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William R. Kenan Professor of Government Cheng Li was quoted in an article in the January/February 2007 issue of Foreign Affairs magazine. The article, titled “The Faces of Chinese Power,” was written by David M. Lampton, dean of faculty and director of China studies at Johns Hopkins University. The article addresses the importance of assessing the growing power of China accurately.

Anthropology professor Douglas Raybeck was included in a segment on NPR’s Morning Edition on Thursday, Dec. 28. The piece was focused on New Year’s resolutions, and Raybeck reviewed the earliest reliable records of them. He discussed Romans vows that included resolutions similar to ours, to quit drinking and to “improve their bodies,” for example. He also related how they, too, may have been subject to failure in their efforts.

Four Hamilton students are recipients of grants from the Steven Daniel Smallen Memorial Fund. Recipients are Denroy Thomas Jr. '07, Miranda Raimondi '08, Laura Hartz '07 and Daniel Wittenberg '07. The Fund aims to encourage student creativity among Hamilton students by providing funds for projects displaying originality, expressiveness and imagination. David and Ann Smallen established the fund in 1993 in memory of their son, Steven. Smallen studied at Hamilton for a year while receiving treatment for leukemia, before losing his battle with cancer in 1992.

On Monday, Dec. 18, Iowa Governor and Hamilton alumnus Tom Vilsack became the first 2008 presidential hopeful to appear on The Daily Show with John Stewart.  Eric Kuhn '09 was the only reporter in the audience. He wrote about the program and a subsequent reporters' conference for the Huffington Post.

The Hamilton College Town-Gown Fund has announced seven grants totaling $35,000 to local educational, public safety and other community organizations in the Town of Kirkland.

Vinny Strully '69, and the New England Center for Children (NECC), where he is executive director, were featured in a segment on CBS Evening News with Katie Couric on Dec. 19. The New England Center for Children, in Southborough, Mass., is a private, nonprofit autism education center dedicated to bringing out human potential and creating productive lives for children with autism. The news clip is related to the bill to finance autism research (Combating Autism Act S. 843) that was signed by President George W. Bush. News reporter Sharyn Alfonsi visited NECC to look deeper into the school designed specifically to educate children diagnosed with autism.

Hamilton College has named Ghiané Jones, a senior from South Holland, Ill., as its first GOLD Scholar.

Vivyan Adair, the Elihu Root Peace Fund Associate Professor of Women's Studies, lectured in December at the University of Washington - Tacoma. Her lecture was in conjunction with an exhibit of "The Missing Story of Ourselves: Poverty and the Promise of Higher Education," an exhibit of 50 photos that examines the lives of poor students who are changing their lives through higher education.

The “Theory and Interpretation of Narrative” series, published by the Ohio State University Press and co-edited by Professor of Comparative Literature Peter J. Rabinowitz and James Phelan, has just announced its 23rd volume, Brian Richardson’s Unnatural Voices: Extreme Narration in Modern and Contemporary Fiction.

John Werner '92, executive director of Citizen Schools in Boston, was honored as one of the 2006 Ten Outstanding Young Leaders (TOYL) awardees by the Boston Jaycees. Citizen Schools is a leading national education initiative that uniquely mobilizes thousands of adult volunteers to help improve student achievement by teaching skill-building apprenticeships after-school.  TOYL honors 10 individuals between the ages of 21 and 40 for their exceptional professional and personal achievements coupled with their unwavering commitment to the Boston community. Nominations are solicited throughout Greater Boston and recipients are selected by a panel of distinguished independent judges, who are often past recipients of the TOYL award. Since 1952 the Jaycees have annually recognized young leaders representing a broad cross section of the Greater Boston community.  The awards were presented at a black-tie gala in September at the Colonnade Hotel in Boston. Tripp Jones '88 received the award in 1999.