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Now through August 10, the Hamilton College Emerson Gallery will present the most comprehensive Monhegan art exhibit to date. The exhibit will cover the complete history of Monhegan art from 1858 to present, and will feature multiple treatments of the same scenes. The paintings are influenced by the Hudson River School, the Ashcan School, marine painting, modernism, and abstract expressionism. Also included are works by 16 foreign-born artists from countries such as Estonia, Indonesia, Australia, and Italy. The exhibit is free and open to the public.

Professor of Comparative Literature Peter Rabinowitz gave a paper at the International Conference on Narrative at Berkeley in March: "Tempus Fugue-It: Order, Counterpoint, and Narrative Structure." The Ohio State University Press series ("Theory and Interpretation of Narrative") that Rabinowitz co-edits with James Phelan has published a new book, the 19th in the series. The book, by Deborah A. Martinsen, is titled Surprised by Shame: Dostoevsky's Liars and Narrative Exposure.

The Hamilton College Writing Program announced "Alexander Hamilton's List," a group of more than 100 students who have been recognized by the faculty for their achievements in writing in the Spring, 2003 semester.

Associate Professor of Music Michael "Doc" Woods was quoted in the June 2003 issue of Maxim for an article, "Jazz in a Box." Woods described the swing as "A rhythmic phenomenon with a flexible feel and lots of syncopation...It's Jessica Rabbit's hips bouncing back and forth."

Sarah Taylor, a May 25 graduate of Hamilton College, has been awarded a Fulbright Grant to Spain. The title of her project is “Theoretical Studies on Pharmacologically Important Proteins.” Taylor has been invited to join in a research group at the University of Barcelona with Professor Modesto Orozco, a prominent theoretical biochemist. She will study an enzyme that is thought to contribute to Alzheimer’s disease.

Hamilton Commencement was featured in the Syracuse Post-Standard. Commencement speaker and PBS news anchor Jim Lehrer said, "Praise, question, be part of the debate and the decision making," Lehrer said. "We must all serve with our hearts and our minds and our voices. I implore you to do so."

The Associated Press reported on Hamilton's commencement ceremony and quoted PBS news anchor Jim Lehrer. "Serve a common purpose beyond yourself and your immediate family and/or interests," Lehrer told the 463 graduates.

The Syracuse Post-Standard featured a recent Hamilton graduate Li Qi '03 and his amazing journey from performing in the circus to receiving a college education. Qi ran away from the Chinese circus and defected to the U.S. when he was 15. Then, according to the article, "by sheer chance, he met an eccentric, big-hearted writer from New York City who paid to fix Qi's decaying teeth, taught him English and guided him toward an education Qi could not have dreamed of in China." Qi won a one-year Bristol Fellowship and will spend the next year traveling around the world studying circuses.

Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) news anchor Jim Lehrer urged Hamilton College graduates to honor their peers who recently served in the war against Iraq, and exhorted them to "find a way to serve your neighborhood, town, city, state and country...serve a common purpose beyond yourself and your immediate family and/or interests," in his speech at Hamilton's 191st commencement. Bachelor of arts degrees were awarded to 463 Hamilton graduates at the ceremony, held on Sunday, May 25, in the Margaret Bundy Scott Field House.

Professors of Biology Ernest Williams and William Pfitsch received a grant from the National Wildlife Federation Professors of Biology Ernest Williams and William Pfitsch have received a grant from the National Wildlife Federation's Species Recovery Fund to help begin the reintroduction of the Karner Blue butterfly, a federal endangered species to the Rome Sand Plains. Williams is also monitoring the population of Frosted Elfin butterfly. “The National Wildlife Federation grant is primarily to plant lupine populations in the Rome Sand Plains that will eventually allow us to begin introduction of the Karner Blue butterfly,” said Pfitsch. Pfitsch and Williams have four students working with them this summer: Charlotte Hodde '04, Ashley Kuenzi '05, Krista Marran '04, and Sarah McNeil '04.