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John Adams, visiting professor of rhetoric and communication, said in a VOA radio interview that he's struck by Martin Muther King's lavish use of metaphors -- unexpected words and ideas that create vivid images.  The interview will air on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Monday, Jan. 19. The show, heard around the world, aired at 7:33 a.m. and 11:33 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.  

Nine Hamilton College students and five faculty members got a jump on the spring semester by returning to campus early and volunteering for Urban Service Experience (USE). The program – in its fourth year –  seeks to create a positive impact on the Hamilton community by sending participants into the surrounding community to volunteer with local agencies, while experiencing the cultural life of Utica. 

Jeffrey Long ’05 published a letter-to-the-editor, "Campaign work shows Kerry’s the best choice," in the Utica, N.Y., <EM>Observer-Dispatch</EM>.  Long spent his Christmas break working with the John Kerry presidential campaign in New Hampshire.

Ultra Violet (Isabelle Collin Dufresne), superstar protégé of Andy Warhol and author of Famous for Fifteen Minutes will present, "Andy Warhol: Ultra Violet Reveals a Legacy," on Wednesday, Feb. 11, at 4:30 p.m., in Wellin Hall.  A reception and book-signing will follow the presentation in the Emerson Gallery.  This event is in conjunction with the Emerson Gallery presentation of the exhibition 1968: YOU SAY YOU WANT A REVOLUTION.

If given the chance after four years of study, students at Hamilton College are more likely than their peers to choose the same college. Hamilton students are also slightly more satisfied with their overall education than students at peer colleges, according to the results of an annual survey of college seniors.

The Hamilton College copy of "The Nuremberg Chronicle" is the centerpiece of "Nuremberg 1493," an exhibition opening on Saturday, Feb. 28, and closing Sunday, April 11. The exhibition also features several other important early books from the Hamilton College Burke Library collection.  Several related prints including some by Albrecht Dürer (who worked on the woodcuts for "The Nuremberg Chronicle" while an apprentice) are also in the show.  In addition, the contemporary "Schwaz Nativity," currently on loan to the Emerson, suggests surprisingly close parallels between the styles and processes of woodcut printmaking and German limewood sculpture.

Catherine Gunther Kodat, a professor of American Studies, has been researching George Balanchine and his influence as part of her larger project on Cold War culture. A former dance critic for The Baltimore Sun and Dance Magazine, Kodat says: Balanchine was the most important ballet choreographer of the 20th century (considering ballet as a distinct genre of dance), and certainly among the most important in Western dance generally. Influential not only for ballet choreographers, but for those working in modern dance as well; both Twyla Tharp and Mark Morris have acknowledged his influence on their own work.

Associate Professor of History Shoshana Keller published an article, titled "The Central Asian Bureau": An Essential Tool in Governing Soviet Turkestan" in Central Asian Survey Vol. 22, No. 2-3 (2003):pp.281-297. The artice is about the establishment of a Soviet governing structure in Central Asia from 1920 to 1924 and how tenuous and chaotic Soviet control over the region actually was. Central Asian Survey is a London-based refereed journal that is the only established journal in the world concerned primarily with the history, politics and cultures of the Central Asian and Caucasian regions.

Carol Drogus and Steve Orvis, both associate professors in Hamilton's Government department, have been promoted to the rank of professor. The announcement was made by Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty David Paris. Both appointments are retroactive to July 1, 2003.

This spring the Levitt Center will present several speakers and a faculty forum around its 2003-04  theme “The Environment: Public and Private Responsibility.”   All events are free and open to the public.