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Hamilton Professors of Government Alan Cafruny and Carlos Yordan, with Cornell University Government Professor Jeremy Rabkin, participated in a panel discussion on the future of Iraq on November 10 in the Chapel. Each began by summarizing his perspective on the origins and implications of the Iraq war, as well as the prospects for the democratization of the nation. The event was co-sponsored by the Government Department and the Hamilton College Republicans.

David Orr, chair of Oberlin College's Environmental Studies program, spoke to a crowded Red Pit on November 7. His talk was titled "Educational Possibilities in the Age of Terror", and was part of the 2003-2004 Levitt Center Speakers Series, "The Environment: Public Policy and Social Responsibility." The lecture focused on the environmental issues which the world must address and the complications that politics and terrorism add to these problems, as well as educational and public policy solutions to them.

Professor of Geology Eugene Domack and Professors of Biology Ernest Williams amd William Pfitsch were quoted in a November 10 <i>Syracuse Post-Standard</i> article on the unique geology and ecosystem of the Rome Sand Plains. Domack spoke on the development of the Sand Plains at the end of the last ice age some 12,000 years ago. Williams and Pfitsch are involved in an effort, along with Morrisville State College scientists, to preserve the habitat of the Sand Plains, which could provide a restoration site for the wild blue lupine plant and the endangered Karner blue butterfly.

Dr. Hugh Sampson '71 chief of Pediatric Allergy & Immunology and director of the Jaffe Food Allergy Institute at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, has been elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Science.  Sampson is known for his research on peanut allergies and is working on a peanut allergy vaccine.

Professor of Biology Patrick D. Reynolds has contributed a chapter titled "Molecular systematics of the Scaphopoda" to <EM>Molecular Systematics and Phylogeography of Mollusks</EM>, edited by Lydeard and Lindberg. The book, published by the Smithsonian Institution Press, is part of the "Smithsonian Series in Comparative and Evolutionary Biology." Professor Reynolds is an expert in invertebrate biology, particularly the evolution of mollusks.

The Hamilton College Department of Theatre and Dance will present Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth, under the direction of Professor Carole Bellini-Sharp on Wednesday  through Saturday, Nov. 19-22 at 8 p.m. All performances are in Minor Theater.

As part of Family Weekend, the department of music and the department of theatre and dance collaborated to present "Choral Song and Dance," with two shows celebrating the performing arts programs at Hamilton College. The shows included performances by the College Hill Singers and the Hamilton College Choir and dance arrangements by Elaine Heekin, Bruce Walczyk and Leslie Norton. 

Bruce Molsky, a Grammy-nominated guitarist, banjoist and singer, performed a short concert at Hamilton College to help kick off Family Weekend. A Bronx native, Molsky plays old-time southern Appalachian fiddle music. This music, according to Molsky, dates back 250 years in America, and draws from various cultures all over the world.

Hamilton alumnus and life trustee Thomas Schwarz '66 will be formally inaugurated as the fifth president of Purchase College on Wednesday, Nov. 12. Purchase College is part of the State University of New York's (SUNY) network of 64 universities and colleges. Schwarz, who had been at Purchase College as interim president since January, 2002, served as acting president at Hamilton in 1999.

Michelle Walvoord '94, a Hamilton geology major and now a post-doctoral researcher at the United States Geological Survey (USGS) in Denver, was featured in a segment on NPR's Morning Edition on Monday, Nov. 10. Walvoord discussed her research on nitrates found in southwest deserts that was published in the latest edition of Science.  Click below to hear the segment using RealOne Player for Windows or Windows Media Player.