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Associate Professor of English Naomi Guttman will read from her recent work at The Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, New York, on Sunday, Sept. 16 at 2 p.m. Other readers will be poets Tom Sleigh, Joshua Weiner, and Victoria Redel. The reading is hosted by Martha Rhodes, Editor of Four Way Books. For more information and directions, go to: http://www.bowerypoetry.com/

Associate Professor of Music Mike "Doc" Woods presents The Tower School of Business, a concert of R&B songs and instrumentals, on Wednesday, Sept. 12, at 9 p.m. in the Fillius Events Barn. The group features Ronnie Leigh on vocals, Woods on bass and Jeff Stockham on trumpet. Free and open to the public.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Government Peter Cannavò participated in two panels at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association in Chicago, held August 30-Sept. 2. As part of a panel on environmentalism and civic republicanism that he organized, Cannavò presented a paper titled, “‘To the Thousandth Generation’: Timelessness and the Pastoral Nexus between Green Politics and Republicanism." Cannavò also presented his book, The Working Landscape: Founding, Preservation, and the Politics of Place (The MIT Press, 2007) as part of a panel titled “New Books in Green Politics and Theory."

In a cooperative effort orchestrated by the Chaplain’s Office, the College Republicans, the College Democrats, and the Christian Fellowship, the Hamilton community honored the memory of victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the sixth anniversary of that tragic day. Nearly 3,000 memorial flags were displayed along Martin's Way and the Hamilton community observed a moment of silence at noon. A ceremony in memory of the victims took place at 4 p.m. outside Commons. In addition, the brothers of Tau Kappa Epsilon collected donations for the American Red Cross outside Beinecke.

Susan Frey ’84, director of education, Thoreau Institute at the Walden Woods Project in Lincoln, Mass., will lead a "Walden Pond Trek" for The Boston Alumni Association at 9 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 16. She will comment on the natural history of the Pond as well as the most famous denizen of Walden Woods, Henry David Thoreau. 

Professor of Biology Ernest Williams published a column about monarch butterflies in News of the Lepidopterists' Society (March, 2007). The column, "Status of the Monarch Sanctuaries in Mexico," resulted from his visit in January to the Mexican sanctuaries, when he joined a research team of Dr. Lincoln Brower, the foremost authority on monarch butterflies. Dr. Brower was co-author on the column, and five of Williams' photographs, including the cover photo, were used in this issue. In this article, they describe the current status and threats to the monarch over-wintering sites and recommend several conservation actions.

Nearly 3,000 memorial flags were displayed along Martin's Way in honor of the victims of the 9/11 attacks. In addition, the Hamilton community observed a moment of silence at noon and gathered at 4 pm outside the Dunham entrance of Commons for a ceremony in memory of the victims.

Director of Outdoor Leadership Andrew Jillings snagged first place in another long distance canoe and kayak race. Although not quite as arduous at the 460-mile Yukon River Quest Jillings won last June, "The 90-Miler" still offered Jillings and his partner a challenge. The 25th anniversary canoe and kayak race from Old Forge to Saranac Lake was held from Sept. 7 to 9.

Daniel Tomb ’08 (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) spent his summer modeling compact helium (He) polarizers with a computer software package called Console, which can “simulate just about anything” using various equations that embody the laws of physics. Helium polarizers are compact apparatuses consisting of glass vessels filled with 3He gas (a very rare isotope of helium that has only one neutron instead of the usual two).

Junior Sharfi Farhana (West Haven, Mass.) used to spend a lot of time in Bangladesh when she was younger. Returning for a wedding last Christmas, she looked at the familiar landscape with new eyes. After several years at an affluent Western college, Farhana noticed that the poverty, the lack of opportunity, the pollution all stood out. "You see that when you’ve had two years of liberal arts education," Farhana said.