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Assistant Professor of Spanish Cecilia Hwangpo was awarded the Class of 1966 Career Development Award. Hwangpo hopes to create a new interdisciplinary course at Hamilton "based on the historical events and the political economy of corruption and globalization using non-fictional literary texts and 'live' materials such as newspaper articles and TV reports."

Professor of Government Stephen Orvis has been awarded the Class of 1963 Faculty Fellowship. Orvis received the award for a project to develop a new course at Hamilton titled "Democracy and Diversity."Orvis hopes to teach the course as a sophomore seminar or as a 300-level writing intensive government class.

Associate Professor of Mathematics Sally Cockburn has been awarded the Class of 1963 Faculty Fellowship. Cockburn received the award for her proposal to develop a new senior mathematics seminar, “Philosophical Foundations of Mathematics.”

Dear Alumni, Parents and Friends, As you may be aware, it has been a difficult time on College Hill because of a controversy surrounding Susan Rosenberg, who was scheduled to teach a half-credit course this spring. Last week, she withdrew from the appointment, citing the best interests of all parties concerned, but the events leading to that resolution have brought considerable attention to the College. Let me provide some background and information about the process and the debate that has taken place.

Cheng Li, the William R. Kenan Professor of Government, was interviewed by BBC World Service on Dec. 16. Li discussed the leadership change in China's provinces and the growing power of Hu Jintao.

Students in the first-year proseminar College 130 (Coming of Age In America: Narratives of Difference) presented their final group projects at a luncheon on December 10. Their assignment was to design a plan for activism to address a problem they saw with American society. Groups created activism plans to address on-campus issues such as homophobia, hate crimes, race relations, and class issues, as well as plans to address larger issues such as education inequalities in New York State public schools and the welfare system.  

Matt Romaniello, visiting assistant professor of history, participated in the roundtable discussion "Perceptions of Frontiers and Borders in Muscovy" at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies,  in Boston, Mass., on Dec. 10. Romaniello will spend two weeks conducting research at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. on his research project, "The Incorporation of the Russian Frontier, 1552-1682."

Cheng Li, the William R. Kenan Professor of Government, was interviewed by BBC World Service on Dec 15. Li discussed China's military modernization, Sino-EU relations and their implication to the Asia-Pacific region.

Associate Dean of the Faculty and Associate Professor of Philosophy Kirk Pillow recently presented an invited paper at a conference on the Histories of the Sublime in Brussels, Belgium. The conference, organized by the University of Ghent, featured 12 scholars of the sublime from Europe and the United States. Pillow's paper, "Hegel's Sublimated Sublime," will be published in the Proceedings of the Belgian Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Ann Frechette, the Luce Junior Professor of Asian Studies in the Hamilton anthropology department, gave a lecture titled "Saving Chinese Girls: International Adoption, Charitable Assistance, and the Economics of China's Orphanages" as part of the Hamilton Asia Forum series on December 10. Frechette discussed how the Chinese international adoption process is viewed both inside and outside China, and how this transnational family creation is related to a Western narrative of "saving" Chinese children.