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Hamilton College received an at-large bid to compete in the NCAA Division III Men's Hockey Championship. The Continentals will take on Oswego State on Saturday, March 11, at the Utica Aud. This is the Continentals' first trip to the NCAA men's hockey championship.

Professors Erol Balkan and John Bartle and Britt Hysell, director of the English for Speakers of Other Languages Program, presented “Refugees Welcome Here" at a conference at Vassar College on Feb. 25.

Praised by The Wall Street Journal, the Natural History Magazine and the Library Journal, among others, “Continental Divide – a History of American Mountaineering,” has been released by W.W. Norton in paperback. A National Outdoor Book Award honorable mention recipient, the book, written by Professor of History Maurice Isserman, has been excerpted in publications including The Alpinist and The Oregonian.

When ESPN’s 30 for 30 O.J.: Made in America, was announced at this week’s Academy Awards ceremony as the winner in the best documentary category, alumna Deirdre Fenton ’04, was one of its producers receiving an Oscar.

“Hamilton has a small-base network of alumni who love to give back.” That was the message from Adrienne Conzelman ’92, a panelist on the Career Center’s latest “What I Did With My Major” session.

“I’d rather die than suffer another day as one of the obedient, silent ones,” said award-winning poet and writer Jimmy Santiago Baca during his public reading in the Chapel on March 1.

Hamilton’s Program in New York City visited the Museum of Food and Drink (MOFAD) in Williamsburg. MOFAD’s current exhibit, “Chow: Making the Chinese American Restaurant,” dovetails neatly with the NYC program’s food-focused curriculum, which emphasizes the impact of immigration on the development of American cuisine.

In an effort to create learning opportunities about diverse religious traditions, the Hamilton College Chaplaincy recently sponsored “Spirituality 101 Week.” It featured a series of discussions, interactive workshops and informational sessions promoting religious literacy.

John McEnroe, the John and Anne Fischer Professor of Fine Arts, recently discussed his archaeological work on the important Bronze Age Town at Gournia, Crete, in a lecture at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.

The Hamilton College Town-Gown Fund recently made $64,969 in grants to seven organizations, bringing the total disbursed from the endowment to more than $693,000 since 2001.