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Associate Professor of Biology Patrick Reynolds has been elected divisional secretary of the Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology. He will serve a two-year term in the Division of Systematic and Evolutionary Biology.

Associate Professor of Biology Patrick Reynolds has been appointed editor of the journal <EM>Invertebrate Biology</EM>, published by the American Microscopical Society, for a three-year term. The journal is one of the oldest biological journals in the United States, publishing continuously since 1879. Reynolds was named the 20th editor of the journal after serving six years as co-editor.

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.  

While most listeners appreciate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech for its message of hope and solidarity, John Adams, a visiting professor of rhetoric at Hamilton College, says he's struck by Mr. King's lavish use of metaphors -- unexpected words and ideas that create vivid images.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.