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Hamilton College's Emerson Gallery exhibition, "Nature as Refuge: From Rousseau's Cascade to Central New York's Trenton Falls," is open through Sunday, Aug. 28. The show of paintings, prints and drawings of Upstate New York, including Trenton Falls and the Hudson Valley, seeks to illustrate the lasting influence of Swiss philosopher and writer, Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778) on the way people regard nature. Rousseau's ideas, especially those found in his final book, The Reveries of the Solitary Walker, will be shown as a significant influence on the "back-to-nature" movement so popular in the nineteenth century. While visiting this exhibition, visitors are also encouraged to take their own walk into nature along the paths of the Root and Kirkland Glens on the opposite side of College Hill Road on the college's campus.

Derek C. Jones, the Irma M. and Robert D. Morris Professor of Economics, recently published an article titled "Choice of Ownership Structure and Firm Performance: Evidence from Estonia," with Panu Kalmi (Helsinki School of Economics) and Niels Mygind (Copenhagen Business School). It was published in Post-Communist Economies, Volume 17, Number 1 (March, 2005).

New York State Comptroller Alan G. Hevesi is the last speaker in the Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center series on the U.S. budget. Hevesi will speak on Wednesday, April 27 at 7:30 p.m. in the Fillius Events Barn on the Hamilton College campus. His remarks will focus on the New York state budget. The event is free and open to the public.

Seven Hamilton College seniors and one alumna were awarded Fulbright Scholarships to pursue research projects and to teach English next year.  The purpose of the Fulbright Program is to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and other countries through the exchange of persons, knowledge and skills. It is designed to give recent college graduates opportunities for personal development and international experience.

The Hamilton College Senior Art Show, a final presentation of the work of 18 graduating fine arts majors, will open in the Emerson Gallery on Friday, April 22. The exhibition includes paintings, sculpture, photography, video, and ceramics. The show will close on Sunday, May 22. A reception will be held on Friday, April 22, from 4 to 6 p.m. in the gallery. A graduation reception will also be held on Saturday, May 21, from 12 to 2 p.m. The exhibition and the receptions are free and open to the public.

An expert on the political economy of the European Union, Leila Talani, will present "The Dollar, the Euro, and the Future of European Integration" on Sunday, Feb. 27, at 7 p.m. in Fillius Events Barn at Hamilton College.  Alan Cafruny, Henry Platt Bristol Professor of International Affairs and Didar Erdinc, visiting associate professor of economics, will serve as commentators at the lecture. This event is free and open to the public.

In the run up to this fall's elections, Congressman Boehlert has been criticized by some for his purported underperformance in securing congressional funds for his district. Both Democratic and Republican critics of Congressman Boehlert have claimed that federal spending in his district is well below average. They reference a study done for the Associated Press that looks at data through 2001. The study claims Boehlert's district ranked only 326th out of 435 congressional districts.

Irma M. and Robert D. Morris Professor of Economics Derek C. Jones has received another grant for a project titled "Economic Performance and Human Resource Management Policies:  Econometric Evidence from the Baltics."  The grant was awarded by the National Council for Eurasian and East European research and will run from October 2004 thru the end of 2006.

Judith Owens-Manley, Associate Director for Community Research for the Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center, was interviewed by the Utica Observer Dispatch for an August 22 front-page article on poverty in the city.  Owens-Manley commented in “In city of need, poor feel abandoned – Utica & Poverty: Tough Lives, Bright Hopes” on poverty’s effects on children and the shrinking safety net of available federal funds to help those whose incomes are too small to provide for basic living necessities.

Terrorism expert and author of "Modern Jihad: Tracing the Dollars Behind the Terror Networks" Loretta Napoleoni will present the third lecture in the Hamilton College globalization speakers series, on Friday, April 30, at 7 p.m., in the Hamilton Chapel. This event is free and open to the public.