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"Suzanne Anker: Origins and Futures," an exhibition of sculpture and prints by Suzanne Anker, opened on February 28, at Hamilton College's Emerson Gallery.  A sculptor and printmaker, Anker works with genetic imagery in the creation of her work. "The Nuremberg Chronicle," which also opened on Feb. 28, stands in stark contrast to Anker's work.  In 1493, a remarkable team of artists, artisans, and entrepreneurs published "The Nuremberg Chronicle" in Latin and German editions.  One of the key monuments in the history of early European book publishing, it is lavishly illustrated with 1600 woodcuts and presents an encyclopedic panorama of the world as it was understood a year after Columbus's voyage.

An issue of the American Journal of Philology, edited by Professor of Classics Barbara Gold, with guest editor John Donahue, has won a national award from the Association of American Publishers. The quarterly journal, published by Johns Hopkins Press, was the winner in "Best Single Issue of a Journal" category. The special issue, Vol. 124, No. 3, on the topic of Roman dining, won in the 2003 Professional/Scholarly Publishing Division Annual Awards Competition. The award will be presented in Washington, D.C. in February.    

Professor of Comparative Literature Peter Rabinowitz taped an interview for the Modern Language Association radio show What's the Word?, which is broadcast widely. His segment was part of a program on "Best Sellers," where he talked about author Sue Grafton  (Q is for Quarry).

Professor of History Maurice Isserman reviewed Ramblin' Man: The Life and Times of Woody Guthrie for the Chicago Tribune. Isserman writes: "Woody was certainly good to his future biographers. He left behind a trove of unpublished letters, reminiscences and manifestoes ....  [Biographer Ed] Cray has mined these sources thoroughly .... The result is a reliable and lucid work of biography."

Philip Klinkner, the James S. Sherman Associate Professor of Government, discusses the presidential primary system on Wisconsin Public. The interview can be heard live on January 22 from 4-5 p.m. (Eastern) on WPR (click on Ideas Network.) Klinkner was also interviewed by New Hampshire Public Radio about celebrities endorsing presidential candidates and what, if any, impact these endorsements have on elections. His interview airs on New Hampshire Morning Edition, 5-8 a.m. on January 23.

A biography of actor Sidney Poitier by Visiting Assistant Professor of History Aram Goudsouzian received a postive review in Publishers' Weekly Reviews.  In Sidney Poitier: Man, Actor, Icon (University of North Carolina), Goudsouzian " thoughtfully depicts the actor's efforts to handle both praise and damnation," according to the review. "Goudsouzian understands the dynamics behind Poitier's pictures, and carefully analyzes Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, A Patch of Blue and To Sir, with Love. Intense anecdotes highlighting Poitier's temper, occasional womanizing and insecurities keep him from appearing as a distant icon," the review notes.

Maurice Isserman, professor of history, and Douglas Ambrose, the Sidney Wertimer Jr. Associate Professor of History, published opposing opinion pieces about the 31st anniversary of Roe v. Wade in the Utica, N.Y., Observer-Dispatch.

Jonathan Rick '05 published an op-ed, "Missing ingredient from anti-poverty aid: capitalism," in the Syracuse Post-Standard.  Rick said, "So we donate spare change in water buckets at the dining halls, we fasted, we volunteered for Utica's soup kitchen.  But something was missing -- an ingredient so implicit in our bounty that we overlooked its necessity.  The manna is capitalism.  For capitalism, in contrast to the quick fixes of Hunger and Homelessness Week, is a long-term panacea."

"On the environment, the President's views in the State of the Union Address were made plain by the conspicuous absence of this issue from his speech, aside from a brief and vague discussion of energy policy," said Peter Cannavo a visiting professor of government at Hamilton College.  "Perhaps he considers the use of performance-enhancing drugs by professional athletes, to which he devoted a good chunk of valuable time, to be a more important issue than the state of the planet we inhabit. 

"The Bush Administration must seize the moment now to push forward toward an Israeli-Palestinian settlement," says Hamilton College government professor Yael Aronoff.  The author of When and Why Do Hardliners Become Soft? An Examination of Israeli Prime Ministers Yitzhak Shamir, Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres, and Benjamin Netanyahu, Aronoff analyzes the current possibilities for Middle East peace. "The capture of Hussein stimulated some goodwill in the Middle East last month, and the recent signing of the Geneva Accord renewed a bit of hope. However, our window of opportunity to leverage this goodwill and achieve President Bush's 'Roadmap' goal is small. Without some very serious and immediate arm-twisting by the U.S. of both Palestinian and Israeli leaders, this opportunity will disappear.