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Dr. Paul Greengard, a 1948 Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Hamilton College and winner of the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, will deliver the keynote address, titled, "A Life in Science: Selected Memories," at Hamilton College's convocation on Sunday, Aug. 26, at 4 p.m. in Wellin Hall. Greengard will also be awarded an honorary degree from Hamilton at the convocation.

Some 160 members of Hamilton's class of 2005 are arriving on campus a week earlier than their classmates to participate in Adirondack Adventure, an eight-day outdoor program that takes them on one of 18 trips into the Adirondacks.

Daniel Chambliss, Sidney Wertimer Professor of Sociology, recently gave two talks at the meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society in St. Louis, one on "Strategies of Macro-Teaching" and the other on "Routine Activities, Everyday Life, and Health."

Professor of Anthropology Douglas Raybeck recently returned from a three-month field trip to Kelantan, Malaysia where he reprised a study carried out several years ago. The results were both qualitative and quantitative, and should enable him to make some fairly precise statements about cultural change in Kelantan, and in general.

Mitchell Stevens, assistant professor of sociology, and author of a new book about homeschooling, will be a guest today (Aug. 9) at 5:20 p.m. on Washington, D.C. news radio WTOP. Stevens will talk about a recent federal government study that shows an increase in the number of homeschooled children. The interview can be heard live via the Internet on RealPlayer.

Hamilton College President Eugene M. Tobin has announced the community members who will join him and two college trustees on a committee that will make gifts and grants to organizations serving the Village of Clinton and the Town of Kirkland.

Hamilton College's New Century Campaign concluded on June 30 having raised a record $109 million over four years for student scholarships, new teaching positions and other college priorities.

A.G. Lafley, a 1969 graduate of Hamilton College, was elected to the board of directors of General Motors. He was named president and chief executive officer of Procter & Gamble in June 2000. Lafley is also a member of Hamilton's Board of Trustees.

Byron Miller, a rising senior at Hamilton, recently completed a ten week research project at the prestigious Ralph Bunche Summer Institute at Duke University. His project is one of a select few chosen to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association.

Mitchell Stevens, assistant professor of sociology and author of a new book on homeschooling, was interviewed by Education Week about the federal government's new study of the nation's home-schooling population. Stevens' book, Kingdom of Children: Culture and Controversy in the Homeschooling Movement, is being published this week by Princeton University Press.