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Tracy Sharpley-Whiting, professor of French and African studies, gave invited lectures at three universities during March. At Brown University on March 14, she spoke at the Annual Equinoxes Conference for French Studies on Monstrosite, then was a keynote panelist at a March 15 conference on "Imagination, Imaging and Memory: Racial, Gender and Political Violence" sponsored by Africana studies and the Hewlett Faculty Fellows at Brown. She spoke on "Francophone New Negro and the Interwar Years in France" for a Black History Month lecture and class on March 18-22 at Willamette University; and she gave a lecture at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, on "the Ku Klux Klan, Thanatic Pornography and Interracial Sexual Violence" on March 26.

Ann Frechette, Luce Junior Professor of Asian Studies and professor of anthropology, presented a paper, "Sexuality, the Media, and Intercountry Adoption: Recent Changes in China-U.S. Adoption Policy," at the Association for Asian Studies Annual Meetings in New York, March 27-30. The paper was part of a panel Frechette organized on "China-U.S. Adoptions and Their Influence on Families and Family Life."

Sara Draucker wrote from Deception Island: We took the zodiacs ashore and spent a few hours just exploring... apart from being chased by seals (note: it's difficult to run in a mustang suit), it was a very peaceful, beautiful place.

Desert Research Institute student Sara Draucker, Hamilton student Sarah Doane '03 and Colgate student Emily Constantine '04 are on an Antarctic research expedition led by Glenn Berger of the Desert Research Institute. Read Sara Draucker's update from the Antarctic Peninsula.

Six Hamilton College faculty members were approved for tenure by the college’s board of trustees during their recent meeting. The granting of tenure is based on recommendations of the vice president for academic affairs and dean of faculty, and the committee on appointments, with the president of the college presenting final recommendations to the board of trustees. Faculty receiving tenure, effective July 1, are Julie Dunsmore, psychology; Todd Franklin, philosophy; Naomi Guttman, English; Catherine Kaha, rhetoric and communication; Ann Owen, economics; and Kirk Pillow, philosophy.

At the meetings of the Archaeological Institute of America in January, Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz, Margaret Bundy Scott Professor of Comparative Literature organized a panel on "Fashioning Bodies in Ancient Greece," at which she also presented a paper, "The Politics of Adornment: Gynaeceum as Site of Resistance." On March 19, she was the guest of the Centre des Recherches Comparees Louis Gernet where she presented her research on Greek vase paintings, "Female Technologies of the Self: Adornment in Antiquity?" As a result of this presentation, discussions have begun about the possibility of an international study group on sex and gender in antiquity.

A Boston Globe article, "High School Seniors Back War - But Not so Fast," reports on the Hamilton College Patriotism Poll.

A Des Moines Register article about the potential for reinstating the draft included information from a recent poll conducted by Hamilton College researchers.

Hamilton College's science departments hosted a Science Exploration Day for the Wettel Elementary School from Vernon. This imaginative program helps Wettel students develop a stronger awareness of science.

Hamilton student Sarah Doane '03, Colgate student Emily Constantine '04 and Desert Research Institute student Sara Draucker are on an Antarctic research expedition led by Glenn Berger of the Desert Research Institute. Read Sara Draucker's update from the Antarctic Peninsula.