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As part of the Wilson Center Asia Program titled "The Chinese Communist Party: the end of the line," Professor of Government Cheng Li gave a briefing on Capitol Hill for congressional staffers and members of congress. Li's talk, "The Chinese Communist Party: The beginning of the new deal," addressed Hu Jintao's economic/social program and also a new norm of sharing power in elite politics.

Before the first new graduate strolls across the stage to receive that long-anticipated Hamilton diploma, months of preparation goes into making Commencement a ceremony worth remembering.

Professor of Government Cheng Li was interviewed for the BBC show "The World Today" discussing the SARS crisis and the challenges this raises for the Chinese government. Listen with Real Player on BBC.

Professor of Government Cheng Li spoke at the U.S. State Department's Foreign Service Institute on China's new leadership capabilities and challenges.

Dan Brown is a great example of the many employees who have given their working lives in service to Hamilton. In addition, he caught our attention as the ultimate collector -- he saves everything from Saratoga bottles to valuable sports memorabilia -- and for his lifetime of visiting sports venues.

Derek Jones, the Irma M. and Robert D. Morris Professor of Economics, is the senior editor of the Handbook of Economics in the Electronic Age published by Academic Press, May 2003.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics Joshua Lesperance gave a talk, "Gorenstein Liaison of Codimension Three Curves," at the Route 81 Conference on Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry.

Assistant Professor of Psychology Julie Dunsmore presented a poster at the Society for Research in Child Development, Tampa, Fla. (April, 2003). The poster was on her research of "Parents' discussions with children about a terrorist attack." At the conference, Dunsmore also conducted a symposium on "Preschool Children's Affective Social Competence and their Friendship Formation."

Assistant Professor of Physics Seth Major received funding from the Research Corporation for his research on "Observational Constraints on Quantum Gravity Effects."

Assistant Professor of Chemistry John LaGraff presented his research on "Fabrication and Imaging of Protein Crossover Structures" at the fall meeting of the Materials Research Society held in Boston, Mass. He also had a paper on the topic published in the conference proceedings (2003).