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Senior Associate Dean of Admission Mary Karen Vellines wrote an article titled “Both Sides of the Desk: Counseling Director Turned Admission Officer” for the spring 2007 issue of The Journal of College Admission. The article examines the positions of high school counselor and college admission officer and how they relate to each other. During her career, Vellines has held both positions. She also discusses the impact of the U.S. News rankings effect on the college admission process. The Journal of College Admission is the publication of the National Association for College Admission Counseling.

The Hamilton College Department of Theatre presents the second week of performances of "Stone Cold Dead Serious," a high-octane romp across the wastelands of American suburbia. Please note: This play contains explicit language and sexual content not suitable for children. Performances are Wednesday, April 18 - Saturday April 21, at 8 p.m. in the college's Minor Theatre. Tickets are $5 for general admission and $3 for senior citizens and students. To reserve tickets, call the box office at (315) 859-4057.

Richard Wasserstrom, professor emeritus of philosophy at University of California, Santa Cruz, and a member of the California State Bar, is the final speaker in the Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center 2006-2007 lecture series. Wasserstrom will speak on Monday, April 23, at 7:30 p.m. in the Fillius Events Barn. Titled “Inequality and Equity,” the series has focused on an examination of the causes and consequences of inequality both in the U.S. and at the global level, with an emphasis on policy aimed at achieving equitable outcomes.

On April 15 the Hamilton students currently participating in the college’s Washington D.C. program attended a small group lecture with Supreme Court Justice Ruth Ginsberg and students from Cornell and American University. The meeting took place in the Supreme Court’s Lawyers Lounge. Justice Ginsberg spoke for a short time about Belva Lockwood, one of her heroes. Lockwood became the first woman admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court in 1879. Ginsberg wrote a forward for the recently published book Belva Lockwood: The Woman Who Would be President by Jill Norgren.

Despite the weather, Accepted Student Open House will take place on Monday, April 16. If you plan to attend, however, please consult your local forecast and determine if the trip is feasible. First and foremost, we want you to be safe. If you decide not to attend the Open House, please email admission@hamilton.edu and we hope you will reschedule your campus visit sometime in April.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Government Peter Cannavo's forthcoming book The Working Landscape: Founding, Preservation, and the Politics of Place (MIT Press, 2007) was one of the featured titles in a "New Books in Environmental Political Theory" panel at the annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association. Cannavo presented the book, and it was reviewed - quite favorably - by the panel discussant. The meeting was held in March in Las Vegas.

Allison Demas, a candidate for May graduation from Hamilton College, has been awarded a Fulbright Grant to Senegal. She will spend the 2007-08 academic year at the Universite Cheikh Anta Diop in Dakar, Senegal, where she will research antimalarial treatments in the lab of Dr. Daouda Ndiaye. Malaria is a deadly infectious disease estimated to kill up to three million people annually, with 90 percent of malaria cases occurring in Africa.

Alexander Hamilton airs on American Experience, PBS,  on Monday, May 14, 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m CT. The show promises to "cover the full sweep of Hamilton's short life, one that had more than its share of heroism, scandal and tragedy.

Assistant Professor of Art Rebecca Murtaugh has an installation titled "Breathe" featured in the Brooklyn-based magazine Artworld Digest. The magazine's mission is to promote and publish new and emerging artists as well as connect them to a global community of environmentally concerned citizens. First published in March of 2006, Artworld Digest is currently distributed in 400 stores around the United States, including The New Museum, PS1, and selected Barnes & Nobles around the country.

Wei-Jen Chang, assistant professor of biology, published work in the open-access journal Biology Direct. His article, titled "Intron Evolution and Information processing in the DNA polymerase alpha gene in spirotrichous ciliates: A hypothesis for interconversion between DNA and RNA deletion," is co-authored by scholars from Sweden and from Princeton University. Two former Princeton undergraduate students were also involved in this project, which used computer programs to help analyze empirical data.