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A group of 20 Hamilton students and their faculty advisor, Biology Professor William Pfitsch, are on a two-week trip to study tropical field ecology in Costa Rica.

Two Hamilton College seniors have been awarded Thomas J. Watson Fellowships for 2001-2002. Louisa Smith, an economics and art double major from Duxbury, MA, and Justin Stein, a philosophy major from Larchmont, NY, were selected from among 1,000 students who applied for the awards. This is the third consecutive year that Hamilton students have been among the recipients of a Watson Fellowship.

Peter Meinke, poet and author, and a 1955 graduate of Hamilton, will give a reading of his work tonight, March 29, at 8 p.m. in Dwight Lounge, Bristol Campus Center. The reading is free and open to the public. Meinke's visit is sponsored by the English department.

The Dermatology Foundation has awarded Robert Jordon, a 1960 graduate of Hamilton and chairman of the Department of Dermatology at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, and Ernest H. Beutner, Ph.D., for their groundbreaking research on blistering skin disorders in the 1960s. The Dermatology Foundation created the award in 1991 as its highest tribute to dermatologists who embody the essence of scientific and intellectual curiosity that the organization strives to nurture through its research awards program.

Hamilton will offer its fifth annual Alumni Seminar in the Liberal Arts this summer, when it presents Power, Morality and Integrity, July 26-29.

Michael Rothenberg, a 1986 graduate of Hamilton College, was named director of New York Lawyers for the Public Interest earlier this year. The organization, founded five years ago, was created to supplement legal services to the poor in New York City. Rothenberg was featured in The New York Daily News in Clem Richardson's "Spotlight on Great People" column.

The March report of the 2000 Census provides a look at race and Hispanic origin in the United States. Hamilton College professor Philip Klinkner says the numbers show a diverse but not integrated portrait of America.

Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack, a 1972 graduate of Hamilton College, hopes to fight population drain in Iowa by luring immigrants to the state. Vilsack's plan is profiled in TIME Magazine (March 19, 2001).

Robert Moses, a 1956 graduate of Hamilton College, is the founder of the Algebra Project, a program that has won national attention for preparing students in largely rural and inner-city communities to take college-prep mathematics.

Hamilton College had a good showing in America's Greatest Heart Run and Walk, held on February 24. Hamilton's 77 participants raised $6,238. Top money-raiser was Director of Student Activities Bev Low with $501. Three students who raised significant amounts were Evan Endicott, $375, Jamie Skiba, $181, and Jane Long, $168.