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Kirk Pillow, associate dean of the faculty and associate professor of philosophy, presented an invited paper at Williams College in Massachusetts on April 22. Titled "Understanding Aestheticized," the paper attempts to turn 18th-century German philosopher Immanuel Kant into a late 20th-century neo-Pragmatist.

The Hamilton College Choir and Community Oratorio Society presents Verdi's Requiem on Tuesday, April 26 at 8 p.m. in Wellin Hall. Admission is free for Hamilton students, $4 general admission.

Hamilton sophomore Meghan Stringer (Manlius, N.Y.) is attending the ATHGO International spring 2005 symposium, April 26-28, at the United Nations in New York. The three-day event will discuss the importance of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and reveal implementation strategies designed by 400 students and entry-level public servants.

Assistant Professor of Psychology Jennifer Borton published an article in the Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology (March 2005) that she wrote with two former Hamilton students. The title is "Effects of suppressing negative self-referent thoughts on mood and self-esteem." The co-authors are Lee J. Markowitz '01 and John Dieterich '00.

Dinesh D'Souza, the Robert and Karen Rishwain Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, presented one of the final lectures in the 2004-2005 Levitt Center Lecture series at Hamilton on April 20. D'Souza discussed many of the ideas included in his most recent book, New York Times bestseller, What's So Great About America?

Eric Gansworth, professor of English and Lowery Writer-in-Residence at Canisius College, will be the final guest in the Haudenosaunee Speakers Series on Monday, April 25, at 4:30 p.m. in Kirner-Johnson's Red Pit. His lecture, sponsored by the Departments of Comparative Literature, Creative Writing, English and Religious Studies, is free and open to the public.

New York State Comptroller Alan G. Hevesi is the last speaker in the Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center series on the U.S. budget. Hevesi will speak on Wednesday, April 27 at 7:30 p.m. in the Fillius Events Barn on the Hamilton College campus. His remarks will focus on the New York state budget. The event is free and open to the public.

NASA astronaut and geologist James Reilly will discuss the history and the future of exploration of the planet Mars in a presentation at Hamilton College on Sunday, May 1, at 7:30 p.m. in the Chapel. The lecture, which will be aimed at both the college community and the general public, is free.

The Hamilton College Senior Art Show, a final presentation of the work of 18 graduating fine arts majors, will open in the Emerson Gallery on Friday, April 22. The exhibition includes paintings, sculpture, photography, video, and ceramics. The show will close on Sunday, May 22. A reception will be held on Friday, April 22, from 4 to 6 p.m. in the gallery. A graduation reception will also be held on Saturday, May 21, from 12 to 2 p.m. The exhibition and the receptions are free and open to the public.

Neal Keating, visiting assistant professor of religious studies, presented a paper titled "Spirit and Information in Contemporary Haudenosaunee Art" last week at the Society for the Anthropology of Consciousness Conference in Amherst, Mass. In his presentation, Keating explored an alternative vertical passage for the transmission of cultural information among the Haudenosaunee people that may help explain how and why cultural recovery is possible after multiple interruptions of transmissions of cultural information by more traditional pathways. The Haudenosaunee are comprised of the Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk and Tuscarora Nations. Keating discussed several contemporary works by Haudenosaunee artists in his paper.