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Professor of Geology Eugene Domack was interviewed for a New York Times article (4/2/02) about changing Antarctic climate patterns. Domack, who spent six weeks doing research in Antarctica during December and January, discussed the Larsen A Ice Shelf. Domack and researchers found tiny fossils of marine algae on the sea floor that was once covered by the Larsen Shelf. The finding indicated that this part of the ice shelf had been open water at least once before. Domack said the shelf probably melted about 6,000 years ago in a previous warm spell, and remained open water until refreezing during the Little Ice age about 700 years ago, then remained frozen until it fell apart in 1995.

John Hewko, a 1979 graduate of Hamilton, is the author of an op-ed in The Washington Post (4/3/02). Hewko writes about Ukrainian Catholic priests, who are allowed to marry.

The Hamilton College Choir and College Hill Singers will perform on Friday, April 5, at 8 p.m. in Wellin Hall of the Schambach Center in an a cappella concert, featuring the repertoire performed on a recent tour of the Northeast. The concert is free and open to the public.

Former U.S. Ambassador to China James Lilley presented a lecture on U.S.-China relations on April 2. The lecture, sponsored by the Levitt Center and the government department, was titled "The United States and China: The Anatomy of a Relationship." Lilley is a former U.S. ambassador to China, a former assistant secretary of defense, and currently a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research.

Leah Byrne, a candidate for May graduation from Hamilton College, has been awarded a J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship for study at the Karolinska Universitet in Stockholm, Sweden. Byrne's project is titled, "Locating Endogenous Nitrated Neurotransmitters: A Study in Immunocytochemistry."

Independent scholar and freelance writer Rick Perlstein will deliver a lecture, "The Kids Are(n't) All Right: Youth and American Politics, 1960-2002," on Thursday, April 4 at 7:30 p.m. in the Red Pit. The free lecture is sponsored by the Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center.

Professor of Comparative Literature Peter Rabinowitz was elected second vice-president of the Society for the Study of Narrative Literature. He will serve as first vice president in his second year and president in his third year.

For some parents, packing up the kids to go to college means loading up the mini-van and driving a mile up College Hill Road. Instead of unpacking and moving into a residence hall in unfamiliar surroundings, arriving on campus with a new student brings back memories of years spent rooting on the Continentals, attending concerts in Wellin Hall or hearing Great Names speakers in the Field House.

Lisa Ervin, a 1999 graduate of Hamilton, is featured in the latest edition of Blades on Ice. Ervin, who competed in ladies singles skating in the early 1990s, now teaches skating for SABAH, the Skating Association for the Blind and Handicapped. The former U.S. novice and junior champion came across the organization four years ago, when she was teaching skating at Buffalo State.

Professor of Comparative Literature Peter Rabinowitz is series co-editor of the Theory and Interpretation Series at Ohio State University Press. The latest book published is, "Invisible Author: Last Essays" by the novelist and critic Christine Brooke-Rose.