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Edward North Professor of Classics Carl Rubino was interviewed for a Christian Science Monitor article about Star Wars (May 10.) Rubino compares Star Wars' Luke Skywalker's relationship with Yoda to heroic warrior Achilles, who also "had tutors with mysterious powers." Rubino said, "There is something in those ancient mythological themes that resonates with people."

Erin Waters '01, a summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Hamilton College, has been awarded a Fulbright Grant to Russia. Her project is titled "Yaroslavskiie Babushki: Portraits from Today's Russia." Waters intends to do a study of babushki (grandmothers) in the Russian city of Yaroslavl.

Hamilton College's highest awards for teaching were presented on Friday to faculty members from the philosophy, physics, economics, sociology and Spanish departments.

Julie-Francoise Kruidenier, a candidate for graduation from Hamilton College later this month, was named the recipient of the James Soper Merrill Prize at Hamilton's annual Class and Charter Day on May 10.

Donna M. Cardarelli, a candidate for graduation from Hamilton College later this month, has been awarded a J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship for study at Buryat State University in Russia. Seven Hamilton College seniors have won Fulbright Grants and teaching Assistantships this year.

Professor of Comparative Literature Peter Rabinowitz gave a paper titled "'I Never Saw Any of Them Again': Series, Sequels, and Character Identity," at the International Conference on Narrative on April 12. Two more books have come out in the Theory and Interpretation of Narrative series that Rabinowitz co-edits for Ohio State University Press: Breaking the Frame: Metalepsis and the Construction of the Subject by Debra Malina, and Narrative Dynamics: Time, Plot, Closure, and Frames, edited by Brian Richardson.

Charlotte Porter, a candidate for May graduation from Hamilton, has been awarded a Fulbright Teaching Assistantship to Austria.

The Second Conference on Technology and Chinese Language Teaching in the 21st Century (TCLT2), co-sponsored by Hamilton College, was held at Yale University, June 7-9. Hamilton Professors of Chinese Hong Gang Jin and De Bao Xu were organizers. This followed the successful Conference on Technology and Chinese Language Teaching (TCLT1) held at Hamilton in June, 2000. TCLT2 had more professionals attend and more universities/colleges participated (both from the US and overseas).

We invite the Hamilton community to view posters on the term projects of the Adirondack class, EnvSt 205, on Monday, May 6, from noon to 5:30 p.m. in the Fillius Events Barn. Students will stand by their posters from noon to 1 p.m. to discuss their projects. Topics include: Lynx Reintroduction: A Failed Attempt in the Adirondacks;Acid Rain in the Adirondacks; Preserving the Great Camps; Storytelling in the Adirondacks; Hiking in the High Peaks: Impact and Regulations; Hamlets of the Adirondacks; Sociological Aspects of Wolf Reintroduction in the Adirondacks;The 1980 Lake Placid Olympics; The Adirondack Chair and its Deteriorating Rustic Roots; Developing a Property in the Adirondack Park; The Spirit of the Primitive: Women of the Adirondacks; and Snowmobiling in the Adirondacks.

Leah Byrne will present her Senior Fellowship research, "Octopamine and Nitric Oxide: Interactions of Neurotransmitters," on Monday, May 6, 8 p.m. in the Science Auditorium.