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Cheng Li, the William R. Kenan Professor of Government and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, was interviewed this month by both the Associated Press and Reuters for news stories related to shifts in Chinese leadership and military spending.

Hamilton's efforts to establish more "green initiatives" on campus have been recognized by the Hudson Valley College Consortium, an intercollegiate association established to more fully engage its member institutions in the region’s environment. An article on the association's website, "Greening of a Historic Campus: Hamilton College's 'Green Team Approach,'" details Hamilton's greening efforts as described by Steve Bellona, associate vice president for facilities and planning, when he spoke at the Environmental Consortium's 4th annual conference.  The article highlight's Hamilton's new Science Center and its many green features. Bellona is quoted as saying that using the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards as a guide for new construction and renovation at Hamilton, "provides the rigor that creates the momentum for the project to succeed."

Vivyan Adair, the Elihu Root Peace Fund Associate Professor of Women's Studies, contibuted an op-ed to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (3/13/07) titled "Education Key to Getting Past Welfare." In it she wrote "As a former welfare recipient who escaped poverty through higher education (North Seattle Community College and the University of Washington) and as a researcher and educator, I argue that if the goal of welfare reform was to move poor single mothers toward self-sufficiency, the program has failed."

Hamilton’s Mock Trial Team is heading to the AMTA (American Mock Trial Association) national championships in Waukegan, Ill., the weekend of March 16-18, during Spring Break. The members of Hamilton’s qualifying team are Joshua Agins '07, Larry Allen '09, Michael Blasie '07, Scott Iseman '07, Wenxi Li '10, Stuart Lombardi '09, Alia Rehman '10 and Stacy Sadove '07.

Christopher Abram, a 2004 graduate of Hamilton College, is currently serving with the Peace Corps in South Africa. Working as an education resource volunteer, Abram, 25, hopes to put his degree in government, and previous community service experience, to good use. “Education is the foundation of society. It sounds cliché, but with education, everything really is possible,” he says.

The Office of the Dean of Faculty is pleased to announce the 2007 Emerson Summer Collaboration Grants winners. Twenty students and 20 faculty members will work together during the upcoming summer months on a variety of research projects. Emerson Grant winners include 10 juniors, six members of the class of 2009 and four current first-year students.

Hamilton's College Hill Singers will perform on Richmond, Va., TV station WTVR, CBS 6, on Wednesday, March 14, during its "Virginia This Morning" program which is broadcast from 10-11 a.m. The College Hill Singers were invited to perform while visiting Richmond during the annual Choir Tour, this year covering the Mid-Atlantic states. The Choir will perform on Tuesday, March 13 at 7 p.m. at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church.

Philip Klinkner, the James S. Sherman Associate Professor of Government and Associate Dean of Students, was interviewed for a live broadcast on WHRO's public radio show "HearSay" on March 5. The program, titled "From the headlines -- Field of Dreams?," addressed the diversity within the presidential field.

Vivyan Adair, the Elihu Root Peace Fund Associate Professor of Women's Studies, wrote the featured op-ed in the Syracuse Post-Standard (March 11, 2007). Adair's op-ed, "The Flaw in Welfare Reform," details the effects of welfare reform since Congress passed the 1996 Personal and Work Opportunity and Reconciliation Act.

Hamilton sophomores Dave Hamilton, Tom Irvin, Katherine Alser, Yuqi Mao and Victoria Jenkins are heading to Chicago to compete in the National College Curling Tournament from March 16-18.