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Hamilton College Professor of Classics Shelley Haley tells of a strange occurrence each year on the Ides of March at Caesar's tomb in Rome. Haley is an expert on Cleopatra and Ancient Rome.

Reuters News Service quoted Professor of Government Cheng Li in an article about the gap between the rich and the poor in China. The story discusses a study by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) that suggests China needs a balance of social equality and economic expansion in the near future.

Four faculty members from the English, theatre & dance, Africana studies and sociology departments were approved for tenure by the college's board of trustees during their recent meeting. The granting of tenure is based on recommendations of the vice president for academic affairs and dean of faculty, and the committee on appointments, with the president of the college presenting final recommendations to the board of trustees.

Rich Bernstein, a 1980 graduate of Hamilton, will be the featured guest on Wall $treet Week with Louis Rukeyser on Friday March 22. The show is shown on most PBS stations at 8:30 p.m. Bernstein is chief U.S. strategist for Merrill Lynch & Co.

The Salt City Jazz Collective will present a free jazz concert on Tuesday, April 2, at 9 p.m. in Café Opus at the Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts at Hamilton College.

Michelle A. Walvoord, of the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, spoke to the geology department about desert water table dynamics on March 15. Her talk, titled “Desert Vadose Zones: re-supply or refuse?,” outlined her work in the field, which includes formulating a new model for water flow and aquifer recharge in arid and semi-arid regions. Vadose zones are the regions...

Associate Professor of Asian Art History Steve Goldberg presented a plenary lecture, "Chinese Calligraphy in an Age of Globalization," at Considering Asia: Indentity, Community, Ecology, sponsored by Asia Studies Development Program with the support of the Luce Foundation, held at Agness Scott. He also presented a paper, "On Chinese Calligraphy," at the Atlanta College of Art.

Hamilton's Great American Heart Run and Walk Team raised $6,346 in its best effort yet. Hamilton co-chair Marylyn Nassimos reports that Hamilton's 89 participants raised an average of $71.30/person. These numbers represent an increase in participants and in money raised from last year.

The ACCESS Project and Women's Studies Professor/ACCESS co-director Vivyan Adair are featured in a National Journal (3/9/02) article,"Get Hitched, Stay Hitched," concerning President Bush's plan to give states money to encourage marriage among welfare recipients.

Brookings Institution Fellow Jia Qingguo presented, "The Improvement of Sino-American Relations after September 11: Is it Sustainable?" on March 13, at Hamilton.