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Mezzo soprano Susan Graham performed a song written especially for her by Ben Moore '82 in her recent U.S. tour. The Baltimore Sun reported "Graham and her partner brought down the house with the premiere of a novelty song written for her by Ben Moore." Moore's "Sexy Lady" is a comedy song that complains about being stuck in "trouser roles," performing as a man in operas by Mozart and Strauss. Among the venues where Moore's songs have been heard are Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center and Chicago's Orchestra Hall.

Hamilton College will celebrate Jazz Archive Day on Monday, April 28, from noon to 9 p.m. at Cafe Opus and the Jazz Archive, located in McEwen Hall. From noon on there will be multiple listening and viewing stations and displays of the photographs, books and memorabilia held by the archive. At 7:30 p.m. Monk Rowe, the Joe Williams Director of the Jazz Archive, will host a program of "Classic Clips" on a large screen in Cafe Opus. Poignant, informative and humorous stories from some of most personable and talkative interviewees will be featured as well as a segment from the film, "Joe Williams/A Portrait in Song," filmed in Wellin Hall in 1996.

Visiting Professor of Rhetoric and Communication John Adams presented, "Epideictic Rhetoric's Reception and Civic Engagement" at the Eastern Communication Association Pre-Conference "Discourses of Citizenship," April 23-24.

Cut it out kids! Reaching unprecedented levels of popularity on the now-classic sitcom Full House and America's Funniest People, veteran comic Dave Coulier is invading the Annex, on Friday, April 25, at 8 p.m. With a delightful mix of classic cartoon voices and edgy new material this is a show that cannot be missed! Special guest John Bush, and one lucky student opener. FREE on campus, $5 off campus.

The Hamilton College Jazz Combo will present a concert on Tuesday, April 22 at 9 p.m. in Cafe Opus. The combo features Louis Bosso on trumpet, Khori Newlander on saxophones, Keith Foster on trombone, Dan Hilton on drums, Professor Richard Stahnke on keys, and Professor Doc Woods on bass. Free and open to the public.

Two notable authors who graduated from Hamilton College will be among participants in the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, held in association with UCLA, April 26-27. Terry Brooks '66 will be a panelist on "The Writing Life," and Peter Cameron '82 will participate in a panel titled "The Art of Fiction: Haunted by the Past."

Four Hamilton College students, selected as 2003 Kirkland Project Research Associates, will present their work to the college community on Tuesday, April 22, beginning at 4:10 p.m. in the Red Pit, KJ. The students and their topics are: Jessica Callahan '04, "Fostering Scientific Interest through Hands-on Activities and Mentoring;" Ashlyn (Chuckie) Field '05, "Independent Study: Yoga;" Emily Kerr '05, "Intercultural Creativity: Hip-hop as a Movement for Social Change;" Claire Ramsay '03,"Reflecting Nationalities in the Myth of America: Haitian and Cuban Newspaper Coverage of the September 11 Attacks."

Professor of Government Cheng Li was a guest on NPR's Diane Rehm Show on April 22. The discussion was on China's severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) crisis. Other guests were Bates Gill, chair in China studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, (who spoke at Hamilton last week) and Robert Kapp, president of the U.S.-China Business Council. The audio of the discussion is available on NPR

Peter Cameron '82 and William Williams '73, have been awarded John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellowships. This year's fellowships, worth a total of $6.75-million, were awarded to 184 distinguished scientists, scholars, and artists chosen from among more than 3,200 applicants. The winners of this year's competition, the foundation's 79th, represent 89 colleges and universities.

Jim Lehrer, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) news anchor, will deliver the commencement address at Hamilton College on Sunday, May 25, at 10:30 a.m. Hamilton’s commencement ceremony will take place on the Main Quadrangle, or in the event of inclement weather, in the Margaret Bundy Scott Field House.