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The George I. Alden Trust has awarded Hamilton College a $75,000 grant to equip and expand a newly developed networked polarized-light microscopy facility for the science department. The networked microscopy facility will enable the implementation of inquiry-based, cooperative group-learning activities that are part of Hamilton's new curriculum.

The Performing Arts at Hamilton opens the spring semester with the Aquila Theatre group performing "The Wrath of Achilles" based on Homer's epic war poem, The Iliad, on Wednesday, Jan. 30, at 8 p.m. at Wellin Hall in the Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts.

The Kirkland Project for the Study of Gender, Society and Culture's "The Body in Question" series continues with a Body Images panel, on Friday, Jan. 25 at 3:30 p.m. in the Fillius Events Barn at Hamilton College.

The Hamilton College Performing Arts begins the spring Classical Connections series with an all-German recital by baritone Wolfgang Holzmair, accompanied by pianist Russell Ryan on Friday, Feb. 15, at 8 p.m. at Wellin Hall in the Schambach Center for Music and the Performing Arts.

Edward North Professor of Classics Carl Rubino travelled to Cuba to participate in Complexity 2002-Havana, Philosophical, Methodological and Epistemological Implications of Complexity Theory. Rubino presented a paper about complexity and society.

A memorial service for John Mavrogenis '64 will be held on Saturday, January 5, at 1 p.m., in the Chapel. A reception will follow in the Dwight Lounge, second floor of the Bristol Center. Please join John's family and friends as we celebrate his life and many contributions to Hamilton.

Associate Professor of Government Phil Klinkner was interviewed in the Buffalo News (Dec. 30) for an article about Sen. Hillary Clinton's first year in office. "Her year could be divided between pre-Sept. 11 and after," he said. Her role as outspoken leader of the opposition to President George W. Bush was "greatly diminshed" in the aftermath of Sept. 11, Klinkner said.

It all started with Chops and Porky. When Carolee Kogut bought those two sheep 17 years ago, little did she know that her hobby would turn into a multi-faceted business, encompassing spinning and making yarn, knitting and selling the homemade products through craft shows and a web site.

John Mavrogenis, a member of the Class of 1964 and former Director of Alumni Affairs, and a devoted contributor to the Hamilton College community for more than a quarter century, died on December 29.

Jay Williams, the Walcott-Bartlett Professor of Religious Studies, co-authored Volume 252 of the Dictionary of Literary Biography, which was published in December 2001. Williams provided three entries for this volume on British philosophers from 1550-1799. His articles were biographies of Benjamin Whichcote, John Smith, and Nathaniel Culverwell. Williams also published two book reviews: Aurobindo Ghose, A Greater Psychology: An Introduction to Sri Aurobindo's Psychological Thought (The Quest, Nov/Dec. 2001), and Sarangerel, Riding Windhorses: A Journey into the Heart of Mongolian Shamanism (The Quest, Jan/Feb 2002).