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Former Political Councilor to Greece John Brady Kiesling spoke about U.S. diplomacy Thursday evening to a crowded Chapel at Hamilton College, as a guest in the Alpha Delta Phi Lecture Series. Kiesling submitted his resignation to Secretary of State Colin Powell, effective March 7, in protest of U.S. action in Iraq.

Assistant Professor of Mathematics Debra Boutin presented her paper on "Convex Geometric Graphs with no Short Self-intersecting Paths" at the 34th Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory and Computing held in Boca Raton, Fla., in March.

Maurice Isserman, William R. Kenan Professor of History, spoke at Harvard University as part of a panel on "The Intellectual as Radical." Isserman spoke about Michael Harrington, whose life he documented in a biography, "The Other American." The day-long symposium, "The Intellectual in American Culture," addressed other topics like intellectual conservatives and artists.

Antarctica 2003 expedition left Syracuse N.Y. in a snowstorm on March 9 to begin the long flight to the tip of South America where the researchers would board the RSV (Research Supply Vessel) Laurence M. Gould for transport to Antarctica.

Associate Professor of English Catherine Kodat published an article, "Conversing with Ourselves," in the March 2003 issue of American Quarterly. The journal is the official publication of the American Studies Association.

Professor of Government Cheng Li was quoted by Agence France Presse in an article, "China's Parliament Readies for Change of Guard Amid Heavy Security," about the upcoming China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) meeting.

L.A. Times quoted Government professor Cheng Li in an article “New Chinese Leader Looks Like Own Men,” about Hu Jintao is currently positioning himself as a politician who cares about the needy.”

Professor of Philosophy Robert Simon's article, "Academic Freedom," appeared in Randall Curren, ed., A Companion to the Philosophy of Education, published in 2003 by Blackwell Publishers.

Government Professor Cheng Li was quoted by Agence France Presse in an article “Jiang, China’s ‘interim leader’, still active in semi-retirement”, about the current role of Chinese leader Jiang Zemin.

The "sonic stylings" of Doc Woods and the Hamilton College Jazz Combo, Keith Foster, Louis Bosso, Khori Newlander, Richard Stahnke and Dan Hilton, were heard by a full house at the Village Tavern. The set included standards such as "Summertime" and "My Favorite Things" and originals by Doc Woods.