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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. 

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.

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. 

Leide Cabral '10 attended a briefing co-sponsored by U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on April 9. The session focused on the positive results of expanded learning time programs in secondary schools.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology Mikaila Mariel Lemonik Arthur wrote an article for Sociology Compass titled "Social Movements in Organizations." The article reviews the literature on social movements that exist within organizations like colleges, religious orders, corporations and governmental agencies from disparate academic fields and outlines the main questions within this area of research, with the aim of introducing students and scholars to this area of research and its possibilities.

David W. Rivera, lecturer in government, presented a paper at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association held in Chicago on April 3. Titled "The Militarization of the Russian Elite under Putin: How Wide and How Deep?" and co-authored with Assistant Professor of Government Sharon Werning Rivera, the paper examined the dominant paradigm for understanding contemporary Russia, which views Russia as a "militocracy" or "neo-KGB state."

Priya Ananth, visiting assistant professor of Japanese, presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Asian Studies, held in Atlanta, April 3-6. She gave a poster presentation titled "Form-Meaning Association in toki 'when' clauses in Japanese -- A corpus analysis of native speakers' data."

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.