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Assistant Professor of Women's Studies Anne E. Lacsamana has been awarded a $30,000 American Association of University Women (AAUW) Postdoctoral Research Fellowship based on her book project Revolutionizing Feminism: The Philippine Women's Movement in the Age of Terror. According to the AAUW, the selected fellows are a group of "exceptional women whose work promises to enhance such diverse disciplines as biology, philosophy, and anthropology."

Survivors of the genocide in Western Sudan's Darfur region will come to Hamilton as part of a national speaking tour called "Voices from Darfur" on Wednesday, April 23, at 7 p.m. in the College Chapel. It is free and open to the public.

Helen Epstein, an independent consultant and writer specializing in public health in developing countries, will give a lecture titled "The Invisible Cure, the West and the Fight against AIDS," on Monday, April 21, at 7:30 p.m. in the Science Center's Kennedy Auditorium at Hamilton. 

Associate Professor of History Lisa Trivedi traveled to San Antonio, Texas, in March to attend the annual meeting of ASIANetwork, an organization of 170 liberal arts colleges with Asian Studies Programs. Trivedi is currently serving as a member of the executive board of the organization for a period of three years. She has just begun a term as the chair of the Membership Committee which is responsible both for retaining members and identifying new members. This summer Trivedi will also contribute to the organization as a writer of grants, including one ASIANetwork plans to make to the Mellon Foundation.

John McEnroe, the John and Anne Fischer Professor of Fine Arts, was recently appointed senior associate member of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. This summer in Athens he will launch a new research project investigating architecture and social identity in Crete from the Classical period through Early Byzantine. Founded in 1881, the American School of Classical Studies at Athens is the major research center for American scholars in Greece, and a forum for international collaboration.

A group of five students and four faculty members from the Chemistry Department traveled to New Orleans for the 235th American Chemical Society National Meeting, April 6-10. They delivered 11 talks and posters that focused on research in chemistry, pedagogical innovation and faculty development. Student presenters were Amy Barrows '08, Brandon Clair '08, Katie Donahue '08, Elizabeth Faroh and Kaitlin Johnson '08. Chemistry faculty making the trip were Karen Brewer, Nicole Snyder, Valentin Sukharev and Tim Elgren.

Associate Professor of Art History Stephen Goldberg was a speaker at Asian Art Study Day in Colgate University's Picker Art Gallery with Colgate professors Padma Kaimal and Robert Hung-Ngai Ho on Saturday, April 12.

Haeng-ja Chung, assistant professor of anthropology, presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Asian Studies, held in Atlanta on April 3-6. She delivered a paper titled "Neoliberalism and its Economic Impact in Japan: Mizushóbai and Fúzoku Industries." She discussed how the adult entertainment industry was transforming along with the larger economic restructuring in Japan where neoliberalism became pervasive. Chung argued that the adult entertainment industry was expanding and estimated to have 42 billion dollars' impact per year on the Japanese economy.

Assistant Professor of Art Rebecca Murtaugh will exhibit sculpture in her solo exhibition "The Sweetest Battle" at The Red House in Syracuse.  A reception will be held on Thursday, April 17, from 5 - 8 p.m. and Murtaugh will give an artist talk at 7 p.m. in the gallery. This exhibition explores the sport of boxing as a metaphor for the act of interpreting art. Notions of temptation and desire are elicited by colorful candy like sculptures that challenge the viewer to imagine the potential of our senses. 

Claire Goldstein '94 and an alumna of the Hamilton College Junior Year in France, will give a lecture titled "Eclipsed by the Sun King: Vaux, Versailles and the Creation of Classical France" on Thursday, April 17, at 4:10 p.m. in the Science Center, room G041.