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"Finance and Macroeconomic Volatility," a paper by Assistant Professor of Economics Ann Owen, was published in Contributions to Macroeconomics. The paper was a joint work with Murat Iyigun at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and Cevdet Denizer at the World Bank.

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Three Hamilton College students ran the 9th Citizen's Bank Philadelphia Marathon on Sunday, Nov. 24. In a 26.2 mile race with 4,724 competitors, the three students finished in the top 3 percent of this world-class marathon. This top finish qualified the students to run the prestigious Boston Marathon. Chris Dunn '05, 2:53.21 - 6:38 mile pace - 98th overall, Runner-up in the 19 and under age-group Paul Jones '03, 2:56.53 - 6:44 mile pace - 127th overall, 25th in the 20-24 age-group Andrew Matlack '03, 2:56.40 - 6:44 mile pace - 124th overall, 23rd in the 20-24 age-group

Esther Kanipe, Marjorie and Robert W. Ewen Professor of History, was selected for the Speakers in the Humanities Program of the New York Council on the Humanities for 2003-2005. She will offer two lectures: "What is Disability Studies?" and "The Disabled Veteran in the 20th Century: The Wages of Sacrifice." Kanipe will speak about five times per year to various groups around the state.

Professor of Biology Sue Ann Miller has been elected to a second term as director of the Baccalaureate Colleges Constituency Group of Sigma Xi, the international scientific research society. This allows her to continue on the board of directors as well as her service as chair of the committee on Grants-in-Aid of Research. Grants in-Aid of Research is a highly competitive 75-year-old program that awards small grants to graduate and undergraduate students.

Professor of Government and Woodrow Wilson Fellow Cheng Li was quoted in a Forbes article about China's new Communist Party chief Hu Jintao.

Associate Professor of Chemistry Karen Brewer had a paper, "Low temperature metalorganic chemical vapor deposition growth of InP using the new precursors pentamethylcyclopentadienylindium(I) and white phosphorus" published in the Journal of Crystal Growth. This paper is a result of collaboration several years ago with O.T. Beachley, Jr. (Chemistry, SUNY-Buffalo) and H. J. Haugan of the research group of B.D. McComb (Chemical Engineering, SUNY-Buffalo).

Professor of Government Cheng Li was quoted in a Newsweek (Nov. 25) article about China's "princelings" or relatives of top leaders.

Twenty-five Hamilton College students have been chosen to serve as Nesbitt-Johnson Writing Center tutors at Hamilton this year. Established in 1987, the Writing Center provides a place where students confer with other students who are trained to discuss writing.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Russian Jennifer Day presented a paper, "Home on the Outside: Self and Space in 1960s Petersburg," at the November 2002 annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies in Pittsburgh.