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INTERESTED in learning how to conduct a focus group? A Focus Groups for Dummies workshop will be held tonight, March 28, at 8 p.m. in the Assembly Room at Bristol Campus Center.

Korey O'Malley, a senior from Liverpool, NY, has been selected for the second team of the 2001 Verizon Academic All-District I Women's College Fall/Winter At-Large Team. O'Malley, who ranks fourth in her class, is a member of the volleyball, diving and softball teams at Hamilton.

Hamilton sophomore Keith Foster returned to his alma mater, the Alabama School of Mathematics and Science, during Spring Break. Foster, a Levitt Scholar, told students about his plans to attend the United Nation's World Conference Against Racism, Xenophobia and Other Related Intolerance, to be held in South Africa in August.

Barbara Gold, associate dean of faculty and professor of classics, has written an article for the Association of American Colleges and Universities' publication, Diversity Digest. Gold's article, titled Diversifying the Curriculum: What Do Students Think, conveys the thoughts of a Hamilton College student focus group about diversity requirements.

Hamilton's bookstore made the transition to Barnes & Noble College Bookstores this week.The new store hours will be 8:30 a.m. until 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, and on Saturdays 12 p.m. until 3 p.m.

Carl Hayden, a 1963 graduate of Hamilton, was re-elected by the New York state Board of Regents to a third three-year term as chancellor. Hayden, a member of the board since 1990, was first elected chancellor in 1995. He is an attorney in Elmira. Regents are elected to the board by joint sessions of the state Legislature. The board sets education policies for public schools throughout New York state.

Josh Simpson '72 will be featured in a PBS documentary, "Where the Earth Meets the Sky, the Glassworks of Josh Simpson," this weekend. WGBY Springfield, MA, (channel 57) will air the program on Saturday, March 24, at 7:30 pm.

The Dermatology Foundation has awarded Robert Jordon, a 1960 graduate of Hamilton and chairman of the Department of Dermatology at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, and Ernest H. Beutner, Ph.D., for their groundbreaking research on blistering skin disorders in the 1960s. The Dermatology Foundation created the award in 1991 as its highest tribute to dermatologists who embody the essence of scientific and intellectual curiosity that the organization strives to nurture through its research awards program.

Peter Meinke, poet and author, and a 1955 graduate of Hamilton, will give a reading of his work tonight, March 29, at 8 p.m. in Dwight Lounge, Bristol Campus Center. The reading is free and open to the public. Meinke's visit is sponsored by the English department.

Two Hamilton College seniors have been awarded Thomas J. Watson Fellowships for 2001-2002. Louisa Smith, an economics and art double major from Duxbury, MA, and Justin Stein, a philosophy major from Larchmont, NY, were selected from among 1,000 students who applied for the awards. This is the third consecutive year that Hamilton students have been among the recipients of a Watson Fellowship.