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Karen Sullam ’06 presented a poster at the 26th Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation in Crete, Greece from April 3-8. Sullam’s project, presented with co-author Melissa Hedges from Virginia Polytechnic Institute, was titled “Nesting Trends and Spacial Patterns of Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta caretta) on Bald Head Island, North Carolina.”

Ernest Williams, the Leonard C. Ferguson Professor of Biology, along with seven students, attended the 9th Northeast Natural History Conference held in Albany, NY on Thursday, April 20.

The College Democrat and College Republican clubs held a political debate on April 19 in the Chapel. The two groups, consisting of 3 students and 1 professor each, debated on issues including the exit strategy from Iraq, immigration reform, energy policy, lobbying reform and NSA wiretapping.

The Hamilton College film and lecture series, Forum for Images and Languages in Motion (F.I.L.M.), presents young Japanese independent film and video artist, Shiho Kano, on Sunday, April 23, at 2 p.m. in Hamilton College’s Kirner-Johnson Auditorium.  The event is free and open to the public.

William R. Kenan Professor of Government Cheng Li spoke about Chinese President Hu Jintao’s first visit to the United States and his upcoming summit with President George W. Bush, at the National Committee on United States-China Relations on April 17.   Li addressed the Asia Society, on April 19,  focusing on China’s internal politics. Both lectures took place in New York City. Li was also interviewed live on the BBC’s World News on April 19.

Author Da Chen presented the lecture "From Village China to Wall Street to Random House," on Wednesday, April 19 in the Science Center Auditorium. Chen, a graduate of Columbia University talked about his life experiences growing up during the Cultural Revolution, working on Wall Street and becoming a writer. He is the author of Colors of the Mountain, Wandering Warrior, Sounds of the River: A Young Man's University Days in Beijing, China's Son: Growing Up in the Cultural Revolution and Brothers: A Novel (forthcoming).

Hamilton College Jazz Archive Director Monk Rowe will lead a panel of jazz artists in a discussion on the thought process behind the solo flights of major voices in the jazz world in a discussion titled, “On Improvisation” Sunday, April 23, at 5 p.m. at Jazz Central 441 E. Washington St. Syracuse, N.Y. The event is free and open to the public.

Civil rights leader Bob Moses, a member of the Hamilton class of 1956, led a discussion on April 19 on social justice in American education. Moses, whose work has included the creation of The Algebra Project to improve quantitative literacy in disadvantaged schools, led students, faculty, staff, and community members in discussing educational inequality in America and how it can be addressed. The event was the first for the new Diversity and Social Justice Project at Hamilton.

Noelle Short '05, an outdoor writer for the Adirondack Daily Enterprise in Saranac Lake, returned to Hamilton to write an article about a forum held as part of the sophomore seminar “Forever Wild: The Cultural Histories of the Adirondack Park” this month. The forum, titled “Development and Preservation in the Adirondacks: The Tupper Lake Debate,” discussed the issues surrounding the proposed Adirondack Club and Resort at the former Big Tupper Ski Area. Panelists included Jim Frenette, Sr. of Tupper Lake, who has been the Intercounty Legislative Committee chairman, Adirondack Park Agency chairman and a Franklin County legislator; Jim Ellis of Tupper Lake, a community specialist for the Adirondack North Country Association and a member of the Tupper Lake Planning Board; and Peter Hornbeck, chairman of the Residents Committee for the Protection of the Adirondacks. Sarah Mortati '08 was quoted in the article. “It struck me to see that there are real emotions and real people who this project is going to affect directly,” she said.

A strong interest in integrating green design into its 200-year-old campus has led Hamilton College to incorporate environmental sensitivity and sustainable design in its renovation projects. As Earth Day approaches, Hamilton announces that Skenandoa House, an 84-year-old residence hall renovated in 2004, has been awarded a Silver LEED® (Leadership in Energy Conservation) Certification by the U.S. Green Building Council. This certification makes Skenandoa House the oldest building in New York State to be so designated.