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The Emerson Gallery will jointly host a sculpture symposium with Colgate University titled “Public Art on Campus: A Sculpture Symposium at Colgate University and Hamilton College” on Sept. 8 and 9. The goal of this public symposium is to discuss the role and responsibility of public art in the physical, social and pedagogic space of the college campus. Speakers from across the country will participate in this free two-day event.

Minxin Pei, senior associate and director of the China program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and James Sasser, former U.S. ambassador to China, will present a panel discussion titled “Debating China’s Future: Two Contrasting Perspectives” on Monday, Sept. 11, at 8 p.m. in the Science Center Auditorium (G027). This discussion of the ongoing transformation in China and its implications to the United States is hosted by the Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center. It is funded by the Edwin Lee Fund and is free and open to the public.

Hamilton’s Diversity and Social Justice Project began its 2006-2007 series on “Activism in Academia” on Aug. 30 with a panel of Hamilton professors discussing their perspectives on the issue. The panel featured Vivyan Adair of women’s studies, Doug Ambrose of history, Penny Yee of psychology, and Tiffany Patterson of Africana studies. The professors each shared their opinions on the place of activism and politics in the college classroom.

Laura Hartz ’07 (Keene, N.H.) doesn’t like the term “foodie” but she admits that she probably is one. Last February, Hartz took the next step by applying for an Emerson grant, which she subsequently received, to explore the local food culture and agricultural community of Ithaca, N.Y., and the Finger Lakes region.

Hamilton has had a number of fellowship or research students abroad this summer, in locations from Japan to Iceland. Riada Asimovic ’07 (Sarajevo, Bosnia/Hercegovina) is one of these globetrotting researchers. Funded by a Levitt Fellowship, Asimovic spent her summer in the Balkans working on a study titled, “The Future Status of Kosovo: Will the International Community be able to find a Consensus between Albanian Aspirations for Independent and Serbian Determination to Guard Kosovo and its Sovereignty?”

As classes and activities gear up on the Hill in Clinton, the fall 2006 semester of the Hamilton in New York City program has also kicked off. Dan Chambliss, the Eugene M. Tobin Distinguished Professor of Sociology, is director of the fall program, whose theme is "Health and Health Care in a Global Society." Dr. Susan Morgan will teach a class on global epidemics, and Professor Chambliss will teach the sociology of health care.

Joseph Urgo, Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty at Hamilton College, announced the appointment of new faculty for the 2006-2007 academic year, including seven tenure-track appointments, 21 visiting professors, andeight lecturers, teaching fellows and instructors.

Four members of the Hamilton College faculty have been promoted to the rank of professor. Associate Professor of Chemistry Timothy Elgren, Associate Professor of French Martine Guyot-Bender, Associate Professor of Religious Studies Richard Seager and Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures De Bao Xu were promoted, effective July 1.

Hamilton College opened its 195th year with the traditional convocation ceremony on Sunday, Aug. 27, in Wellin Hall. Members of the administration welcomed students and new faculty, and student prizes were awarded.

While most people worried about their gas consumption this summer, David Sands ’07 (Bozeman, Mont.) was far more interested in who made the car than how much gas it required. The rising senior had a Levitt Fellowship to investigate the economic differences between China and the U.S. by examining the importation of Chinese cars to America. Advised by the William R. Kenan Professor of Government Cheng Li, Sands worked on a project titled, “Are the Chinese Coming? An Assessment of China’s Attempt to Enter the U.S. Auto Market.”