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Visiting Assistant Professor of Government David Rivera presented a paper, "Democracy and Dictatorship in Post-Soviet Eurasia: Evaluating the Political Dimensions of the 'Who Lost Russia?' Debate," at a conference organized by the Consortium for a Strong Minority Presence at Liberal Arts Colleges.

The men's swimming and diving team completed competition at the 2003 NESCAC Men's Swimming and Diving Championships on Sunday in Williamstown, Massachusetts. The Continentals placed fifth overall behind Williams, Amherst, Tufts and Middlebury with a score of 1075.0.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Geology Matthew Evans presented the paper "Hydrothermal alkalinity in central Nepal rivers" at the annual American Geophysical Union Fall meeting in San Francisco in December. Evans was also invited to lecture at Boston University in January.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry Ram Subramaniam published "Methylglyoxal-BSA stimulates TNF-a secretion in RAW264.7 cells through activation of MAPK and NF-KB and intracellular oxidation," with Xing-Jun Fan, Miriam Weiss and Vincent Monnier in Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 409, 274-86 (2003).

Associate Professor of Art and Art History Ella Gant was a panelist at New York University's 16th Annual Liberal Arts and Arts Education Conference. Gant's paper, "Remembering Who We Are," was presented as part of the panel on Memoir and Self as Subject.

Associate Professor of Art and Art History Ella Gant had her artist's book, Dead Bees Buzzing, accepted into the Franklin Furnace/Museum of Modern Art permanent book collection.

Professor of Philosophy Robert Simon's article, "Academic Freedom," appeared in Randall Curren, ed., A Companion to the Philosophy of Education, published in 2003 by Blackwell Publishers.

The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) has named Bob Moses '56 to its "Fearless 50" List. The AARP Magazine calls the members of the group "America's greatest innovators over 50...thinkers and doers who rethink the rules (and then refuse to follow them)." Moses is noted for his work with the Algebra Project, a math literacy program that teaches low-income students the skills they need for college. He was the keynote speaker at the Making Change: Working for Social Justice conference held at Hamilton in October.

The Emerson Gallery Presents~ The American Frame: From Origin to Originality, a lecture by Tracy Gill '81 and Simeon Lagodich, guest curators and collectors on Friday, Feb. 28, at 6 p.m., in the Chemistry Auditorium. A reception will follow at 7 p.m. in the Emerson Gallery.

Cheng Li, professor of government and Woodrow Wilson fellow, was invited by the Aspen Institute to give a talk on China for 14 members of the U.S. Congress at a meeting held in Hawaii in January. Invited as a guest speaker by Lee Hamilton, Director of the Woodrow Wilson Center, Li spoke to the Wilson Council. In February, Li was also invited to give lectures at Tufts University, the Heinrich Boell Foundation in Berlin, and the Bucerius Law School in Hamburg, Germany.