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Large group reservations (schools, groups of 20-40 people travelling together) for the Great Names lecture by President Bill Clinton on November 9 are full. No further group reservations will be taken; however, those interested may call (315)859-4579 and put their group's name on a waiting list. The lecture is free and open to the public and doors will open at 6 p.m. All members of the community are welcome to attend and sit in the general public seating area. If capacity is reached the lecture will be broadcast on closed-circuit TV at locations on campus.

Professor of English Edward Wheatley has been appointed a visiting scholar at Cornell University for 2004-05. He also presented a paper titled "Blindness, Sexuality, and the Queer Gaze in Le Garcon et l'Aveugle" at the International Medieval Congress in Leeds, England, in July.

Assistant Professor of Economics Steven Wu published the article "Portfolio Choice and Health Status," in Journal of Financial Economics, June 2004, pp. 457-484.

Professor of English Margaret Thickstun published an article, "Milton among Puritan Women: Affiliative Spirituality and the Conclusion of Paradise Lost" that appeared in Religion and Literature, 36.2 (Summer 2004).

Professor of Biology Sue Ann Miller presented research done with student collaborators in two reports to the Federation of American Societies of Experimental Biology (FASEB) in Washington, D.C., in April. She has also been appointed to the executive committee of the board of directors of Sigma Xi, the scientific research honor society.

Associate Professor of English Catherine Gunther Kodat is on a visiting research fellowship at the Rothermere American Institute at the University of Oxford, where she will be in residence through the end of the fall term. She has also been named a visiting senior member of Linacre College of the University of Oxford. Kodat also published a review/essay, "High Art in Low Times," in Boston Review (October/November 2004, pp. 37-39). It assesses two recent books on Cold War culture: David Caute's The Dancer Defects and Frances Stonor Saunders' The Cultural Cold War.    

Associate Professor of Art History Steve Goldberg delivered two lectures: "Visual Art and the Question of Authority in China" and "Courtier, Samurai, Priest, and Chönin: the Arts of Japan," at the Institute on Infusing East Asian Studies into theUndergraduate Curriculum, Asian Studies Development Program (ASDP), atthe East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawai’i, on July 27.

Philip Klinkner, the James S. Sherman Associate Professor of Government, was interviewed for The New York Times article, "A Big Increase of New Voters in Swing States."  According to the article, "Even before Election Day, the new voters may be having an impact on the campaign, because they may not be accurately reflected in the political polls."  Klinkner said, "The people who are new voters are disengaged; they're less likely to respond to a poll question."

The Honorable William Jefferson Clinton, the 42nd president of the United States, will give a free public lecture at Hamilton College on Tuesday evening, November 9 in the Margaret Bundy Scott Field House. The doors will open at 6 p.m. and tickets will not be required. As has been the custom in the past, schools and organizations with 20-40 people traveling together who wish to attend, should call (315) 859-4579, by October 15.

The Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Centerpresented the controversial Michael Moore documentary <em>Fahrenheit 9/11</em> to a packed KJ Auditorium on Sept. 23. Afterwards, most audience members stayed to listen to a panel discussion about the film and about the issues that it raises. The panel featured students Hilary King '05 and Joe Jansen '07, and professors Phil Klinkner of government and Peter Rabinowitz of comparative literature.