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Lecturer in Economics and Women's Studies Nesecan Balkan participated in the Sixth World Social Forum in Caracas from January 24-29. Balkan organized a workshop along with colleagues from the Union of Radical Political Economists (URPE) titled "Progressive Economic Organizing in the U.S” and presented a paper about students' anti-sweatshop and other labor-related activism. The paper focused specifically on the activities of the United Students against Sweatshops which is an umbrella organization for more than 200 college groups involved with economic issues.

Ernest Williams, the Leonard C. Ferguson Professor of Biology, gave a talk "Population Structure and Conservation of Three Rare Butterflies" to the Biology Department at Trinity College on March 9. Williams is the author of The Nature Handbook: A Guide to Observing the Great Outdoors, which is a field guide to patterns in nature and was released in 2005 by Oxford University Press. He is also co-author of The Stokes Butterfly Book.

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Hamilton College has scheduled a pre-dedication ceremony for its new fitness and dance center on Tuesday, July 25, in conjunction with a visit by the family for whom the new facility is being named. The Charlean and Wayland Blood Fitness and Dance Center is scheduled to open officially on August 25, and will be dedicated formally during the college’s Fallcoming Weekend in October. It is being named for the parents of David Blood, a member of the Class of 1981 and the third generation of the Blood family to attend Hamilton.

Ernest Williams, the Leonard C. Ferguson Professor of Biology, published an article in the British Journal of Animal Ecology (75:466-475)with collaborators from Stanford and Duke Universities and the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory. The article is titled "Delayed population explosion of an introduced butterfly." Founded in 1932, The Journal of Animal Ecology publishes original research papers on most aspects of animal ecology, plus reviews that shed light on subjects central to animal ecology, including theoretical analyses of specific topics.

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The American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies recently elected Professor of French John C. O'Neal vice president of the Society for Eighteenth-Century French Studies at its annual meeting in Montreal. The society is the French caucus of the national society. Established in 1969, the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies advances study and research in the history of a time that has profoundly influenced our world. O’Neal will assume presidency of the society in 2007.

Mina Nair, internationally acclaimed director of films including"Monsoon Wedding," “Salaam Bombay,” “Hysterical Blindness” and “Vanity Fair,” gave the annual Tolles Lecture on April 16.  Nair spoke about her career in filmmaking, and screened a short film she was commissioned to make after 9/11. The Tolles Lecture Series brings distinguished speakers from the fields of literature, journalism and theater to Hamilton to lecture and meet with students.