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The art department celebrated the opening celebration of the newly refurbished Dunham Senior Art Studio on Wednesday, Oct. 8. The studio was painted and divided into individual work spaces for painting and photography majors. The event was attended by President Joan Stewart and Dean of Faculty Joe Urgo, art students and  the art faculty.

Dean of Admission and Financial Aid Monica Inzer was quoted in a TIME magazine online article on Wednesday, Oct. 8, that addressed the effect of the current financial crisis on higher education. In "Colleges Getting Hit by the Credit Crunch," Hamilton was credited as having planned ahead "to accommodate a growing number of college students ... [that] will allow the university to maintain its full financial aid program."

Associate Professor of Economics Ann Owen was quoted in a front page story in The Christian Science Monitor on Wednesday, Oct. 8. In "Fed makes boldest move yet," an article that discussed the Federal Reserve's decision to buy short-term debt directly from the largest U.S. corporations, Owen observed that if other economic indicators were looking more positive, the Fed would not be taking such dramatic steps.

"Write on: Maurice Isserman," an interview of history professor Maurice Isserman, appeared on the Viewpoints page of the Observer-Dispatch, on Sunday, Oct. 5. On the same day, The New York Times Book Review listed Fallen Giants, Isserman's new book, co-authored with University of Rochester history professor Stewart Weaver, as an "editors' pick" of the week.

Assistant Professor of Art Rebecca Murtaugh exhibited three pieces from the Sweetest Battle and Seeing Stars series in Beautiful Losers at the Gallery RFD in Swainsboro, Ga. The gallery is a non-profit organization whose goal is to promote economic enrichment in rural communities through the arts. The show was curated by the co-founders of shotgun-review.com, Joseph del Pesco and Scott Oliver, and ran from Sept. 11 through Oct. 4.

A video featuring six Hamilton students discussing the vice presidential debate on Thursday, Oct. 2, tops the Washington Post Vote '08 Web site. Produced by senior Eric Kuhn, the video features sophomore Scott Bixby and seniors Kara Labs, Melissa Balding, Sam Risen, David Riordan and Allison Gaston-Enholm. Five students felt that Biden had prevailed in the debate and one student was undecided. The video, which also is on the CBS News site, appears with a video produced on the campus of Columbia University.

James S. Sherman Associate Professor of Government Philip Klinkner, who earned his undergraduate degree at Lake Forest College, returned to his alma mater on Tuesday, Sept. 30, to speak at the college's Lily Reid Hold Memorial Chapel about what the presidencies of Barack Obama and John McCain would look like.

A video created by alumna Miranda Raimondi '08 when she was a student at Hamilton is being included in a film screening in New York City on Tuesday, Oct 7, at 8 p.m. "blue" will be shown at The Light Industry as part of "Come Softly - "Be Continuous Often," curated by Mark McElhatten.The Light Industry is located in Industry City at 55 33rd St. (3rd Floor), Brooklyn, New York. Admission is $6.

James Bradfield, the Elias W. Leavenworth Professor of Economics, appeared on a news segment on NBC affiliate WKTV on Tuesday, Sept. 30, in an interview on the current state of the economy. Bradfield said that he felt certain that the college's many economics graduates could look forward to bright futures in business despite current market turbulence.

As the keynote speaker for the 2008 New York Conference on Asian Studies, University of Michigan professor Barbara D. Metcalf spoke on Saturday, Sept. 27, about misconceptions related to Islam. Her talk, titled "Telling The Story of Islam in Asia: Reflections on Teleologies and Timelessness," used the work of several older sources to illustrate many of the ideas that continue to affect our perceptions.