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Dr. Warren Allmon of the Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, will give a talk, Pleistocene Mastodons of New York State, on Thursday, Dec. 6 at 1 p.m., in the Science Auditorium. The talk is sponsored by the Geology Department.

Walcott-Bartlett Professor of Religious Studies Jay Williams was a guest on "Hour CNY," on WCNY, a Syracuse PBS affiliate. The December 3 interview featured a discussion of Williams' collection of prints by Thomas Nast, 19th century illustrator. The Emerson Gallery is currently exhibiting Williams' collection of Nast's Santa Claus renditions.

"Girls Speak Out," a program started by Hamilton senior Jessica Ambrose that encourages middle school girls to express themselves through journal writing, is the subject of an editorial in the Utica Observer-Dispatch (12/4/01).

Richard Bernstein a 1980 graduate of Hamilton College, has been named chief U.S. strategist for Merrill Lynch & Co. Bernstein, the firm's quantitative strategist at Merrill's global securities research and economics group since 1988, will now perform a dual function. He has been voted to the Institutional Investor All-America Research team for the past 10 years, and was a member of the "First Team" for the past six. Bernstein also serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of Hamilton, and is on the committee that oversees the College's Endowment Fund. He holds an economics degree from Hamilton as well as a masters in business administration in finance, with honors, from New York University.

Walcott-Bartlett Professor of Religious Studies Jay Williams collects woodblock prints by Thomas Nast (1840-1902), perhaps best known as America’s first great political cartoonist, but also the man responsible for creating the image of Santa Claus as we know him. Williams’ collection of Nast’s Santa prints is currently on exhibit at the Emerson Gallery, through Dec. 21.

A lecture by Paula Rothenberg, that was to have taken place on September 11, has been rescheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 4. Rothenberg, director of the New Jersey Project on Inclusive Scholarship, Curriculum, and Teaching, will give a lecture titled "Beyond Tacos and Egg Rolls: Inclusive Curricular Perspectives and Critical Thinking," on Dec. 4 at 8 p.m. in Dwight Lounge, Bristol Campus Center. It is free and open to the public.

Leslie Moore, a 1924 graduate of Hamilton College, recently celebrated his 100th birthday. He was the subject of a column by Robert Nemeth in the Worcester (MA) Sunday Telegram on Nov. 25.

Eleven Hamilton students have been named recipients of the Class of 1979 Student Travel Award. The awards are used to fund travel to various destinations where the students intend to do research, attend meetings or professional conferences relevant to their major. The students are: Redell Armstrong ’02, Nicole Caporusso ’02, Owen Charles ’02, Lorena Hernandez ’02, Matthew Liptak ’02, Heather Onderick ’02, Emma Pokon ’04, Chantelle Rein ’03, Jaime Skiba ’02, Brian Tilley ’05 and Jin Zhang ’04. Among the destinations of this year's recipients are New Delhi, the 42nd Annual Sanibel Symposium, Montreal, Ghana, Scotland and New York City.

Walcott-Bartlett Professor of Religious Studies Jay Williams published two book reviews in The Quest. He reviewed Tenzin Gyatso, Kalachakra Tantra: Rite of Initiation (The Quest July/August), and Deborah E. Harkness, John Dee's Conversations with Angels: Cabala, Alchemy, and the End of Nature (The Quest, Sept/Oct 2001). Williams also published a poem, "Ar Werth" in the October issue of Y Drych.

The Music Department announces an Orchestra Concert on Tuesday, Dec. 4 at 8 p.m. in Wellin Hall. Heather Buchman conducts Beethoven, Mozart and Tchaikovsky, with Martin Nedbal '02 soloist. Free and open to the public.