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Skip Besthoff '92 presented the third talk in the ongoing "Investment & Finance Series" (IFS) promoted by alumni Brian Chiappinelli '92 and John Merrill '92. Besthoff came to Hamilton on April 15 and conducted two sessions with students. He met informally with a group of five students at the Career Center, and discussed his career path and their career interests in this challenging market.

Ethics, because of its objectivity, is an inherently murky subject. It is at times so theoretical and speculative that it can seem to be almost incompatible with economic theory, a very secular and pragmatic field of study. It is this relationship that Norman Bowie examined in his lecture at Hamilton on April 20, titled "Economics, Friend or Foe of Ethics?" Bowie, formerly a member of Hamilton's Philosophy Department in the 1970s, is the Elmer Anderson Chair in Corporate Responsibility and Strategic Management/Organization at the University of Minnesota.

Jinnie Garrett, professor of biology, participated in an international conference "Frontiers in Science Education Research" held in Famagusta, North Cyprus. She presented a paper "Ethical Imperative of Teaching ELSI (ethical, legal and social implication of science) to Bioscience Majors." The conference proceedings, edited by A. Bilsel and M. Garip, have been published by the Eastern Mediterranean University Press.

Mike Kim, the author of Escaping North Korea: Defiance and Hope in the World's Most Repressive Country, will discuss North Korean human rights in a lecture at Hamilton on Tuesday, April 21, at 7:30 p.m. in the Chapel. Sponsored by the Asian Cultural Society, it is free and open to the public.

An Associated Press article that focused on a Buddhist retreat center in Texas quoted Richard Seager, the Bates and Benjamin Professor of Classical and Religious Studies. "This tension between old and new is not unique to Buddhism," said Seager, author of Buddhism in America. "My sense is that the need to reinterpret for and in the West is seen increasingly to be the wise option," Seager said in Miller Puts His Twist On Buddhism.

Hamilton College finished in fifth place out of a talented six-team field at the University of Rochester's Fred B. Kravetz golf invitational, which was held on April 17 and 18.

The Hamilton College women's soccer program is scheduled to host a day clinic for girls ages 15 to 18 on Sunday, April 26, and Sunday, May 3.

Professor of Chinese De Bao Xu was invited to give a three-hour workshop on CALL Practice and Incorporating Technology into Day-to-Day Instruction at the Center for Advancement of Chinese Language Education and Research (CACLER), Faculty of Education, the University of Hong Kong on April 17.

Phillip Milner '10 has been named a Barry M. Goldwater Scholar for the 2009-10 academic year. Milner is among 278 scholars from across the U.S. to receive the Goldwater, the premier national undergraduate award in the fields of mathematics, the natural sciences and engineering.

Nearing the end of a semester studying the American presidency, students in the Program in Washington went right to the source on April 18 with a visit to Mount Vernon, the home of President George Washington.