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The talk by Paula Rothenberg, director of the New Jersey Project on Inclusive Scholarship, Curriculum, and Teaching, scheduled for today, Sept. 11, has been postponed.

The Kirkland Project 2001-02 series, The Body in Question, kicks off today with a Hamilton faculty panel discussion, "What the Body Knows," with moderator Chandra Mohanty, and panelists Carole Bellini-Sharp, Katheryn Doran, Sue Ann Miller, Susan Sanchez Casal, and Thomas Wilson. Today at 4 p.m. in the Emerson Gallery, followed by a reception.

Heidi M. Ravven, an associate professor in the Religious Studies department at Hamilton College, has been promoted to full professor.

Performance Artist Kate Bornstein will present "On Men, Women and the Rest of Us," on Sunday, Sept. 9, at 8 p.m., in Minor Theatre. Her appearance is sponsored by The Kirkland Project as part of its 2001-02 programming, "The Body in Question."

The department of German and Russian will sponsor a lecture, in English, by the young dramatist, translator and novelist John von Düffel on Monday, Sept. 10 at 4 p.m. in the Browsing Room, second floor of Christian Johnson Hall. Mr. Düffel's newest work, Ego, is set to appear this month.

Sociology Professor Mitchell Stevens, author of the new book, Kingdom of Children: Culture and Controversy in the Homeschooling Movement,will be a guest on KUER radio (Salt Lake City) on Wednesday, Sept. 5, at noon. KUER is a public radio station operated by the University of Utah.The interview can be heard via KUER's Web site, www.kuer.org/listenlive.

The ACCESS Project at Hamilton College has received a $40,000 FIPSE (Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education) grant from the federal Department of Education, Office of Post-Secondary Education. The grant will be used for assessment and evaluation. Hamilton will participate with a network of 11 other colleges to design curriculum and develop strategies to teach the low-income parents who comprise the ACCESS Project.

Cynthia Domack, an associate professor of geology at Hamilton College, has been promoted to full professor. Promotion to full professor is based on recommendations of the dean of faculty, the committee of appointments and senior departmental colleagues.The college president makes the final decision on promotion to full professor and in the case of tenure, presents the final recommendation to the board of trustees.

David Paris, Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty at Hamilton College, announced the appointment of new faculty for the 2001-2002 academic year, including five tenure track appointments, 23 visiting professors, and six lecturers, teaching fellows and instructors.

A performance of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream will be presented by Untitled at Large, a student-run theatre group, on Saturday, Sept. 1 at 6 p.m. in Root Glen. Enter through the Anderson Connell Alumni Center parking lot. Free.