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Assistant Professor of Physics Seth Major received funding from the Research Corporation for his research on "Observational Constraints on Quantum Gravity Effects."

Assistant Professor of Chemistry John LaGraff presented his research on "Fabrication and Imaging of Protein Crossover Structures" at the fall meeting of the Materials Research Society held in Boston, Mass. He also had a paper on the topic published in the conference proceedings (2003).

The Hamilton College men's lacrosse team hosts conference rival St. Lawrence in its first ever conference tournament game on Friday, May 2 at 5 p.m. on the turf field. The Continentals go in to today's game ranked #14 in the country (12-2, 5-1) and St. Lawrence is close behind at #16 (11-2, 4-2).

The Hamilton College Orchestra will present a free concert on Saturday, May 3, at 8 p.m. in Wellin Hall. The theme is Classical and Neoclassical Masterpieces. Mozart Symphony No. 25, the "Little G Minor" - You got a taste of this Sturm und Drang classic in March, now see how the rest of it goes! Stravinsky Danses Concertantes - the 20th Century's most powerful musical voice in a set of concert dances that Balanchine was inspired to choreograph. Ravel Mother Goose Suite - experience the charm and the brilliant sonorities of this piece by the 20th Century master of orchestral color!

Mason Ashe ’85, chief operating officer and general counsel for one of the largest and most diversified minority-owned sports marketing and management companies in the U.S., has been named to Sports Illustrated’s list of the “101 Most Influential Minorities in Sports.”

Hamilton's Faculty Lecture Series presents Nancy S. Rabinowitz, Margaret Bundy Scott Professor of Comparative Literature discussing "Tragedy and Terror: Women at the Margin or Center," on Friday, May 2 at 4:10 p.m. in the Red Pit. A reception will immediately follow in Cafe Opus.

Thomas J. Schwarz, a 1966 graduate of Hamilton College and partner at the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in New York City, has been named president of the State University of New York (SUNY) Purchase. Schwarz has been acting president since January 2001. SUNY's trustees approved his formal appointment as president on April 29.

Theodore Lowi, a professor at Cornell University and one of the leading political scientists in American History, visited the Hamilton College Government Department, speaking at the faculty and majors dinner. His talk, “Cold War II, reflections on Ideology” addressed the selection process for a model of foreign policy conduct, first pinpointing past presidential selections, and then explaining the inevitability of George W. Bush’s choice of what Lowi referred to as Napoleonic foreign policy. “The nature of a cold war,” Lowi claimed, “is that it is theory driven.” He went on to explain George W. Bush’s foreign policy as a “policy of no policy,” criticizing governors who become presidents for their narrow focus on domestic policy and specifically Bush for his faith based approach to foreign policy decisions, especially foreign aid.

Professor of Classics Carl Rubino is the recipient of a Christian A. Johnson Teaching Fellowship that enabled him to travel to Nevis in January and New York City in February to do research on Alexander Hamilton, with a view to incorporating it into the sophomore seminar he teaches with Frank Anechiarico.

Come to a discussion on Tuesday, May 13 in the Remote Collaboration Facility at 4:10pm on how GIS was used in Soph 265 (Social Movements: The Environment) to investigate questions of environmental justice. This demonstration will be of special interest to faculty in the social sciences wondering what could be done with desktop GIS software and how it could fit into any research and teaching which already involves the use of demographic data.