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Mike Barlow '75 is the author of Partnering With the CIO: The Future of IT Sales Seen Through the Eyes of Key Decision Makers (John Wiley & Sons, 2007). His co-author is Michael Minelli. According to a review CIOs (Central Investment Officers – the executives who make and influence major IT processing decisions) spend more than $1.2 trillion on software and hardware each year. Partnering with the CIO looks at the InfoTech sales process from the CIO's perspective. Barlow '75  is an award-winning journalist, seasoned media professional and management consultant. He graduated from Hamilton College with a degree in English Literature. 

Associate Professor of Theatre Mark Cryer performed his one-man show, 99 Questions You've Always Wanted to Ask an African American But Were Too Afraid to Ask, at Emerson College in Boston on Oct. 17.  Cryer created the play with a student, Jared Johnson '02, who conducted interviews of people in New York City to arrive at the questions.

Christopher Hill, visiting instructor of history, presented a paper "Just What Do You Mean by 'Freedom?'" at the 2007 Southeast World History Association Conference held Oct. 12-14 in Savannah, Ga. His paper explored the idea of finding parallels of western liberalism in pre-modern, non-western cultures. Hill also chaired a panel on the nature of Diaspora at the conference.

Cheng Li, the William R. Kenan Professor of Government, has published an article titled "China's Most Powerful 'Princelings': How Many Will Enter the New Politburo" in the Oct. 17 issue of China Brief, a bi-weekly source of information and analysis covering Greater China published by The Jamestown Foundation.

Robert Martin, associate professor of government, presented a paper "The 'Saucy Sons of Enquiry:' Thomas Cooper and Democratic Dissent" at the 2007 meeting of the Association for Political Theory. The paper explores the early, radically democratic theory of the British expatriate scholar Thomas Cooper (1759-1839). Martin also served on the conference program committee and was a member of the APT's founding committee.

Professor of Chinese Hong Gang Jin gave a lecture at Cornell University's Language Resource Center on Tuesday, Oct. 16. Her topic, "Integrating Task-based Instruction into Foreign Language Curriculum: A Working Model for Syllabus Design", focused on guiding principles and challenges with regard to implementing a task-based curriculum.

Frank Anechiarico, Maynard Knox Professor of Government and Law, participated in a conference on "Law and the War on Terror" at West Point from Sept. 25 – 27. Anechiarico lead a panel on "Presidential Power and the Constitution in the War on Terror." The conference was attended by military lawyers, representatives of other government agencies and the media. Anechiarico is a director of the Center for the Study of the Law of War at the United States Military Academy, which sponsored the conference.

Hamilton College will host its 6th annual Relay For Life to benefit the American Cancer Society from Friday, Oct. 19, through Saturday, Oct. 20, in the Margaret Bundy Scott Field House. The relay begins at 7 p.m. and continues through 7 a.m. on Saturday. To date 183 students and 31 groups are registered. The women's soccer team is currently in the fundraising lead with $3,120 pledged. Last year's relay raised more than $20,000 for the American Cancer Society. Students can still register for the event online.

The Charlean and Wayland Blood Fitness and Dance Center has received four design and construction awards since its dedication in 2006. The building was awarded the Society of American Registered Architects (SARA) - New York Council Award of Excellence earlier in the year. It was one of only three athletic buildings included in The Chronicle of Higher Education "Campus Architecture" special section in February. In September, it was recognized with the New York Construction's Best of New York 2007 "Best Sports Facility" and also the "Award of Merit" in the restoration category.

Professor of Classics Barbara Gold attended the Oct. 4-7 centennial meeting of the Classical Association of the Atlantic States, of which she is a past president. She organized and presided over a panel, "The Past as Prologue: The Role of Classics in a Liberal Education," which included two college presidents, one former college president, two college provosts, three former associate deans of faculty and the president of the Teagle Foundation -- all of whom are classicists. She also gave remarks at a panel on "A Century of Developments in Classical Scholarship and Pedagogy" on the journal of which she is the editor, the American Journal of Philology, now in its 128th year.