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The Levitt Center for Public Affairs presents Alex Kotlowitz's lecture "The Things They Carry: Growing Up Poor In The World’s Richest Nation" on Wednesday, Feb. 25 at 7:30 p.m. in the Science Auditorium. Kotlowitz is a journalist, visiting professor at Northwestern University, and author of two well-known books that have become public commentaries on public housing projects and community environments as factors in race relations, developmental trajectories for children, and in degrees of support for families.

Charles Driscoll, professor of environmental systems engineering at Syracuse University, presents "Acid Rain and the Adirondacks: Diagnosis and Prognosis," Tuesday, Feb. 24, at 7:30 p.m. in K-J Red Pit.  The talk is in conjugation with the sophomore seminar Forever Wild: The Cultural and Natural Histories of the Adirondack Park and sponsored by the Dean of the Faculty's Office.

Hamilton College and the Utica Municipal Housing Authority are sponsoring a lecture by awarding winning author and journalist Alex Kotlowitz who will address transforming public housing. The talk will be held on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2004 at 9 a.m. at the Utica Public Library, 303 Genesee Street, 2nd Floor, Music Room.  The lecture is free and open to the public.

International Peacekeeper Irene Kindy will speak about her experiences in the Opon River Valley in Colombia. Kindy will answer the question, "How is our domestic security connected to those who fear for the their lives every day in Colombia?" Sunday, Feb. 22 at 6:15 p.m. in Cafe Opus.  The event is sponsored by the Dean of Faculty's Office, government department, Kirkland Project for the Study of Gender, Society and Culture, and the Womyn's Center.

The lecture scheduled today, Friday, Feb. 20, on "Soul Food"  has been postponed. Please watch for notification when it is re-scheduled.

Michael "Doc" Woods, associate professor of music, was quoted in the Albany Times Union article, "Freedom songs Albany Symphony commission sends seven composers on a spiritual quest."  Woods, who was commissioned to write a musical update of the spiritual "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, said, "(Spirituals) are a matter of great historical importance and (represent) the thirst for freedom that anyone would have.  I'm delighted, as a person of color, to represent something beyond bump and grind and sex." Today's pop, he adds, "is not the only depiction of African-American music and not a true depiction of our skills or the subject matters we choose."

Award-winning filmmakers Ayoka Chenzira and Aishah Shahidah Simmons will present their films and discuss their careers as pioneering activists, filmmakers, producers, and writers at "In Focus and Outspoken:  Women Filmmaker Colloquium" on Wednesday, Feb. 25, at 5:30 p.m. in Kirner-Johnson 109 at Hamilton College.  This event is free and open to the public.

Medea Benjamin, founder of the international human rights organization Global Exchange and co-founder of the peace and social justice organization Code Pink: Women for Peace, will present a lecture, "Globalization, What it is, What's Wrong With it, and What Can be Done to Fix it," on Tuesday, Feb. 24, at 7:30 p.m. in the Hamilton College Chapel.

Government Professors Richard Skinner, Alan Cafruny and Peter Cannavo participated in a brown bag lunch sponsored by the Hamilton College Democrats on Feb. 17. As that day’s Wisconsin primary continued to solidify Massachusetts Senator John Kerry’s status as the Democratic nominee to challenge President Bush, the professors discussed the issues surrounding the upcoming election with Hamilton students and staff members.

Author Dayton Duncan will present "How Lewis and Clark Wrote Their Way Across America, and Into Immortality" on Thursday, March 4, at 7:30 p.m., in Kirner-Johnson Auditorium. He will cover topics addressed in his books, including his latest, Scenes of Visionary Enchantment: Reflections on Lewis & Clark. The lecture is free and open to the public and is sponsored by Hamilton College's Writing Center, the dean of faculty, the department of history and the American studies program.