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Richard Werner, the John Stewart Kennedy Professor of Philosophy, gave a paper, Pragmatism, Fallibilism, and War," at the University of Rochester on April 18. It was part of a symposium in honor of Professor Robert L. Holmes who is retiring from the University of Rochester Philosophy Department after 47 years. Professor Holmes is Werner's mentor.

Roger S. Gottlieb, professor of philosophy at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, will give a lecture titled "A Little Good News For a Change" on Wednesday, April 22, at 4:10 p.m. in the Kennedy Auditorium of the Science Center. It is free and open to the public.

Austin Briggs, the Hamilton B. Tompkins Professor of English Literature emeritus, has been elected to a term on the board of trustees of the International James Joyce Foundation. Located at the Ohio State University, it was created in 1967 at the first international James Joyce Symposium in Dublin.

Hamilton College dropped two non-conference games against host Union College at Alexander Field on April 21.

Rain has postponed the non-conference baseball game between Hamilton College and SUNY Oneonta scheduled for Tuesday, April 21, at DeLutis Field in Rome, N.Y.

Hamilton's crew team participated in the inaugural Houlihan Cup race on April 18, losing to St. Lawrence. The Houlihan Cup is in honor of Matthew Houlihan '03, a member of the crew team who died in 2000. 

Mike Kim, the author of Escaping North Korea: Defiance and Hope in the World's Most Repressive Country, will discuss North Korean human rights in a lecture at Hamilton on Tuesday, April 21, at 7:30 p.m. in the Chapel. Sponsored by the Asian Cultural Society, it is free and open to the public.

Skip Besthoff '92 presented the third talk in the ongoing "Investment & Finance Series" (IFS) promoted by alumni Brian Chiappinelli '92 and John Merrill '92. Besthoff came to Hamilton on April 15 and conducted two sessions with students. He met informally with a group of five students at the Career Center, and discussed his career path and their career interests in this challenging market.

Ethics, because of its objectivity, is an inherently murky subject. It is at times so theoretical and speculative that it can seem to be almost incompatible with economic theory, a very secular and pragmatic field of study. It is this relationship that Norman Bowie examined in his lecture at Hamilton on April 20, titled "Economics, Friend or Foe of Ethics?" Bowie, formerly a member of Hamilton's Philosophy Department in the 1970s, is the Elmer Anderson Chair in Corporate Responsibility and Strategic Management/Organization at the University of Minnesota.

Jinnie Garrett, professor of biology, participated in an international conference "Frontiers in Science Education Research" held in Famagusta, North Cyprus. She presented a paper "Ethical Imperative of Teaching ELSI (ethical, legal and social implication of science) to Bioscience Majors." The conference proceedings, edited by A. Bilsel and M. Garip, have been published by the Eastern Mediterranean University Press.