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The new international terminal at Boston's Logan Airport will be the temporary home of several Josh Simpson pieces of glasswork for the next six months. Simpson, a 1972 graduate of Hamilton, is a contemporary glass artist. The Society of Arts and Crafts will display one of Josh’s largest Megaworlds along with a New Mexico Super Platter and Megavase at Logan Airport. Collections of Simpson's work are on display at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston; Corning Museum of Glass; White House Collection of American Crafts; Renwick Gallery, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, in Washington, D.C.  

Rear Admiral Richard J. Wallace, a 1975 graduate of Hamilton, has assumed command of the Naval Reserve Air Systems Program. As director of the reserve component of the Naval Air Systems Command, Wallace also serves as the deputy assistant commander, Naval Air Systems Command. He served as Assistant Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Full Spectrum Dominance, and is presently chief scientist for the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, Charleston, S.C.

Associate Professor of Chemistry Tim Elgren, who is president of the national Council on Undergraduate Research, was interviewed about the topic in the San Diego Union-Tribune (8/9/04). "It's been exported out of the sciences, and faculty in all areas are considering parts of research accessible to undergraduates," said Elgren.

A Hamilton College student, alumnus and professor are among the cast starring in a Stage Two production of My Fair Lady, at the MVCC auditorium, Aug. 11-15 (Wed. thru Sat.) at 8 p.m. Sarah Ziegler '05 will play the role of Eliza Doolittle in the Wednesday and Friday shows; Professor of Music G. Roberts Kolb plays Henry Higgins, and David Kolb '02 takes on the role of Freddy Einsford-Hill. Tickets are $13 ($11 seniors) and are available at the door or in advance at the Stanley Theatre box office.  

Professor of Religious Studies Heidi Ravven was elected recently to the governing board of the North American Spinoza Society. She also gave an invited paper on "Spinoza's Systems Theory of Ethics" at the 16th International Conference on Systems Research, Informatics and Cybernetics of The International Institute for Advanced Studies in Systems Research & Cybernetics in Baden-Baden, Germany. 

Ron Chernow, award-winning biographer, will give the Victor Johnson Lecture at Hamilton College on Thursday, Sept. 30. Chernow will present his lecture, "Alexander Hamilton: The Man Who Imagined America," in the Hamilton College Chapel at 4:15 p.m.

Susan Frisch, a 1998 Hamilton College graduate, has been selected to receive Cal State Fullerton University’s 2004 Giles T. Brown Outstanding Thesis Award. Her master’s thesis was on the potential introduction of “killer algae” into Southern California waters has been used to inform and influence public policy. A biology major at Hamilton, Frisch earned her master’s degree in biology in 2003. The award is named for an emeritus professor of history and carries a $1,000 cash prize.  

Phil Klinkner, the James S. Sherman Associate Professor of Government, was interviewed for an article in BusinessWeek, "Kerry's Baby Bounce" (8/6/04). BusinessWeek interviewed four political science professors from four areas of the U.S. to get a non-partisan perspective on John Kerry's post-Democratic convention bounce in the polls. Klinkner said after the upcoming Republican convention "they will be chattering about how much bounce Bush got. But it's all really meaningless. There's no relation between bounce and election outcome, so it's purely horse-race coverage."

Although summer is a great time to catch up on that "must-read" book list, most Americans aren't reading books. A recently released study by the National Endowment for the Arts found that less than half of the adult population now reads literature.  The Hamilton community, as one might expect, is bucking the trend. ATH asked a few employees to share what they are delving into this summer.

Pig Brooch, Inc. is an emergent New York City theatre company composed entirely of former Hamilton College students (Aurelia Fisher '03, Aaron Wilton '03, and Justin Tyler '01). Their first show, Happy Mundanes, will be part of the New York International Fringe Festival this year, August 13-29.  The inspiration for Happy Mundanes came from a year of travel and study on a Bristol Fellowship from Hamilton College.