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under way
Two words.

unique
One of a kind. Do not overuse or describe something as "very unique" or "rather unique."

Untitled@Large
Student performance group. Note use of @. No spaces.

Upstate New York, Central New York
Capitalize since the region should be widely known to most readers.

U.S.
Use the abbreviation in text as an adjective. Otherwise spell out: He was born in the United States. The cost was converted to U.S. dollars.

vice president
No hyphen.

Washington, D.C.
Apply state abbreviation rules (not postal abbreviations) in prose, except in the rare instance where a complete address is published with a zip code. An exception is in the Class Notes section of the Hamilton Alumni Review where a casual style is acceptable to describe gatherings: Suzy, Tami and Wendy enjoyed a mini-reunion in DC. See "state abbreviations."

Washington, Hamilton Program in
Official name is Hamilton Program in Washington, not Term in Washington.

Web
Short for World Wide Web. Capitalize. Also, Web site and Web page. But webcam, webcast, webmaster.

Web addresses
No longer Hamilton style to underline. No need to include http:// Use a period at the end of a sentence that ends with a Web address: To register online, go to www.hamilton.edu/registration.

Web page, Web site
Two words. Capitalize Web.

work-study
Hyphenate.

years
alumni class designation No comma before or after the year: Bob Smith '80 is a new Annual Fund volunteer. To avoid confusion, use the complete year for alumni who graduated more than 100 years ago: Elihu Root, Class of 1864, is arguably Hamilton's most distinguished alumnus. To designate a graduate of Kirkland College: Susan Skerritt K'77. See "alumni names, class years."

parent class designation No commas before or after the year and no space between "P" designation and year: Bob Smith P'08 visited campus on Family Weekend. For grandparents, use GP. See "parent names."

plural 1970s or the '70s. See "decades."

ranges 2006–07 academic year, not 2006–2007 academic year.

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