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Cheng Li, William R. Kenan Professor of Government and Brookings Institution Fellow, will be a participant in a forum titled “The Chinese Communist Party: Bent, But Not Broken" at the Woodrow Wilson Center. The forum will be Webcast live from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. today, April 25. Other participants include professors from George Washington University, University of Wisconsin and City University of New York Graduate Center and Queens College.

Eric Kuhn ’09 published a blog post on Hardballer, the “Hardball with Chris Matthews” blog on MSNBC.com, regarding a debate between Senator John Kerry and former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich on “Global Climate Change and the Environment.” His blog outlines the major points of the debate.

Berea College hosted a one-person show, "Northern Climate, the Etchings of Bruce Muirhead," in the college's Upper Traylor Gallery. The show opened on March 2 and will close on Friday, April 27. The etchings of Professor of Art Muirhead are also the focus of"Robert Bruce Muirhead, Prints, 1969-2006, A Catalogue Raisonne," a book just published by the Amity Art Foundation.

Dean of Admission and Financial Aid Monica Inzer has been selected as one of the "10 admissions deans who are shaping their field" by The Chronicle of Higher Education in an article in the April 27 issue. The publication assembled a list of 10 people who they determined are "making a mark on the admissions profession. Each is a thinker, with goals for improving his or her own college as well as the field of admissions in general. Simply put, people like them -- and respect them.

One day after the official celebration of Earth Day, Hamilton College unveiled a Silver LEED (Leadership in Energy Conservation) plaque certifying that Skenandoa House has met the conservation qualifications set by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). Last year only two buildings in New York met the USGBC requirements for certification. Skenandoa House, an 84-year-old residence hall, is the oldest building in New York to be so designated.

Students in Introduction to Comparative Politics held a public debate for a mock election campaign in the fictitious country of West Europa on April 12. The debate was the capstone of a semester-long project in the course taught by Assistant Professor of Government Sharon Werning Rivera.

Dan Wittenberg ’07 has had one of his solar etchings accepted in an exhibition, the 27th Annual National Print Show. According to Wittenberg, the image, titled “Limbs,” shows a detail of logs in the Root Glen covered in snow that create a barrier for the viewer to attempt to see beyond. The image is a selection from Wittenberg’s senior project. He has been working with a solar etching technique to turn his photographs into graphic images. A solar etching is a type of intaglio print.

Assistant Professor of Government Sharon Werning Rivera presented a paper titled "Parliament as Teacher in Post-Communist Russia: Can Democracy be Learned?" at the Mid-Atlantic Slavic Conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, held at Barnard College in New York City on March 31.

One day after the official celebration of Earth Day, Hamilton College will unveil a Silver LEED (Leadership in Energy Conservation) plaque certifying that Skenandoa House has met the conservation qualifications set by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). Skenandoa House, an 84-year-old residence hall, is the oldest building in New York State to be so designated. Participants in the unveiling ceremony will include representatives from the USGBC, the architectural firm Ewing-Cole, the Oneida Nation, the Hamilton Environmental Action Group (HEAG) and Murnane Construction and Hamilton President Joan Hinde Stewart.

David C. Paris, Leonard C. Ferguson Professor of Government, presented a paper titled "'Market' and 'State' in Higher Education: A New 'Nation at Risk'?" at the Midwest Political Science Association, in Chicago on Friday, April 13. The Spellings Commission report, like “A Nation at Risk,” emphasizes the economic threat of educational failures and offers policy responses to them. Paris’ paper examined the claims of "market" and "state" on higher education, especially in light of the history of K-12 education reform.