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Assistant Professor of Anthropology Colin Quinn and Associate Dean of Faculty and Associate Professor of Anthropology Nathan Goodale were co-authors of an article that appears in the October issue of American Antiquity.

Assistant Professor of Classics Jesse Weiner recently presented invited talks in Western University in Canada and the University of Kassel in Germany.

In an email to the Hamilton community on Oct. 15, Dean of Faculty Suzanne Keen announced the passing of Gregory Pierce, Professor of Psychology emeritus.

Sitting in the boardroom of The Whitney Museum of American Art, overlooking the West Side Highway and the Hudson River, are the students of Art History 310 and Scott Rothkopf, chief curator of The Whitney.

Determined to change the education system for low-income students and students of color, Osvaldo Adames ’15 took a job teaching eighth-grade math at the Bronx School for Law, Government and Justice — his alma mater. There, he quietly nurtured a goal: to have his students take the state Algebra 1 exam in eighth-grade rather than ninth, which was typical at the school.

The Shenandoah-Kirkland Initiative hosted the second annual Haudenosaunee Social in the Events Barn on Oct. 12. Approximately 100 students, faculty, staff, and community members attended the hour-long celebration of the day and acknowledgment of the land on Oct. 14.

Sculptures by Professor of Art Rebecca Murtaugh are on display in exhibitions in Brooklyn and Glens Falls, N.Y.

Near the back of the 1979 hamilton yearbook, 14 pages titled “Campus Life” feature a collection of black-and-white photos without captions, leaving it to readers to posit the who, what, why: three laughing women in silly hats, a guy at a pottery wheel, a student bent over a book at a library table, etc. The story behind a photo on page 143 belongs to David Balog ’79. He alluded to it when he was interviewed for a new and developing oral history archive of LGBTQ Hamilton alumni.

Per annual tradition, the Outing Club sent out 18 trips in a bid to put at least one Hamilton community member on the summits of each of the 46 Adirondack High Peaks. The first weekend of October proved to be a fine weekend for this venture as fall foliage was in full glory. The mountains were pockmarked with brilliant reds, yellows, and oranges as complements to the vibrant green – a beautiful sight to see!