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Two Hamilton teams will compete in The Adirondack Canoe Classic, also known as “The 90-miler” this weekend, Sept. 10-12. The race is paddled over three days, starting from Old Forge and finishing in Prescott Park in Saranac Lake, and is billed as the biggest race of the year in New York State.

In her education blog on the USA Today website, Mary Beth Marklein reported on how some colleges have promoted religious and cultural awareness “even before Florida preacher Terry Jones announced plans to burn the Quran this weekend.” Included in a summary of how “colleges have been seeking ways to counter anti-Muslim sentiment on campus and promote understanding of religious and cultural diversity” was a description of Hamilton’s recent in which 170 Muslim and non-Muslim students participated in a fast and post-fast dinner. One of the reasons for holding the annual event is to offer non-Muslim students the opportunity to experience what Muslims practice for an entire month.

Hamilton College improved to 4-0 with two victories at SUNY Potsdam's Victory Promotions Invitational on Sept. 10.

Approximately 170 students, Muslim and non-Muslim, participated in the annual "fast-a-thon," sponsored by the Muslim Students Association on campus on Sept. 8. The day of fasting during the month of Ramadan, ending on Sept. 9, brought students of several faiths together. One of the reasons for holding the annual event is to offer non-Muslim students the opportunity to experience what Muslims practice for an entire month.

Hamilton College’s Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center will sponsor a series of evening lectures for the 2010-11 academic year focused on three thematically based programs: Security, Sustainability, and Inequality and Equity. All lectures are free and open to the public.

Anthony Balbo '13 scored a goal and Eric Boole '13 made one save as Hamilton College tied SUNY Cortland 1-1 in a non-league game at Hamilton's Love Field on Sept. 8.

Hamilton College athletic trainer Becky Osier was featured in a recent article that appeared in the Utica Observer-Dispatch.

Maurice Isserman, James L. Ferguson Professor of History, was interviewed and quoted in a BBC Magazine article titled Mad Men and the 60s - the decade is in the detail. The article explored the “un-60sness of the early 1960s,” the years in which the TV series is set.

Untitled@large presented its annual Shakespeare in the Glen production on Sept. 4-5. This year’s show was The Merchant of Venice, produced by Rouvan Mahmud ’11 with assistants Sam Bristol ’11 and Alison McLaughlin ’11.

Austin Briggs, Hamilton B. Tompkins Professor of English emeritus, has published “Joyce’s Nymph of the Yews: Debates about the Nude in Painting” in The Dublin James Joyce Journal (no. 2/2009), a new peer-reviewed publication appearing under the auspices of the University College Dublin James Joyce Research Centre in association with the National Library of Ireland.