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China is scheduled to become only the third country to put a man into orbit, according to BBC reports. This is a "showcase for China's coming of age as a major player in international affairs," said Cheng Li, William R. Kenan Professor of Government.

Construction of Hamilton's new 192,000-square-foot, $56-million science center is on budget and on schedule, said Douglas A. Weldon, Stone Professor of Psychology and science curriculum and facilities coordinator. Weldon reported that all the flights of stairs have now been installed, and  that the stairwells resemble mini-Atriums. These are often referred to by the project coordinators as "Atriettes" because of their spacious, wall-less design that relies in part on the open design for lighting. Bill Huggins, assistant director of construction, added, "At this point in the construction, the building is nearly water tight – most of the roof has been completed and we’ve been working hard to get the windows installed. With more than 80 contractors working diligently on a daily basis things are happening fast."

An article titled "The Sixteenth Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party" by Cheng Li, the William R. Kenan Professor of Government, appeared in the July/August edition of the journal Asian Survey, published by the University of California. The essay was co-authored with Lynn White of Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School, and examines the recent changes in the top levels of the Chinese Communist Party and what these changes will mean for the future of China.

Professor of Anthropology Doug Raybeck opened this year's Faculty Lecture Series to a crowded Red Pit with a talk titled "The Yang, The Yin, The Whole Damn Thing." Raybeck discussed the "you're right, I'm wrong" approach with which many humans come at the world, and the fact that conflict is inherent in discourse. He pointed out that this conflict is exacerbated in the West due to our tendencies for dualism and individualism, as well as our belief in the single correct answers that classical physics has given us.

An article published in the current issue of China Economic Review is the first to evaluate Chinese economic growth using city-level data and to identify factors that explain regional differences in growth rates. The study, "Growth and regional inequality in China during the reform era," was conducted by Hamilton College Professors of Economics Ann Owen and Derek Jones and Professor of Government Cheng Li.

Susan Mason, director of oral communications and education studies, participated in the American Management Association 11th Annual Conference September 22- 24. Mason spoke on "Communication Up, Down and Across the Organization." The AMA is a membership-based mangagement development organization and was founded in 1923.

Edward S. "Ned" Walker Jr. '62, former ambassador to Israel and Sol M. Linowitz Visiting Professor of International Affairs gave a talk on "The Middle East After Iraq" on September 16 at Hamilton.  Walker’s talk coincided with the 25th anniversary of the signing of the Camp David Accords (Sept. 17, 1978).

Andrew Savage '85 is part of the cast this fall on the CBS reality show Survivor. He was "marooned" for 39 days on Mogo Mogo, one of the Pearle Islands (Perlas Archipelago) off the coast of Panama. The show will premiere Thursday, Sept. 18, at 8 p.m. (ET/PT).

The Nominations Committee of the Alumni Council invites members of the on-campus community, alumni, and others to provide the Committee with recommendations for the annual Hamilton College Alumni Association Distinguished Service Award. In October, the Alumni Council will act on the nomination put forward by the Committee. The formal award presentation will take place at Hamilton during the Spring 2004 meetings of the Alumni Council.

Review of Andrea Scheithauer. 2000. Kaiserliche Bautätigkeit in Rom: Das Echo in der antiken Literatur (The Classical Review 53.1 N.S. [2003]: 122-23) Assistant Professor of Classics, Mark Masterson has published a review of a book for The Classical Review, "Kaiserliche Bautätigkeit in Rom: Das Echo in der antiken Literatur," by Andrea Scheithauer. The book details appearances in ancient literature of the building projects of various emperors and their families. Masterson was selected to review this book because of work he has done on the first century BCE architect, Vitruvius.