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William Julius Wilson, the Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor at Harvard University, and Director of the Joblessness and Urban Poverty Research Program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, spoke Monday evening to a packed Hamilton Chapel. His lecture was titled "Roots of Racial Tensions: Immigration and the Realities of Today's Urban Ethnic Neighborhoods." Wilson concluded, “If you want to change things, don’t try to get people to change their attitude, create situations which minimize racial tension- the best way to fight racism in American is to achieve low unemployment.” He is the second speaker in the Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center’s year-long series on Immigration and Global Citizenship.

Today, the class of 2004 is hosting the first annual Fall Fest from 1-5 p.m. in the Annex. Class of 2004 Student Assembly Representatives Kristin Merriman and Marla Nasser distributed popcorn and cotton candy as Hamilton students played in an inflatable bouncing room and on a bungee run. Merriman commented, "The Student Assembly is focusing this year on providing non-alcoholic social options for the campus." Merriman and Nasser hope this year’s event will be the first in a long running, new Hamilton tradition.

Hamilton College Professor of Government and Woodrow Wilson Fellow Cheng Li will speak before the National Committee on US-China Relations September 25. Li will discuss the change in Chinese leadership in his talk, "Hu's in Charge after the 16th Party Congress?"

Cheng Li, professor of government and Woodrow Wilson Fellow, will speak Sept. 23 as a panalist for the US-China Commission in a hearing, "Chinese Leadership Succession and its Implications."

Alan Cafruny, The Henry Platt Bristol Professor of International Affairs, and Carlos Yordan, a visiting instructor of government, were interviewed by the Utica Observer-Dispatch for a September 13 article discussing President Bush's address to the UN general assembly.

Benjamin Barber, author of Jihad vs McWorld, spoke to a packed Hamilton chapel Thursday evening. His lecture, titled “Globalization a year after 9/11: Terrorism or Democracy?,” addressed America’s response to terrorism after the attacks of September 11 and suggested alternative means to combat the threat of terrorism in the future. Barber hit a variety of topics, including religious fundamentalism, sovereignty and capitalism.

Henry Chicaiza ’04, Gabrielle Markeson ’04, and Hima Poonati ’05 are working with Associate Professor of Chemistry Ian Rosenstein as summer research fellows. The group is trying to control the activity of radical reactions in chiral canters, working independently on their own piece of the project. They are three of the 90 students on the Hamilton campus doing summer research in an area of their choosing. The Hamilton Summer Science Research Program is a highly selective opportunity for students of all concentrations to experience laboratory research conducted in close collaboration with a Hamilton professor.

Hamilton Assistant Professor of Theater and Dance Mark Cryer will perform in "Errors," a modern take of Shakespeare's play "A Comedy of Errors," reports the Albany Times Union. Cryer will play a "James Cagney-like gangster of a Duke" and recommends that all attend with "a blanket, a picnic and a friend." "Errors" will run Wednesday, July 31, through Saturday, August 3 at 6 p.m., and on Sunday, Aug. 4 at 5 p.m. The performances wil take place in Congress Park, Saratoga Springs. Admission is free.

Barbara Tewksbury, the Stephen Harper Kirner Professor of Geology, headed a workshop for professors of undergraduate geoscience from July 28 to August 3 on the Hamilton campus. The workshop is part of the program “On the Cutting Edge: Workshops for Geoscience Faculty,” supported by the National Association of Geoscience Teachers and DLESE, with funding provided by a $4.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation. Hamilton has been awarded more than $70,000 from the grant for 2002, and will receive additional funding each year for the next five years.

Julianna Allport ’05 and Christopher Butts ’04 are working with Assistant Professor of Chemistry Ram Subramaniam on a project that is seeking new means of treating diabetes. The students are exploring how sugars in the blood modify proteins and looking for possible drugs that could medicate diabetes in new, more effective ways.