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In September, Soledad Gelles, visiting assistant professor of Spanish, presented a paper titled "Ficciun y finanzas: gÈnero, prensa periÛdica y modernidad en el Per™, 1870-1890," at the Mid-America Conference on Hispanic Literatures at Washington University in St. Louis.

Earlier this summer, Mitchell Stevens' book, Kingdom of Children was nominated as a finalist for the C. Wright Mills Award of the Society for the Study of Social Problems. Stevens also presented two papers: "Love, Numbers and the Social Organization of Value in Higher Education," at the University of Arizona last spring; and "Rankings as Symbols: U.S. News and World Report Rankings of Colleges and Law Schools," at the American Sociological Association annual meetings in August.

Professor of Biology Ernest Williams published an article titled "Harris' Checkerspot: A Very Particular Butterfly" in the summer 2002 issue of the magazine American Butterflies. Also, through The Nature Conservancy, he received a grant to study the Frosted Elfin butterfly in the Rome, N.Y. sand plains. Three students assisted in the field work last May and June, with one student being supported by the grant.

Associate Professor of English and Chair of Medieval and Renaissance Studies Edward Wheatley's essay "'Blind' Jews and Blind Christians: Metaphorics of Marginalization in Medieval Europe" appears in the Autumn 2002 issue of Exemplaria: A Journal of Theory in Medieval and Renaissance Studies. It is the first published chapter of his cultural studies project on blindness in medieval Britain and France.

Assistant Professor of English Dana Luciano's article, "Invalid Relations: Queer Kinship in Henry James's The Portrait of a Lady," was published in the Henry James Review 23.2 (Spring 2002). Luciano also gave a paper, "Benito Cereno as Counter-Monumental Narrative," at the Society for the Study of Narrative Literature's conference in April.

Members of the popular 1970s jazz ensemble, Soprano Summit, will reunite for a performance during Hamilton College’s Fallcoming Weekend, on Saturday, Oct. 5, at 8 p.m. in Wellin Hall, Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts on the Hamilton campus. The event is open to the public.

Professor of Classics Barbara Gold gave a lecture at the Pacific Rim Latin Seminar titled "Martial and Money: Poetry, Begging and Patronage in Flavian Rome" at Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand in June, 2002; she also chaired a session at the conference. At the Fall meeting of the Classical Association of the Atlantic States, of which she will serve as president for the next two meetings, she will preside over and be the facilitator for a workshop, "Editorial Workshop: Transforming an Oral Presentation into a Publishable Article" and the presidential roundtable on "Classical Studies Curricula Now and Then: Some Global and Local Perspectives." This roundtable will include classicists from South Africa, England, Ireland, New Zealand and Germany.

A Hartford Courant article cites a study by Peter Hinks, assistant professor of history. Hinks studied 13 sites believed to be part of the Underground Railroad in Connecticut. In his study, Hinks called into question the validity of the some of the sites. He found that the Bloomfield home once owned by abolitionist Francis Gillette and the East Haddam home of abolitionist Gideon Higgins played a role, however, two stations in Manchester are questionable. Other historians are reconsidering the validity of some Underground Railroad sites in Connecticut and finding new sites.

Join alumni, faculty, students and friends for a weekend schedule of concerts, performances, panel discussions and athletic events, Fallcoming Weekend, October 4-6.

Today, the class of 2004 is hosting the first annual Fall Fest from 1-5 p.m. in the Annex. Class of 2004 Student Assembly Representatives Kristin Merriman and Marla Nasser distributed popcorn and cotton candy as Hamilton students played in an inflatable bouncing room and on a bungee run. Merriman commented, "The Student Assembly is focusing this year on providing non-alcoholic social options for the campus." Merriman and Nasser hope this year’s event will be the first in a long running, new Hamilton tradition.