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Professor of Africana Studies and French Tracy Denean Sharpley-Whiting is one of two scholars conducting the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and United Negro College Fund Mellon Faculty Seminars at the Goree Institute in Dakar, Senegal. The topic of this year’s seminar is Pan Africanist Aesthetics: The Literature, Film and Culture of the Francophone World. The Goree Institute is an independent, non-profit African organization, founded in 1992 by a group of concerned Africans sharing a commitment and experience of struggling for justice, prosperity and tolerance. The goals of the Mellon Faculty Seminars are faculty enrichment and development. Sharpley-Whiting is the author of Negritude Women: Race Women, Race Consciousness, Race Literature.

Kim Black, a gold medal winning swimmer in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, spoke at Hamilton’s Campus as a part of the Hamilton College Competitive Swim Camp. Kim was a member of the winning 4x200 freestyle relay team for the United States.

Mike Mahanna, horticultural grounds worker and certified master gardener and arborist, led a plant and tree tour across campus July 18. Along the way, he shared the history and unique aspects of some of the College's trees and plants and the people behind them, with a final stop at the entrance of Root Glen and the Grant Garden.

Assistant Professor of Chemistry John LaGraff was awarded a $100,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The grant for "Integrating Nanoscience into the Undergraduate Liberal Arts Curriculum" is from the NSF Division of Molecular and Cellular Bioscience for 2003- 2004.

When many people see visual art, they see the literal: a painting, a photograph, or a sculpture. However, what many people may not see is the intrinsic ties that art has with people and culture. Lara Clemenzi, ’04, is hoping to better understand the figurative, artistic connection between pottery and people by focusing on ancient citizens of the Southwest and the art form of pottery as an Emerson Scholar for 2003. Clemenzi’s project, titled “The People in Pots: The Translation of Southwestern Pottery by a Young Woman of the 21st Century,” will examine Southwestern pottery and the messages conveyed through southwestern art.

Hamilton College finished 52nd of 424 eligible NCAA Division III schools in this season's NACDA Directors' Cup standings.

Professor of Anthropology Douglas Raybeck was quoted in a Salon magazine article, "A Nation of Scared Sheep." The article addresses Americans lack of concern with war and terror over the past two years. Raybeck said this national aloof attitude is an example of the dissonance theory. The dissonance theory shows that people sift out information for the purpose of strengthening their already existent beliefs. He said, "Dissonance theory appears part of general human psychology, but cultures such as our own, that place a premium on individuality, are particularly subject to its influence."

Tsakane Ngobeni, Hamilton College Class of 2007, was featured in an article by the Sunday Times, a popular newpaper in Ngobeni's home country of South Africa. Ngobeni is a HEOP scholar who hopes to play for the Hamilton men's basketball team. Ngobeni said he came to Hamilton to become "fully prepared for life."

Richard Bernstein '80 was interviewed for the "Taking on the Street" section of Fortune magazine. In the Q&A titled "Still Bearish After All These Years," Bernstein, who is Merrill Lynch's chief U.S. strategist, responds to questions about the stock market.

The Nation recently published an article written by Tom Hayden about Hamilton alumnus Bob Moses. Moses graduated from Hamilton in 1956 and went on to attend Harvard. An organizer of the Freedom Riders, Moses was deeply involved in the Civil Rights movement, as well as eliminating segregation in the U.S., unfair voting laws, and racial violence.