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Assistant Professor of Literature and Creative Writing Pavitra Sundar presented "Voice, Body and a Sexy ‘Didi’” at an international conference on “Sound and South Asia” at the University of Michigan Oct. 7-8.

Art Collective organized the pop-up gallery Predominantly White Spaces on Oct. 21-23. This gallery was directed and curated by Michy Woodward ’17 and coordinated by Kenneth Lopez ’17. It is a collaborative project among student artists of color, Alex Akiwumi ’19, Merisa Dion ’17, Mimi Do ’17, Anne Homans ’19, Ana Castro Reynoso ‘17, Djinnie Timoleon ’17, Katherine Wang ’17 and Anjanae Williams ’18.

During the recent Fallcoming and Family Weekend, the Hamilton Microfinance Group hosted its third annual “Guess the Weight: Giant Pumpkin Challenge.” For $1, people could guess the weight of the giant pumpkin and watermelon. They weighed 1,235 pounds and 139.5 pounds, respectively.

Visiting Professor of Art History Scott MacDonald presented “Taking Time to Look: The Landscape Films of Peter Hutton” at the Thomas Cole National Historic Site in Catskill, N.Y., on Oct. 9.

In his Oct. 19 lecture titled “Conservation without Regulation” Case Western University Professor Jonathan Adler proposed that our nation’s current approach to environmental policy is ineffective.

Hamilton Association for Volunteering Outreach and Charity (HAVOC) sponsored its 15th annual Dodgeball tournament on Oct. 22. Fourteen teams of 90 students participated and raised over $500 for Team Impact.

In this age of digital media, Hamilton students were able to learn about old-fashioned printing methods at an Apple and Quill series event, “Extravaganza in the Letterpress Studio,” on Oct. 19.

An opinion piece by Alan Cafruny, the Henry Platt Bristol Professor of International Relations, was published by the Valdai Discussion Club on Oct. 12.

MathSciNet and Philosophia Mathematica recently featured reviews of Assistant Professor of Philosophy Russell Marcus’ book Autonomy Platonism and the Indispensability Argument (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015).

Figuring out where a major in government or world politics might lead a student for a summer or for a career may seem daunting for any undergrad but possibly less so after five Hamilton students explained their recent career-related experiences.