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Ronald R. Pressman, a 1980 graduate of Hamilton College, has been named president and ceo of GE Asset Management, which manages $200 billion in assets. He succeeds John H. Myers, who is retiring after nearly 37 years with General Electric.

Professor of English Vincent Odamtten participated in a panel discussion at a symposium, "African/Diaspora Literature in the 21st Century" at Cornell University on May 8. The symposium was in honor of the retirement of Professor Anne Adams and sponsored by the Africana Studies and Research Center at Cornell. Odamtten's talk was titled "Beyond the Comfort Zone: Relations Between African Writers and Audience."

Irma M. and Robert D. Morris Professor of Economics Derek C. Jones delivered the keynote address titled "The performance of worker cooperatives: An assessment and some new evidence for Italy"at a research seminar hosted by the Ruralia Institute at the University of Helsinki on May 11. The seminar, "Cooperative Idea and Cooperative Entrepreneurship in Finland" focused on cooperation and social economy and their impact on the workplace.

Kyoko Omori, assistant professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures, published an English translation of a short story, "One Night With Mother" [Haha ichiya] by Mizukami Tsutomu in an anthology of Japanese literature, Japan: A Traveler's Literary Companion, edited by J. Thomas Rimer and Jeffrey Angles.

Associate Professor of Chinese and chair of the East Asian Languages and Literature department De Bao Xu organized the “4th International Conference and Workshops on Technology and Chinese Language Teaching in the 21st Century” (TCLT4) held at the University of Southern California, May 5-7.

The following students have been selected as oral communication lab (OCL) tutors for the 2006-2007 academic year: Megan Brousseau '08 (Biology), Julianne Jaquith '08 (World Politics), Jovan Livada '08 (Chemistry), Samantha Pitter '07 (Economics/Communication) and Ntokozo Xaba '08 (Public Policy).  They will join returning tutors Michael Blasie '07 (Communication), Scott Iseman '07, Danna Klein '07 (Public Policy), and Dillon Prime '07 (World Politics/Religious Studies).

Visiting Professor of Film History Scott MacDonald has published an article titled “Up Close and Political: Three Short Ruminations on Ideology in the Nature Film,” in the current issue of Film Quarterly.

Assistant Professor of English Katherine Terrell chaired a panel, "Theorizing the Borders: Literature, History and Identity Across the Anglo-Scottish Divide" at the 41st International Congress on Medieval Studies at Western Michigan University. The panel, which was sponsored by Medieval Scottish Studies, examined how real and imagined relationships between England and Scotland in the Middle Ages informed literary and historical writing and helped to shape conceptions of nation, culture and identity.

Barbara Tewksbury, the William R. Kenan Professor of Geosciences and 1973 graduate of St. Lawrence University, will receive an honorary degree at St. Lawrence University's Commencement on Sunday, May 21, at 10 a.m.

Associate Professor of Art History Steve Goldberg delivered a public lecture in January titled "Chinese Art in an Age of Mongolian Rule: The Yuan Dynasty (1279 – 1368)," at the Oglethorpe University Museum of Art, in Atlanta.