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Robert Pollin, professor of economics and a founding co-director of the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) at UMass Amherst, will present “The Living Wage and Global Anti-Sweatshop Movements: Good Intentions and Economic Logic in Conflict?” on Monday, April 22, at 7:30 p.m. in the Chemistry Auditorium. This program is sponsored by the Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center and the Hamilton College Economics Department.

Archaeology majors Amanda Taylor '02 and Rebecca Kessler '03 presented posters at the Society for American Archaeology (SAA) meetings in Denver, Colorado. The SAA is the primary national organization for North American archaeology.

U.S. Consul-General in Hong Kong Michael Klosson '71, will give a talk titled "U.S. Policy in Asia Post September 11th," on Wednesday, April 17 at 8 p.m. in the Dwight Lounge of the Bristol Campus Center. The government department, the Edwin Lee Fund, and the career center are sponsoring the talk.

Professor of Geology Eugene Domack was quoted in a USA Today article about why an Antarctic ice shelf broke up and what the implications are for global climate change.

This week over 40 students took the opportunity to listen to a filmmaker, a sculptor, and a painter describe how they navigated various channels of the art world and built successful careers. "Careers in Visual Arts," organized by the career center, received such a positive response from students as well as from alumni that it may be repeated in the near future.

Christie Whitman, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency administrator, will deliver the Commencement address at Hamilton College on Sunday, May 26, at 10:30 a.m. Whitman was sworn in as President George Bush's EPA administrator in January 2001. She served previously as the 50th governor of New Jersey.

Daniel Boisvert, a candidate for May graduation, has been awarded a J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship for his project, “Beyond the Classroom,” to teach English as a foreign language in Germany.

Timothy Whitehead '85 has been appointed head men's ice hockey coach at the University of Maine. Whitehead led the team to the National Championship game with a record of 26-11-8. A finalist for the 2002 Spenser Penrose Award, presented to the nation's top college hockey coach, Whitehead's career consists of a record of 102-106-16 and six years as a head coach.

Joseph Livingston, a candidate for May graduation from Hamilton College, has been awarded a J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship. Livingston will travel to United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) refugee camps in Jordan for his study, "The Causes of Social Class Composition and Disparity among Palestinian Refugees in Jordan."

Associate Professor of Economics Chris Georges published an article titled "An Efficiency Wage Model With Persistent Cycles" in Economics Bulletin, Vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 1-6.