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Frank Anechiarico, Maynard-Knox Professor of Government and Law, chaired a panel on "The Next Generation of Corruption Control: Problems and Prospects" at the Midwest Political Science Association conference held in Chicago from April 16-18.

Professor of Art Steve Goldberg delivered a lecture titled "Double Voicing and Sovereignty in Contemporary Chinese Visual Culture" on the panel, "Bakhtin: Philosophical Worlds," at the Fourteenth Annual Conference of Philosophy, Interpretation and Culture, held at the State University of New York at Binghamton on April 17. as Chair and presented a paper, titled "Teaching Confucius through the Visual Arts," on the panel, "Using Asian Art to Study Asian Cultures," at the Twelfth Annual ASIANewtwork Conference, in Lisle, Illinois, on April 3. 

Delaware Congressman Mike Castle, a 1961 graduate of Hamilton College, will deliver the college's commencement address on Sunday, May 23, at 10:30 a.m. Hamilton's commencement ceremony will take place on the Main Quadrangle, or in the event of inclement weather, in the Margaret Bundy Scott Field House.

Vivyan Adair, the Elihu Root Peace Fund Assistant Professor of Women's Studies, spoke at a Brown Bag Lunch sponsored by the Hamilton Action Volunteer Outreach Coalition (HAVOC) on the topic of "Women in Service" on April 14. Adair discussed her theories on the preponderance of women in volunteer, service, and altruistic roles, and what this means from a critical feminist theory standpoint. Students, faculty and staff also contributed their observations and analysis to the discussion.

John W. Berry, professor emeritus in the department of psychology at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, discussed his research concerning the social, psychological and academic adaptation of immigrants in a new culture.  He spoke at Hamilton on April 14.

The Hamilton College Senior Art Show, a final presentation of the work of 21 graduating fine arts majors, is open in the Emerson Gallery through Sunday, May 23. The exhibition includes paintings, sculpture, photography, video, and mixed media works.

Henry Platt Bristol Professor of International Affairs Alan Cafruny gave the Michael Dukakis Lecture at the American College of Thessaloniki (ACT) in Greece on Monday, April 19. His presentation was titled "U.S. Foreign Policy: From Kosovo to Iraq and Beyond."

Monk Rowe, Joe Williams Director of the Jazz Archive, contributed to a National Public Radio program, "Riverwalk," which aired the week of April 15. The show celebrated what would have been the 100th birthday of jazz legend Count Basie and is available on the Web www.riverwalk.org.

Assistant Professor of History Lisa Trivedi is one of six faculty to have been awarded a Fulbright Senior research Fellowship to India for 2004-2005.  Trivedi will conduct nine months of research in Bombay, Ahmedabad and New Delhi for her project "Bound By Cloth: women textile workers in Bombay and Lancashire, 1860-1940."  The Fulbright Scholar Program sends 800 U.S. faculty and professionals abroad to 140 countries each year. Grantees lecture and conduct research in a wide variety of academic and professional fields.

Five leaders of organizations which deal with the governance of the Adirondack Park came together to speak about the Park's future in a panel discussion on April 13. The panel members were Ross Whaley, Chair of the Adirondack Park Agency, John Sheehan of the Adirondack Council, Peter Litchfield of the Blue Line Council, Virginia Brandreth of the Adirondack Landowners Association, and J.R. Risley, Supervisor of the Town of Inlet and member of the Adirondack Association of Towns and Villages. The panel discussion was sponsored by Sophomore Seminar 220 and the Levitt Center.