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Asian Studies Chair Thomas A. Wilson presented a teaching unit on comparative sacrifice in ancient Asia at the Expanding East Asian Studies (EXEAS) Teaching Collaborative at Columbia University.

Hamilton College government professor Carlos Yordán comments on President Bush's State of the Union address and potential U.S. war on Iraq

Professor of History Maurice Isserman was a guest on Wisconsin Public Radio's Tom Clark show last month. Isserman discussed the historical memory of 60's protest.

In writing his new book, The Big Band Days: A Memoir and Source Book,, Jack Behrens used materials from the Hamilton College Jazz Archive. In addition, Archive Director Monk Rowe supplied Behrens with the book’s foreword as well as many quotes on the big band period.

Assistant Professor of English Gillian Gane published an article, "Mistakes in the Contact Zone," in AlterNation: International Journal for the Study of Southern African Literature and Languages Vol. 9, No. 1 (2002).

Assistant Library Systems Manager Peter MacDonald has been appointed as a member of the newly formed Digitization Committee of the Central New York Library Resources Council. MacDonald brings a wealth of experience from his work with Harvard Law Library's Digital Collection Pilot Project of trial transcripts, briefs and other documents relating to the International Military Tribunal and the United States Nuremberg Military Tribunal. He is currently developing digital access and preservation for Burke Library's special collections of Civil War documents, letters and other artifacts.

Chair of Asian Studies Thomas Wilson's book, On Sacred Grounds: Culture, Society, Politics, and the Formation of the Cult of Confucius was published by Harvard University Press.

Professor of Music Sam Pellman and Professor of Art Ella Gant presented a new work of performance art, "Got Hic," on Wednesday, Jan. 22 in the Emerson Gallery.

In fielding media queries on the re-emergence of anti-war sentiment, Hamilton College Professor of History Maurice Isserman has been asked to compare the movements against the war in Vietnam in the 1960s and the potential war in Iraq in 2003.

Assistant Professor of Economics Stephen Wu organized a session for the 2003 American Economic Association's annual meeting titled "Documenting Relationships Between Health, Wealth and Income."