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A week after an impressive attempt at conquering the Adirondack High Peaks during the annual 46 Peaks Weekend, Hamilton Outing Club (HOC) members have not tired. Over this recent fall break six tenacious students braved icy slopes and sore feet during a four-day assault of some of the highest mountains in New York State.

Eric Klinenberg, professor of sociology at New York University (NYU), will present a lecture titled “Urban Crisis” on Wednesday, Oct. 21, at 7:30 p.m. in the Fillius Events Barn. His talk is part of The Arthur Levitt Public Affairs 2009-10 series “Crisis: Danger and Opportunity.” All lectures are free and open to the public.

Jinnie Garrett, professor of biology, recently published an article "Resources and strategies to integrate the study of ethical, legal and social implications of genetics into the undergraduate curriculum" in the 2009 edition of Advances in Genetics. This article was co-authored with Dr. Kathleen Triman, a professor of biology at Franklin and Marshall College.

“Your body knows something that your mind has forgotten,” says Autumnrose Haroutunian ’10. As one of three 2009-2010 Senior Fellows, Haroutunian is familiarizing herself with a concept known as phenomenology, a philosophical approach to issues of space and embodiment. More specifically, it professes a necessary break from the Cartesian dualism that separates mind and body. By forming a system with the objects of its perception, the body builds a foundation for an inter-subjective experience. Thus the concepts reflected on by the mind are second-order expressions of the world as we live it.

Dr. Arlene Blum, executive director of the Green Science Policy Institute and a biophysical chemist, will lecture about health risks associated with the widespread use of chemical flame retardants on Monday, Oct. 19, at 7 p.m. in the Science Center’s Kennedy Auditorium. The lecture is sponsored by the Chemistry Department and Outdoor Leadership Center and is free and open to the public.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics James Wells presented a paper at the annual meeting of the Classical Association of the Atlantic States held in Wilmington, Del., on Oct. 8–10. The paper, Drained into the New Trench”: Classical Reception and the Poetry of Reginald Gibbons," studies Reginald Gibbons’ collection of poetry, Creatures of a Day (2008), as an act of classical reception and contributes to scholarship by introducing an audience to a newly formulated theory and method for interpreting practices of classical reception called “The Poetics of Distinction.”

On October 7, students in the Program in Washington had the rare opportunity to see the Supreme Court at work. They were in the Court for oral argument in Reed Elsevier v. Mutchnick.

The large-scale work of Associate Professor of Art Ella Gant is on exhibit in a show titled “Little Life Redux” at SUNY Oswego. The gallery is located at West First and Bridge streets in downtown Oswego. The public exhibition will run through Nov. 28.

Shelley Haley, professor of classics and African studies, and director of the Africana studies program, participated in the fall meeting of the Classical Association of the Atlantic States (CAAS) on Oct. 8-11. She, along with professors Nancy Rabinowitz and James Wells, participated on a panel titled "How to Manage Difficult Conversations in Classics Classrooms" and she was the presider for a session titled "Practical Pedagogy." Haley was also was elected 2nd vice-president of CAAS.

Through October snow, mud, rain and unseasonably cold weather, the Hamilton Outing Club (HOC) hosted its annual 46 Peak Weekend on Oct. 9-11. The goal of the weekend is to have one Hamilton student or community member reach the summit of every one of the Adirondacks’ 46 Peaks. With more than 100 participants, this year the club came close with a grand total of 38 peaks. The weather made hiking difficult due to extreme mud and snow that covered the ground.