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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.

Batu Erman '91, a molecular biologist from Turkey, has won the Marie Curie Excellence award from the European Commission for his work on cancer and AIDS. Erman, an assistant professor at Sabanci University, won the award for "his contribution to the fight against cancer and AIDS." His research is on "Molecular Biological Targeting of T Lymphocyte Signal Transduction and Development."

On April 9, John Hewko '79, vice president of the Department of Compact Development at the Millennium Challenge Corporation, discussed the fundamental concepts behind the newly-formed Millennium Challenge Corporation as well as related themes currently being discussed in the realm of the foreign aid debate.

Levitt Center Associate Director for Community Research Judith Owens-Manley has contributed an entry, "Bosnian Americans," in a new reference book, Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society edited by Richard Schaefer and published by Sage Publications. Owens-Manley is co-author of Bosnian Refugees in America: New Communities, New Cultures.

A group of refugees from Russia, Bosnia, Somalia and Belarus traveled to Hamilton's greenhouse on Saturday, April 5, to plant seedlings for their gardens located at the F.X. Matt Apartments. "Each individual had the choice of planting whatever vegetables they knew their family would enjoy," said Jenney Stringer '08, the program's organizer.

Ethan Anthony, president of HBD/ Cram and Ferguson Inc., will present a lecture on the architecture of Ralph Adams Cram on Thursday, April 10, at 4:30 p.m. in the Kennedy Auditorium in the Science Building. Cram is most famous for his "collegiate gothic" style, and his work is represented on a number of campuses, including Cornell University, Rice University and The University of Notre Dame.

Assistant Professor of Anthropology Haeng-ja Chung presented two papers at the Annual AsiaNetwork Conference in March at Trinity University in Texas. In "How to Introduce Controversial Issues in the Classroom: Case Study of a 'Sex Work and Emotional Labor' Course," Chung argued that dialectic Socratic Method would be effective for covering controversial issues in a classroom. Based upon her teaching experience at Hamilton and Colorado College, Chung confirmed that the dialectic teaching method encourages students to engage in critical thinking and reflexivity.

Danielle Sclafani '08 a candidate for May graduation from Hamilton, has been awarded a Fulbright Teaching Assistantship to South Korea, where she will teach English.

Joyce M. Barry, environmental studies lecturer, presented a paper titled "Gender, Class and Environment: Women's Grassroots Activism Against Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining in Appalachia" at the Southeastern Women's Studies Association conference.

Cheng Li, William R. Kenan Professor of Government and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, will be a guest on the nationally syndicated Diane Rehm Show on Thursday, April 10, at 10 a.m. The topic of the program will be the Beijing Olympics. Li is the editor of the recently published book, China's Changing Political Landscape: Prospects for Democracy.