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Professor of Anthropology Bonnie Urciuoli’s chapter, "The complex diversity of language in the United States," appeared in Cultural Diversity in the U.S. published by Blackwell (2001).

Associate Professor of Physics Ann Silversmith presented two posters, co-authored with David Shaye ’02, Bryan Smith ’02, Jessie McComb ’03, Rachael Anderman ’01, Linwood Rumney ’04 and Associate Professor of Chemistry Karen Brewer, at the Dynamic Processes Conference 2001 in Lyon, France. (DPC is an international conference and only one other small college presented.) Titles and authors are: A.J. Silversmith, D.M. Boye, R.E. Anderman and K.S. Brewer "Fluorescence line-narrowing and decay dynamics in sol-gel glasses containing Eu3+" and D.M. Boye, A.J. Silversmith, J. Nolen, L. Rumney, D. Shaye, B.C. Smith, J. McComb and K.S. Brewer, "Red-to-green upconversion in Er-doped SiO2 and SiO2/TiO2 sol-gel silicate glasses."

In May, Associate Professor of Chemistry Ian Rosenstein’s chapter, "Radical Fragmentation Reactions," appeared in Radicals in Organic Synthesis (Wiley-VCH). In June, he, along with Jamie McCabe '01, Chris Steed '01 and Beth Vogel '01, attended the 37th National Organic Symposium in Bozeman, MT. Together they presented two posters: "Stereoselective Allylation of Tertiary, Electrophilic Radicals: Ester versus Amide Chiral Auxiliaries," co-authored by McCabe, Steed and Dreyfus Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow in Chemistry Steve Feldgus, and "Probing for Electronic Effects in the Transition State of the Cyclopropylcarbinyl Radical Ring Opening Reaction," co-authored by Vogel. In July, Rosenstein attended the Gordon Research Conference on Free Radical Reactions in Holderness, NH, where he chaired a session on "Radicals in Organic Synthesis" and presented a poster, "Ester versus Amide Chiral Auxiliaries for Reactions of Tertiary, Electrophilic Radicals," co-authored again by Steed, McCabe and Feldgus.

Together with Mary Bernardine Dias '98 of the Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute, Edward North Professor of Classics Carl Rubino presented his fifth annual Alumni Seminar at Hamilton in July. This year’s topic was "Power, Morality and Integrity.” In August, Rubino organized and was one of the leaders of a workshop sponsored by the VRoma project and the Classical Association of the Empire State on the use of digital technology in the Latin classroom. The workshop, held at Hamilton, was attended by 10 K-12 teachers from New York, Connecticut and Pennsylvania. Also, Rubino published a book chapter: “Ordre : Chaos :: Parole : Silence?" Méditations sur une équation ouverte aux questions," Ilya Prigogine (ed.), L'Homme devant l'incertain (Paris: Éditions Odile Jacob, 2001), pp. 325-336.

Professor of Comparative Literature Carol Rupprecht was invited to teach in the C.G.Jung Foundation's Summer Study Intensive Program in New York City in July. She taught a seminar on "Sex, Gender and Dreams" in the week devoted to archetypal images in dreaming. Rupprecht also investigated all the research and publication on archetypal thought done over the past 8-10 years since she was asked by the editors to update her entry, “Archetypal Theory and Criticism,” in The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism. The considerable success of the one-volume reference work since its completion in 1992 has led to preparation of a new edition.

Roberta Krueger professor of art presented a paper on "Chrstine's Treasure: Women's Honor and Household Economics in the *Livre des Trois Vertus* at the Congress of the International Courtly Literature Society in Tubingen, Germany.

Assistant Professor of Woman's Studies Vivyan Adair wrote an article for the Harvard Educational Review, "Poverty and the (Broken) Promise of Higher Education" (Summer 2001 issue). Adair, who is also co-director of the ACCESS project at Hamilton, argues that educators must recognize the importance of making higher education available to low-income single mothers.

Hamilton Men's and Women's Swimming Coach Dave Thompson provides the Speedo "Tip of the Week" on the U.S. Swimming Team Web site. Thompson points out that swimmers in northern climates aren't exposed to enough sunlight, so they should ensure they're getting sufficient Vitamin D.

Professor of Government Cheng Li wrote an article, "From Red to Green?," about the Chinese Communist party that appears on Project Syndicate Web site. Project Syndicate is an international association of quality newspapers devoted to the objective of bringing distinguished voices from across the world to informed national audiences so as to create a global forum for the broadening of debate and exchange of ideas.

Hamilton College was cited in a New York Times article (7/25/01) as an example of "small but respected colleges." The Times article concerned a new college, Soka University of America, the first new private liberal arts college to be built in California in 25 years. The article notes "Soka University has a grand dream: to join the ranks of venerable institutions like Pomona, Haverford, Hamilton, and other small but respected colleges."