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Caroline R. O’Shea is a fundraising consultant for nonprofits with the company Elevate in Washington, D.C.

William J. Tyler, Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures at Ohio State University, gave a lecture on April 28 titled "Writing the Language of Tomorrow: Ishikawa Jun's Invention of Ashitago. His lecture discussed the works of Japanese modernist writer Ishikawa Jun, some of which Tyler has translated into English, which deal with modern life and war in Japan. Ishikawa wrote works of resistance to Japan's Fifteen Year War from 1931-1945, and later wrote about the nation's postwar issues.

Joseph Stiglitz, winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Economics, gave a lecture titled "Globalization and Public Policy" at Hamilton on April 8. Stiglitz has served as a member of the Council of Economic Advisors and as Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of the World Bank, and he is currently a professor at Columbia University. His lecture addressed the ways in which globalization and public policy have interacted in recent years, as well as the continuing debate over who benefits from globalization. His appearance was part of the Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center's spring 2005 speakers series.

A panel discussion of Hamilton faculty on April 9 discussed the context and implications of changes in the social security system. Ann Owen of Economics, Gary Wyckoff of Government and Vivyan Adair of Women's Studies offered their remarks in a forum moderated by Professor Frank Anechiarico of Government.

Cynthia Sau-ling Wong, professor of Asian-American Studies and Comparative Ethnic Studies at  the University of California, Berkeley, gave a lecture at Hamilton on April 1 titled "Textualizing Global Feminisms: Maxine Hong Kingston's Woman Warrior."  The lecture discussed one of the best-known works of Asian-American literature, Maxine Hong Kingston's The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of A Girlhood Among Ghosts, as a work of feminist and multi-cultural "world literature." Her talk was part of the series "Tracing Feminisms in Global Flows of Art & Culture," sponsored by the Jane Watson Irwin Endowment.

Robert Garland, Professor of Classics at Colgate University, gave a lecture titled "From Media Tarts to Tabloid Queens: Attention-Seeking In Antiquity" as part of the Hamilton Department of Classics Winslow Lecture series on March 31. Garland discussed the phenomenon of celebrity in ancient Greece and Rome, arguing that a desire for fame has been a motivation for people throughout history. 

Donald F. Kettl, professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania and a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, gave a lecture titled "The Next Government of the United States: Strategies for 21st Century Government" on March 7 as part of the Levitt Center's 2004-2005 speaker series. Kettl discussed the new problems and persistent challenges of governance in the 21st century, and offered some solutions for creating a more "responsive and responsible" government.

Video artist and writer Kathleen Sweeney gave a multimedia presentation called "Maiden USA" about the evolution of the iconic American teenage girl on Feb. 21 at Hamilton. Sweeney has been studying the teenage girl icon in popular culture for 10 years, and mentors young women the Seattle filmmaking program "Reel Grrls" to help them express their vision of what it means to be a teenage girl.

Hamilton seniors Zachary Hesse and David Gordon presented the findings of their Emerson Grant Research Project, "A Life Cycle Assessment Comparison of Biodiesel vs. Diesel Use at Hamilton College," to an audience of students, faculty and staff on Feb. 23. Hesse and Gordon, whose interest in the topic was sparked by a class in Industrial Ecology, used a technique called "life cycle assessment" to evaluate the environmental effects of using biodiesel at Hamilton as opposed to traditional petroleum diesel. Their presentation argued that biodiesel use is not only feasible at Hamilton, but that it would be cheaper and more environmentally friendly than petroleum diesel use. 

On Friday, Feb. 11, more than 100 members of the Hamilton community, from the student body, faculty, staff and administration, came together for the 2005 Adler Conference: "Building a Community of Respect." The annual Adler Conference is a place for the entire Hamilton community to come together for candid discussion on issues that affect everyone. The four major topics discussed at this year's Adler Conference were Respect for Property, Respect for Ideas, Respect for People, and Respect for the College.