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At a Washington, D.C. alumni event, Edward S. Walker, Jr., '62, former U.S. Ambassador and Hamilton's Christian A. Johnson Distinguished Professor of Global Political Theory, lectured on U. S. relations with Iran on Thursday, April 10. In attendance in the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill were current students attending the Washington, D.C. program as well as alumni.

Trevor Field, the founder of National Government Organization (NGO) PlayPumps International from South Africa, will speak on Monday, April 14, at 7 p.m. in the Hamilton College Chapel. 

Christopher Boveroux '08, a candidate for May graduation from Hamilton, has been awarded a Fulbright Teaching Assistantship to Indonesia.

A lecture by Trevor Field, the founder of National Government Organization (NGO) PlayPumps International, scheduled for Monday, April 14, in the Chapel, has been cancelled until further notice. HAVOC organizers received an e-mail from Field on April 11 explaining that he is ill and will be unable to fly to the States. He hopes to reschedule his visit before the end of the semester.

Thomas Wilson has presented three papers in March and April. He presented "Gods of the Analects" at the ASIANetwork conference in San Antonio on March 16. He gave an invited talk at the University of Michigan titled "Confucian Rites and the Reorienting of Modern Ritual Theory" on March 25 and a paper titled "A Confucian Theory of Gods" at the "Comparing Gods" panel at the annual meeting of the Association for Asian Studies in Atlanta on April 4.

Associate Professor of Economics Ann Owen presented "Is Free Trade Good for Your Health?" at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) on Thursday, April 10. Discussants included Paul Wolfowitz, a visiting scholar at AEI, and Jeremiah Norris, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute. The moderator was Roger Bate, a resident fellow at AEI. Owen and Associate Professor of Economics Stephen Wu co-authored "Is Trade Good for Your Health?" which was published in the Review of International Economics.

Danielle Roper '06 arranged for Professor of Classics and Africana Studies Shelley Haley to be interviewed on "The Evening Edition," a radio program in Kingston, Jamaica, that does socio-political commentary on local, regional and international news.

Ngoda Manongi '08 has been awarded the College's prestigious Bristol Fellowship. The Bristol Fellowship was begun in 1996 as part of a gift to Hamilton College by William M. Bristol Jr. '17. The purpose of the fellowship is to perpetuate Mr. Bristol's spirit and share it with students of the College that was such an important part of his life. Created by his family, the fellowship is designed to encourage Hamilton students to experience the richness of the world by living outside the United States for one year and studying an area of great personal interest. 

Celebrate April/National Jazz Month with The Harlem Blues & Jazz Band in a performance on Sunday, April 13, in the Fillius Events Barn. Founded and managed by Dr. Al Vollmer '52, the band will perform in a free concert at 3 p.m. preceded by a question and answer session with the artists at 2 p.m. This group of veteran jazz artists has played every important jazz venue both here and abroad. Sponsored by the Jazz Archive, BSU and the Dean of Faculty Office.

Washington State Senator Paull Shin will present a lecture "The Future Political and Economic Relationship between Korea and the U.S." on Thursday, April 10, at 7:30 p.m. in The Chapel. A Korean-American member of the Washington State Senate, Shin serves on the Senate committees for International Trade & Economic Development, Agriculture & Rural Economic Development, and Early Learning, K-12 & Higher Education. Sponsored by Dean of Faculty, the Government Department and ACS.