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Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack '72 was interviewed on NPR's Morning Edition on March 10 concerning proposed changes to farming. The former Iowa governor said farmers should see the Obama administration's new energy initiatives as opportunities to make new money, at a time when traditional farming policies run in the face of a soaring deficit. "Agriculture has to be open to change," Vilsack said. "…Climate change and energy provide that opportunity. "

In difficult times like these, we are fortunate to be graduates of Hamilton College. Our education provides a foundation of knowledge, personal values and sustaining friendships that endure. It was true when we were on the Hill. It is true today. Hamilton still fulfills the promise that students' dedication will be rewarded — their efforts will serve them well for a lifetime.  

Scott MacDonald, currently on leave teaching with the Visual and Environmental Studies Department at Harvard, was a keynote speaker at "Avant-Doc," a conference organized by the graduate students in cinema at the University of Iowa on March 6. MacDonald's talk, "When Worlds Collide," reviewed the history of the intersections between documentary filmmaking and avant-garde filmmaking.

Three Hamilton College track and field athletes will compete in the NCAA Division III men's and women's track and field championships at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology's Sports and Recreation Center in Terre Haute, Ind., on March 13 and 14.

The cost to attend Hamilton College next year will increase by the lowest percentage since 1967-68 when fees remained the same as the previous year. 

Associate Professor of Chemistry Myriam Cotten recently presented a research talk at the 53d annual Biophysical Society Meeting in Boston. Her talk titled "High-Resolution Structure of Piscidin in Aligned Lipid Bilayers: Implications for Antimicrobial Mode of Action" was part of a platform on membrane-active peptides.

Russell Marcus, the Chauncey Truax Post-Doctoral Fellow in philosophy, is the author of a short sketch of mathematician and philosopher David Hilbert's philosophical views in the March issue of The Reasoner. The publication is an interdisciplinary monthly digest highlighting research on reasoning, inference and method in philosophy, logic, artificial intelligence, statistics, cognitive science, law, psychology, mathematics and the sciences.

About 60 Hamilton students and staff members participated in the annual America's Greatest Heart Run and Walk on Saturday, March 7, at Utica College. These volunteers joined a group of some 8,500 people in walking and running between three and five miles. The annual event raises money and awareness for the American Heart Association and its fight against heart disease and stroke. Hamilton has fielded a team for many years. Hamilton team captains were Colleen Pellman, John O'Neal and Ernest Williams.

Anna Oldfield, Asian Studies Postdoctoral Fellow and visiting assistant professor of comparative literature, presented at the 11th annual Women's History Conference "Gender and Power in the Muslim World" at Sarah Lawrence College on March 6-7.

Three Hamilton College athletes competed in the Eastern College Athletic Conference Division III championships at Tufts University's Gantcher Center on March 6.