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Professor of Biology Sue Ann Miller served as Chair of the Audit Review Committee for the Board of Directors of Sigma Xi, the scientific research society.

Associate Professor of Physical Education Sue Viscomi received a $5,000 NCAA Division III Initiative Grant (the maximum award) in the category of student-athlete welfare. Her proposal was titled "The Nutrition and Performance Connection." Viscomi is the senior woman administrator for Hamilton College's athletics department.

Professor of Government Cheng Li spoke at a day-long session organized by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the National Committee of U.S.-China Relations and by the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Li participated in a session on "Challenges to Legitimacy: The Party in Transition," chaired by former U.S. Ambassador to China James Sasser.

Professor of Government and China expert Cheng Li commented in The Christian Science Monitor about Jiang Zemin. He said, “Jiang must decide whether to become the Leonid Brezhnev of China or its George Washington.” Brezhnev held on to power for 17 years in the Soviet Union as the country declined. Li and other China experts agree that Jiang will step down from his posts like George Washington.

Stephen Festin, assistant professor of biology, was awarded a grant from the Department of Health and Human Services to research the fundamental molecular mechanism of alphafetoprotein peptides. Alphafetoprotein (AFP) is a known antiestrotrophic agent with the potential to be used as therapeutic agents against breast cancer.

Assistant Professor of Psychology Jennifer Borton published an article, "Suppression of Negative Self-referent and Neutral Thoughts: A Preliminary Investigation," in Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy. Borton's co-author was former student Lee Markowitz '01.

Assistant Professor of Economics Ann Owen published an article in the September issue of Economics Letters (Vol. 76 (3) (2002) pp. 345 - 349) titled "Menu Costs, Firm Strategy and Price Rigidity." The article was co-authored with David Trzepacz '00.

CAB Special Events presents "UFOs: A Hidden History,"a lecture by renowned UFO investigator Robert Hastings, on Monday, Sept. 30 at 8 p.m. in the Annex. He will attempt to prove the existence of UFOs and a vast government conspiracy to cover them up using recently unclassified documents from the CIA, FBI, U.S. Air Force, and the Defense Intelligence Agency. This lecture is funded by student assembly.

The Hamilton College Performing Arts Series continues the Classical Connections Series with the famed chamber orchestra I Musici de Montréal playing a concert titled “Night Music,” on Saturday, Sept. 28, at 8 p.m. in Wellin Hall on the campus of Hamilton College.

Philip A. Klinkner, the James S. Sherman Associate Professor of Government, will present the season's first faculty lecture, "Is the Old Racism Really Dead? An Analysis of Anti-Miscegenation Referenda in South Carolina and Alabama," on Friday, Sept. 27 at 4:10 p.m. in the Red Pit at Kirner-Johnson. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty.