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Professor of Religious Studies Heidi Ravven delivered a paper at the "Marxism and the World Stage" conference, held Nov. 6-8 at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She participated in the session, "Why is Spinoza Important Today." Ravven's paper was titled "Spinoza's Prescient Understanding of Embodiment."

Professor of Anthropology Charlotte Beck was interviewed by National Geographic for an article, "Did First Americans Arrive by Land and Sea?" Beck,with Professor of Anthropology Tom Jones, was at the Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America in Seattle.  Beck and Jones presented a paper at the conference titled "When did People Arrive in the West?," which investigates the changing environment of the ancient West to determine the probability of human settlement in different areas.

The chemistry seminar, "Chemistry at Work: Development of an Environmentally Friendly Xerographic Toner," advertised in the public events calendar to take place Wednesday, Nov. 5 at 3 p.m., will take place on Friday, Dec. 5, at 3 p.m. in Chemistry 112.

David Orr, chair and professor of the environmental studies program at Oberlin College, presents, "Environmental Education in the Age of Terror," on Friday, Nov. 7, at 4 p.m., in K-J Red Pit.  This lecture, sponsored by the Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center, is part of a series focused on issues related to the environment and public policy and social responsibility concerns.

The news headline reads "New iPaq packs in Bluetooth and Wi-Fi capabilities." It may be Greek to some of us, but it's a taste of the future on college campuses. David Roback, network and systems administrator, says the new Science Center will be entirely wireless and explains what technology advances will make possible at Hamilton.

Many Hamilton employees got decked out for Halloween.

Associate Professor of English Edward Wheatley presented an interactive videoconference lecture on the process of making a book in the Middle Ages to high school students in Ohio and Tennessee on November 4. Wheatley took the students through the process of making a book in the Middle Ages: parchment-making, ink-making, copying, illuminating, gold-leafing, and binding. He used the college's manuscripts to show the results of these processes. They also talked about the shift to book printing in the 15th century, and made comparisons between the manuscript culture of the Middle Ages and current computer culture.

China’s new leadership, according to China watcher David Shambaugh, is the right leadership to address China’s current problems.  Shambaugh gave a lecture, “China’s Communist Party: Survival or Collapse?” to a large crowd in the Dwight Lounge of Bristol Campus Center as this year’s Edwin B. Lee Lecturer in Asian Studies.  His lecture informed the Hamilton audience of the current challenges faced by China’s Communist Party (CCP). 

The photographic essay, Memorabilia, created by Visiting Instructor of Art Sylvia de Swaan, is featured in exposure (Vol 36:2, 2003), The Society for Photographic Education magazine. One of de Swaan’s photographs was also selected as the magazine’s cover image. 

Associate Professor of English Edward Wheatley gave a live interactive Web cast version of his manuscript lecture "From Manuscript to Printed Book to Virtual Text" on Tuesday, Nov. 4. The presentation was part of the "Electronic Experts" series run by the Columbus Museum of Science and Industry, which makes interactive presentations available to high schools around the world. His talk was broadcast to schools in Chattanooga, Tenn., Canton, Ohio, and Cincinnati. It was a fully interactive presentation, with the students asking Wheatley questions and discussing the issues he raises with students at the other schools.