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Derek C. Jones, Irma M. and Robert D. Morris Professor of Economics at Hamilton and currently a visiting professor at the Helsinki School of Economics, presented "Human Resource Management and Performance in Retail Trade: Evidence from an Econometric Case Study" in February 2006 at the annual meeting of the Finnish Society for Economic Research in Helsinki.  The paper was written with Panu Kalmi and Antti Kauhanen.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Government Peter Cannavo attended the annual meeting of the Western Political Science Association on March 16-18 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  He presented a paper on Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans titled, “In the Wake of Poseidon: Katrina, Climate Change, and the Coming Crisis of Displacement.”

Philip Klinkner, the James S. Sherman Associate Professor of Government, was quoted in a Boston Globe article titled "Democrats See Northeast As Ripe For Picking" (March 23, 2006). He commented on how the strategy employed by the Republicans in the midterm elections of 1994 to defeat the Democrats could be used by the Democrats in this year's election. Klinkner was quoted in an earlier article in The New York Times, "For Democrats, Lots of Verses, But No Chorus," (March 5, 2006), that also addressed the possible outcomes of the midterm elections next fall and the role national issues might play. Klinkner is the editor of Midterm: Elections of 1994 in Context (Westview Press).

Fire on the Mountain, a documentary film about the U.S. Army’s Tenth Mountain Division in World War II, will be shown on Thursday, March 30, at 8 p.m. in Hamilton College’s Kirner-Johnson Auditorium in the Kirner-Johnson Building. The film will be followed by a discussion with Hamilton history professor Maurice Isserman, Hamilton geosciences professor Todd Rayne, Director of Adventure Programs Andrew Jillings and Donald B. Potter, Hamilton emeritus geology professor and World War II veteran and member of the 10th Mountain Division. The program is free and open to the public.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Government Brian J. Glenn recently hosted a conference with Steve Teles at the Center for the Study of American Politics at Yale University. Glenn is co-editing a forthcoming book with Teles, who, coincidentally, was also once a visiting faculty member in the Hamilton government department.  The conference was focused on their book, Conservatives and American Political Development, which follows the role of conservatives in the development of environmental, education and Social Security policy.

Associate Dean of Students for Diversity Berenecea Johnson spoke on "New Inspiration for the Nation," a program broadcast on WPHR Power 106.9 FM in Auburn, N.Y. on Sunday, March 12. She addressed "What are the factors that affect the academic success of African American students in high school and beyond?"   

Joey Campanella '08, Benjamin Critton ’06, Sarah Felder '07 and Liz Herring ’08 have work included in the "Speak Out" art exhibition at the Utica Library, which is located at 303 Genessee Street. This regional juried college student art exhibition includes work from students from Hamilton College, Colgate University, Syracuse University and Pratt at Munson William Proctor. The exhibition will close on March 31, 2006.

Hamilton College has made permanent its five-year experiment that allows students to choose which standardized tests to submit as part of their application for admission.

Cheng Li, the William R. Kenan Professor of Government and Brookings Institution senior fellow, was quoted on the front page of The New York Times in an article titled "China Attacks Its Woes With an Old Party Ritual," on Wednesday, March 9. Li discussed the efforts to rebuild grass-roots party organizations that have been falling apart in an article written by the Times Beijing bureau chief. The same article was also printed in the International Herald Tribune.

Douglas Weldon, Stone Professor of Psychology, attended the Project Kaleidoscope Conference at Meredith College in Raleigh, North Carolina, March 3-5. Project Kaleidoscope or PKAL is an organization that advocates for building and sustaining strong undergraduate programs in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). PKAL focuses on building learning environments that attract and sustain undergraduate students in the study of STEM fields and motivate them to consider careers in related fields.