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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.

The Hamilton College Senior Art Show, a final presentation of the work of 21 graduating fine arts majors, is open in the Emerson Gallery through Sunday, May 23. The exhibition includes paintings, sculpture, photography, video, and mixed media works.

Henry Platt Bristol Professor of International Affairs Alan Cafruny gave the Michael Dukakis Lecture at the American College of Thessaloniki (ACT) in Greece on Monday, April 19. His presentation was titled "U.S. Foreign Policy: From Kosovo to Iraq and Beyond."

A photograph by Visiting Photography Instructor Sylvia de Swaan is featured on the title page of the eighth edition of Photography, a college photography textbook. Another image created by de Swaan is included in the recently published Occasional Sights - London Guidebook of Missed Opportunities and Things That Aren't Really There.