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The Henry Platt Bristol Professor of International Affairs Alan W. Cafruny was interviewed by renowned author and radio host Adriane Berg for Business Talk Radio New York.  Berg interviewed Cafruny about the argument behind his book A Ruined Fortress? Neoliberal Hegemony and Transformation in Europe (Rowman & Littlefield July 2003). 

Carlos Yordan, visiting assistant professor of government, was quoted in a Philadelphia Inquirer article about the transfer of power in Iraq and the importance of U.N. envoy Lakhdar Brahimi. According to Yordan, although Brahimi's claim that U.S. support for Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has obstructed negotiations in Iraq sounds harsh, "it did resonate in the Arab world and in Iraq. The U.N. has to make it clear to Iraqis that its plan is designed to forward Iraqi interests and not necessarily U.S. ones."

Professor of Economics Derek Jones presented three papers at the third inter-university conference at Dubrovnik, Croatia, in May, 2004. The conference, titled "Economic Developments in S.E. Europe," featured academics from all over the world and was co-sponsored by the Inter-University Centre Dubrovnik and Fridriech Ebert Stiftung.

A recent New York Times Magazine article featured the work of attorney Mary Bonauto '83 to advocate same-sex marriage in Vermont and Massachusetts.In both states Bonauto filed lawsuits challenging the exclusion of same-sex couples from the civil institution of marriage, leading to landmark decisions. 

The Levitt Center Announces student Levitt Fellows for the summer 2004. Fellows work in collaboration with faculty mentors on research designed to help the student pursue academic work outside of the classroom. Four additional awards have been extended to students to intern at several agencies in Utica, including Hope VI, Communities that Care and the Community Foundation.

Richard Couper, trustee and a 1947 graduate of Hamilton College, delivered the Class & Charter Day Address on Friday, May 7, 2004. His address was titled "The Third Time Around."

A recent article published in Rolling Stone Magazine highlighted the efforts of  Hamilton undergraduate Young Han '06 to register to vote with the Oneida County Board of Elections. According to the article, "Election officials all over the country are erecting illegal barriers to keep young voters from casting ballots."

Jeff Rubino '05 has received one of four awards issued to undergraduates this year by the New York Section of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy (SAS). Rubino used EPR and Vis spectroscopy to study enzyme reactions. Associate Professor of Chemistry and president elect of the Council on Undergraduate Research Tim Elgren was his advisor. According to its website, SAS is a nonprofit organization "formed to advance and disseminate knowledge and information concerning the art and science of spectroscopy."

Peter Singer, author of One World: the Ethics of Globaliztion (Yale University Press, 2002), presents, "Ethics for One World," on May 4, at 7 p.m. in the Chapel. Singer is the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at the University Center for Human Values, Princeton University.

A recent editorial published in the Utica Observer-Dispatch discussed the efforts of Young Han ’06 to register to vote with the Oneida County Board of Elections.  According to the editorial, "Discouraging anyone from voting is the antithesis of democracy.  To have the board of elections be the ones doing the discouraging is ludicrous."