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The sixth annual Martin Luther King Service Day brought many Hamilton students, faculty and staff and many community members together for one special day of education, tribute and community service.  Organized by Haley Reimbold ’06, the executive director of HAVOC, Marc David, assistant dean of students for multicultural affairs, Jeff McArn, College chaplain, and Nancy Thompson, senior associate dean of students, the volunteer day allowed more than 160 Hamilton students to get involved in the local community and make a difference in the lives of those less fortunate.

Alex Matthiessen, executive director of environmental group Riverkeeper, will give a lecture, “The Truth about Our Nuclear Neighbor:  Indian Point and the Hudson River,” on Tuesday, Jan. 27, at 7:30 p.m. in the Fillius Events Barn. The lecture is part of The Kirkland Project for the Study of Gender, Society and Culture series, “Technology, Science, and Democracy:  What’s at Stake?” 

Professor of Comparative Literature Peter Rabinowitz has been elected president of the Society for the Study of Narrative Literature. The Society for the Study of Narrative Literature is an international nonprofit association of scholars dedicated to the investigation of narrative, its elements, techniques, and forms; its relations to other modes of discourse; its power and influence in cultures past and present.

Assistant Professor of Computer Science Brian Rosmaita has been elected treasurer of the Society for Machines and Mentality. The Society for Machines and Mentality is an international scholarly organization whose purpose is to advance philosophical understanding of issues involving artificial intelligence, philosophy, and cognitive science. The Society is affiliated with the journal Minds and Machines, published by Kluwer Academic Publishers.

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."

"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.

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.