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Poet Mark Doty will present a lecture and reading at Hamilton College as the Kirkland Project 2003 artist-in-residence. Doty will give a lecture on Thursday, Jan. 30, at 7:30 p.m., in Kirner-Johnson 109 (the Red Pit), and he will read from his poetry and prose on Friday, Jan. 31, at 8 p.m. in the Fillius Events Barn, Beinecke Student Activities Village.

Assistant Professor of Economics Stephen Wu published a paper, "The Effects of Health Events on the Economic Status of Married Couples," in the Journal of Human Resources, Winter 2003.

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his right-wing party, Likud, won the Tuesday elections in Israel. U.S. foreign policy analyst Yael Aronoff says, "The elections in Israel are another serious blow to a potential peace process between Israel and the Palestinians. The greater shift to the right makes a return to negotiations even less likely.

Hamilton College government professor Carlos Yordán comments on President Bush's State of the Union address and potential U.S. war on Iraq

The Hamilton College Department of Classics will welcome The Curio Theatre Company for a presentation of The Iliad, on Thursday, Feb. 6, at 4 p.m. in the Hamilton College Chapel. This event is open to the public, free of charge. Refreshments will be served.

Kate McMullen ’03 recently attended the American Geophysical Union meeting where she presented a poster, "Three Stage Ice Sheet Recession as Recorded by Swath Bathymetry in the Mertz Trough: East Antarctica," with Professor of Geology Eugene Domack. The poster was a summary of research glacial ice recession conducted off the George V Coast, East Antarctica in January-February 2001.

Shortly after the 25th annual weekend gathering of a group of Hamilton alumni for the Falmouth Road Race in Falmouth, MA, the idea of "Team Trish" was born. "The goals of Team Trish are twofold," said Barb Smalley '83 who helped coordinate the team. "We want to support the Rosts as well as support The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's mission of finding cures and providing much needed patient services."

Dr. Daniel Pipes gave his much-anticipated lecture to a crowded Chapel on Monday evening. His talk, titled, “The Palestinian-Israeli War: Where Did it come from, where is it going?” addressed several issues of the well known conflict and suggested the terms needed for any form of resolution. Pipes stated, “the way to deal with this threat is to defeat it.” Pipes is the director of the Middle East forum and a prize-winning columnist for the New York Post and the Jerusalem Post. He has taught at the University of Chicago, Harvard University, and the U.S. Naval War College.

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The Hamilton College Alumni Council has established an award that will honor a College employee. The Distinguished Service Award will "recognize an employee who has substantially contributed to Hamilton through distinguished performance in his or her position and through involvement in student, alumni or other activities in the College community." Active employees in all departments will be eligible for the award. Employees can be nominated for the award by The Alumni Council's Nominations Committee.