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Michael Rothenberg, a 1986 graduate of Hamilton College, was named director of New York Lawyers for the Public Interest earlier this year. The organization, founded five years ago, was created to supplement legal services to the poor in New York City. Rothenberg was featured in The New York Daily News in Clem Richardson's "Spotlight on Great People" column.

Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack, a 1972 graduate of Hamilton College, hopes to fight population drain in Iowa by luring immigrants to the state. Vilsack's plan is profiled in TIME Magazine (March 19, 2001).

Robert Moses, a 1956 graduate of Hamilton College, is the founder of the Algebra Project, a program that has won national attention for preparing students in largely rural and inner-city communities to take college-prep mathematics.

Hamilton College had a good showing in America's Greatest Heart Run and Walk, held on February 24. Hamilton's 77 participants raised $6,238. Top money-raiser was Director of Student Activities Bev Low with $501. Three students who raised significant amounts were Evan Endicott, $375, Jamie Skiba, $181, and Jane Long, $168.

Congratulations to Maggie Hanson and Kate Nelson, who competed at the NCAA Division III Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships at the University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh, Kolf Sports Center, March 10-11. Hanson had the Division III season's best time for the 5000 meter run.

More than 70 Hamilton students are foregoing sunny beaches and exotic resorts for their Spring Break, and instead are heading off to do volunteer work in seven cities during Hamilton's spring break, from March 9-25.

Sixty-five Hamilton College students are spending their Spring Break touring Italy with the Hamilton College Choir, led by Professor G. Roberts Kolb, the Christian A. Johnson Excellence in Teaching Professor of Music. On the tour, 65 members of the four-part choir will be making stops to perform in Venice, Bologna, Florence, Perugia, and Rome. The tour runs from March 12 to March 24.

Four biochemistry majors will present their senior research projects today (Wednesday, March 7) at 4 p.m. in Chemistry 112. The campus community is invited to attend.

Four Hamilton College faculty members were approved for tenure by the college's Board of Trustees during their recent meeting at the college. They are: Shoshana Keller, History; Catherine Gunther Kodat, English; Herman Lehman, Biology; and Joseph Mwantuali, French.

Hamilton College has implemented a new Information Line telephone number to call for details about the upcoming lecture by former President Jimmy Carter. Carter will give a free public lecture at the College on Monday, April 30 at 7:30 p.m. in the Margaret Bundy Scott Field House. Call 859-INFO(4636).