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The Dermatology Foundation has awarded Robert Jordon, a 1960 graduate of Hamilton and chairman of the Department of Dermatology at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, and Ernest H. Beutner, Ph.D., for their groundbreaking research on blistering skin disorders in the 1960s. The Dermatology Foundation created the award in 1991 as its highest tribute to dermatologists who embody the essence of scientific and intellectual curiosity that the organization strives to nurture through its research awards program.

Peter Meinke, poet and author, and a 1955 graduate of Hamilton, will give a reading of his work tonight, March 29, at 8 p.m. in Dwight Lounge, Bristol Campus Center. The reading is free and open to the public. Meinke's visit is sponsored by the English department.

Two Hamilton College seniors have been awarded Thomas J. Watson Fellowships for 2001-2002. Louisa Smith, an economics and art double major from Duxbury, MA, and Justin Stein, a philosophy major from Larchmont, NY, were selected from among 1,000 students who applied for the awards. This is the third consecutive year that Hamilton students have been among the recipients of a Watson Fellowship.

Michael Rothenberg, a 1986 graduate of Hamilton College, was named director of New York Lawyers for the Public Interest earlier this year. The organization, founded five years ago, was created to supplement legal services to the poor in New York City. Rothenberg was featured in The New York Daily News in Clem Richardson's "Spotlight on Great People" column.

Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack, a 1972 graduate of Hamilton College, hopes to fight population drain in Iowa by luring immigrants to the state. Vilsack's plan is profiled in TIME Magazine (March 19, 2001).

Robert Moses, a 1956 graduate of Hamilton College, is the founder of the Algebra Project, a program that has won national attention for preparing students in largely rural and inner-city communities to take college-prep mathematics.

Hamilton College had a good showing in America's Greatest Heart Run and Walk, held on February 24. Hamilton's 77 participants raised $6,238. Top money-raiser was Director of Student Activities Bev Low with $501. Three students who raised significant amounts were Evan Endicott, $375, Jamie Skiba, $181, and Jane Long, $168.

Congratulations to Maggie Hanson and Kate Nelson, who competed at the NCAA Division III Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships at the University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh, Kolf Sports Center, March 10-11. Hanson had the Division III season's best time for the 5000 meter run.

More than 70 Hamilton students are foregoing sunny beaches and exotic resorts for their Spring Break, and instead are heading off to do volunteer work in seven cities during Hamilton's spring break, from March 9-25.

Sixty-five Hamilton College students are spending their Spring Break touring Italy with the Hamilton College Choir, led by Professor G. Roberts Kolb, the Christian A. Johnson Excellence in Teaching Professor of Music. On the tour, 65 members of the four-part choir will be making stops to perform in Venice, Bologna, Florence, Perugia, and Rome. The tour runs from March 12 to March 24.