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Sixth graders from Wettel Elementary School in Vernon got a taste of college on March 21 when they visited Hamilton science faculty. Biology Professor David Gapp, Physics Professor Gordon Jones, Geology Professor David Bailey, Chemistry Professor Karen Brewer and Psychology Professor Doug Weldon wowed the students with optical illusions, microscopic views of local minerals, the physics of pressure with a bed of nails, the always-popular boa-constrictor Lily, and the making of slime.

Ava Bromberg, a candidate for May graduation from Hamilton College, has been awarded a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship for 2002-2003. Bromberg, a Phi Beta Kappa student who has a double major of studio art and Asian studies, was selected from among 1,000 students who applied for the awards.

Hamilton College Professor of Classics Shelley Haley tells of a strange occurrence each year on the Ides of March at Caesar's tomb in Rome. Haley is an expert on Cleopatra and Ancient Rome.

Four faculty members from the English, theatre & dance, Africana studies and sociology departments were approved for tenure by the college's board of trustees during their recent meeting. The granting of tenure is based on recommendations of the vice president for academic affairs and dean of faculty, and the committee on appointments, with the president of the college presenting final recommendations to the board of trustees.

Rich Bernstein, a 1980 graduate of Hamilton, will be the featured guest on Wall $treet Week with Louis Rukeyser on Friday March 22. The show is shown on most PBS stations at 8:30 p.m. Bernstein is chief U.S. strategist for Merrill Lynch & Co.

The Salt City Jazz Collective will present a free jazz concert on Tuesday, April 2, at 9 p.m. in Café Opus at the Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts at Hamilton College.

Hamilton's Great American Heart Run and Walk Team raised $6,346 in its best effort yet. Hamilton co-chair Marylyn Nassimos reports that Hamilton's 89 participants raised an average of $71.30/person. These numbers represent an increase in participants and in money raised from last year.

The ACCESS Project and Women's Studies Professor/ACCESS co-director Vivyan Adair are featured in a National Journal (3/9/02) article,"Get Hitched, Stay Hitched," concerning President Bush's plan to give states money to encourage marriage among welfare recipients.

While many of their peers head off to the beaches of Cancun and Florida for colleges' annual spring break, 96 students from Hamilton College are packing up to do volunteer work in eight cities during Hamilton's break, from March 15-29. The students are participating in Alternative Spring Break, a series of trips geared toward community service.

Twelve members of the class of 2002 were elected to the Hamilton College chapter of Phi Beta Kappa on Feb. 28. The students are: Ava Bromberg, Curtis Confer, Lauren Cuozzo, Kristopher Gerardi, David Kolb, Tomasz Konopka, Marcus Loveland, Ann Toth, Christopher Viapiano, Rebecca Walker, Nathan Weston and Danielle Wittern.