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Carl A. Rubino, the Edward North Professor of Classics, presided over the centennial meeting of the Classical Association of the Atlantic States in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 4-7. Rubino is president of the organization.

Professor of Chinese Hong Gang Jin gave a keynote speech, “Challenges and Changes in K-16 Chinese Language Instruction,” at a professional development workshop for K-16 Chinese Language Teachers in Madison, Wis. The workshop was sponsored by the Center for East Asian Studies and the Department of East Asian Languages & Literature at the University of Wisconsin-Madison with support from a U.S. Department of Education Title VI NRC grant.

Members of Biology 237, an ecology class, conducted a study in Clinton's Oriskany Creek in September. They compared pool and riffle habitats of the stream in the conditions for life and the diversity and abundance of aquatic animals, according to Professor of Biology Ernest Williams. The students sampled the invertebrate animals and measured physical and chemical features of the stream at each sampling point.

A group of Hamilton students was among hundreds who traveled to Seneca Falls, N.Y., on Sunday, Oct. 7, to see nine women inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame. The students were accompanied by alumnae Cassandra Harris-Lockwood K'74 and Wendy Morris K'77. The trip was made possible by the Kirkland Endowment. On Monday, Oct. 8, Barbara DeBaptiste, president of the National Women's Hall of Fame, stopped for a tour of Hamilton's campus and lunch with students and Harris-Lockwood, Morris and Dean of Students Nancy Thompson.

Scores of Hamilton students gathered with members of the Clinton community for an afternoon of music, food and activities at the 6th annual Fall Fest on Sunday, Oct. 7, on the Village Green.

Internationally acclaimed polar explorer Ann Bancroft will return to Hamilton College for a lecture/presentation on her work in arctic expedition and environmental education on Thursday, Oct. 18, at 4:30 p.m., in the Science Center's Kennedy Auditorium. Her multimedia presentation will feature historic images and film clips from her many polar expeditions. The lecture will be preceded by an open house with Bancroft from 2- 3:30 p.m., in the Glen House, hosted by Director of Outdoor Leadership Andrew Jillings and the Outing Club. She first visited Hamilton for a lecture in 1999.

The students of College 220, “The Cultural and Natural Histories of the Adirondacks,” took a field trip into the area they are studying on October 6-7. After stopping for a hike into the mountains just north of Keene Valley, the group traveled to John Brown’s farm at North Elba, where they heard something of Brown’s history from the caretaker, who also happened to be a distant descendant.

Peking University Press has issued a Chinese translation of the Companion to Narrative Theory, co-edited by Professor of Comparative Literature Peter J. Rabinowitz and James Phelan (Ohio State University). The anthology, first published in English two years ago by Blackwell, takes stock of the state of narrative theory at the beginning of the 21st century. The book also includes a chapter by Associate Professor of English Catherine Gunther Kodat, “I'm Spartacus!,” which explores the uses of Spartacus as a figure for freedom in literary, dance and film narratives.

Associate Professor of Economics Ann Owens recently published an article titled “Integrating Computer Applications into Economics Electives” in the International Review of Economics Education (Volume 6 Issue 1, 2007). The article advocates for a new way of teaching economics that emphasizes the use of active learning via statistics labs.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Music Armando Bayolo conducted the Great Noise Ensemble in the first concert of its third season on Sunday, Sept. 30. Great Noise is a group dedicated to the promotion of contemporary music, which Bayolo founded in Washington, D.C., in 2005. The concert featured works for soloists and ensemble which display an instrumentalist's virtuosity. The ensemble was joined by the husband and wife team, Duo46 (Beth-Ileana Schneider, violin, and Matt Gould, guitar) in the world premiere of Bayolo's "Concerto a Due" for guitar, violin and chamber orchestra.