is a worldwide movement to stop sexual violence against women and girls and to proclaim Valentine's Day as the day to celebrate women and demand the end of abuse.

Krystyn Schmerbeck '02 presented the results of her summer research project, "Forging the Unforgeable," which explores why some works of art are forgeable and others are not, on February 13 in the Red Pit. Schmerbeck worked with Assistant Professor of Philosophy Kirk Pillow. Their research was made possible by an Emerson Summer Collaboration Award.

Assistant Professor of Psychology Jennifer Borton co-presented a paper, "Does Action Identification Mediate Underperformance Following Stereotype Threat," with Nikisha Williams '01 at the 3rd annual conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology in Savannah, Ga., held Jan. 31 - Feb. 2.

Associate Professor of Religious Studies Richard Seager returned from a year-long leave devoted to researching the history of Soka Gakkai, a Japan-based, global Buddhist movement. His research was sponsored by the Boston Research Center for the 21st Century.

Douglas Raybeck, professor of anthropology, attended the Sixteenth Annual CONTACT Conference and presented his article, "What We Don't Know: Problems in Extraterrestrial Communication."

Professor of Religious Studies Heidi Ravven has been named head of the Jewish Philosophy section of the American Academy of Religion, a position that entails determining the programs in Jewish Philosophy at the AAR for at least the next four years.