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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.

As part of Volunteer Weekend activities, over 60 alumni returned to the Hill for the Spring Alumni Council meeting that took place on April 8 and 9. The Alumni Council was joined by members of the Parents Advisory Council, former Trustees, Hamilton Today participants, and Reunion and Gift Planning Chairs. We enjoyed the best weather the Hill has seen so far this year!

Winslow Professor of Chemistry George Shields has received a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support his research with students at Hamilton College. The proposal, entitled "RUI: Calculating Acid Dissociation Constants in Aqueous Solution," brings $210,000 over the next three years to Winslow Professor of Chemistry George Shields has received a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support his research with Hamilton students. The proposal, titled "RUI: Calculating Acid Dissociation Constants in Aqueous Solution," brings $210,000 over the next three years to support research aimed at the accurate prediction of the protonation states of small peptides. Protonation refers to the addition or subtraction of a hydrogen ion to a molecule, and the extent of protonation determines the overall charge of a molecule.  Small peptides are biological molecules that are an essential class of drugs that are being developed by pharmaceutical companies. Accurate calculation of protonation states of small peptides is essential for drug design, as the charge state of peptides affects their binding properties to protein targets.

Seven Hamilton College seniors and one alumna were awarded Fulbright Scholarships to pursue research projects and to teach English next year.  The purpose of the Fulbright Program is to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and other countries through the exchange of persons, knowledge and skills. It is designed to give recent college graduates opportunities for personal development and international experience.

Indo-Caribbean Artist Lucilda Dassardo-Cooper presented "Hybrid Identities, Multiple Subjectivities: Indo-Caribbean Art" on April 15 in the Red Pit.

Anand Pandian, visiting assistant professor of history and anthropology, published an article, "Securing the Rural Citizen: The Anti-Kallar Movement of 1896," in The Indian Economic and Social History Review 42 (January-March 2005): 1-40. The article examines intersections between official racial sociology and popular peasant politics in colonial south India, focusing on a violent movement to drive members of a single caste out of hundreds of villages in the erstwhile Madras Presidency.

Prize-winning historian and journalist Rick Perlstein will deliver a talk titled "Hell in the City of Angels: The Watts Riot of August, 1965, and the End of the Liberal Consensus," at 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday, April 26 in the Red Pit in the Kirner-Johnson building at Hamilton College. His talk, sponsored by the department of history and the American Studies program, is free and open to the public.

Cheng Li, the William R. Kenan Professor of Government, was interviewed by the BBC Newshour Weekend radio program on April 16. Li discussed the role of the Internet in China and how it has been used to spread news about the recent anti-Japan demonstrations in the country.

Indo-Caribbean Artist Lucilda Dassardo-Cooper presents "Hybrid Identities, Multiple Subjectivities: Indo-Caribbean Art" Fri., April 15, at 4:30 p.m. in the Red Pit. Dassardo-Cooper will focus her discussion on the expression of racial, sexual and gendered identity through painting. The lecture, sponsored by The Jane Watson Irwin Endowment, is free and open to the public.

Dinesh D'Souza, Robert and Karen Rishwain Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, will speak on Wednesday, April 20, at 8 p.m. in the Hamilton Chapel. His topic is titled "What's so great about America." This event is free and open to the public.