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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.

Associate Professor of Biology William Pfitsch and Leonard C. Ferguson Professor Ernest Williams of Biology have received a grant from The Nature Conservancy.  Pfitsch and Williams will continue work in their project "Rome Sand Plains lupine and frosted elfin management."

Assistant Professor of Physics Gordon Jones was awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation for a collaborative research project with professors from Tulane University, DePauw University and Indiana University. The grant will fund the development of an apparatus to measure the electron-anitneutrino correlation in free neutron beta decay.  According to the project summary, "this work will employ graduate and undergraduate students and postdocs who will learn techniques specific to neutron science as well as broader methodologies such as vacuum technology, instument design, particle detectors, data acquistion electronics and data analysis.  Neutron science is a growing field with broad impact on many areas of science and technology."

Assistant Professor of Government Yael Aronoff attended the International Society of Political Psychology annual meeting in Lund, Sweden, July 15-18. Aronoff chaired the roundtable discussions, "Eminent Scholar Panel Honoring Fred Greenstein" and "Academic Success: Mentorship and Personal Dimensions and Academic Success." She participated in the roundtable discussion "Building Networks for the Psychological Study of Leaders and Leadership."  Aronoff also attended the Association for Israel Studies annual meeting in Jerusalem, Israel, June 13-17. She presented a paper, "The Political Psychology of Israeli Leaders During the Oslo Period," and was the chair and discussant for another panel, "The Language of Conflict in the Middle East."