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Tonight Hamilton students will participate with students from six universities across the country in a live, pilot polling project during the presidential debate. Via a new smart phone application, more than a hundred students will be able to “register their in-the-moment reactions to what candidates are saying during a debate, using button taps (e.g. Agree and Disagree), and answering pre- and post-debate survey questions (e.g. partisanship, issue priorities, demographics),” according to the developer’s website.

At a time when many consider climate change to be one of the most pressing challenges facing the world’s population, it remains unclear which course of action will do the most good for the planet and its inhabitants. Michael Greenstone, the 3M Professor of Environmental Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and director of the Hamilton Project, discussed this issue during a lecture from The Sustainability Program of the Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center.

As an Environmental Studies major with a concentration in Women’s Studies, Lauren Howe ’13 has always been interested in working with non-profit organizations dealing with relevant environmental issues. This past summer, with the help of the Levitt Public Service Internship Fund, Howe was able to intern in the legal services department of the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources in their Amherst office.

Hamilton College received the largest award among 23 Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad international education grants announced by the U.S. Department of Education. Hamilton was awarded $671,975 in federal funds to support the project “The ACC Intensive Language Training Program for Students and Language Professionals.” It will be managed by Hong Gang Jin, the William R. Kenan Professor of Chinese, and Associated Colleges in China (ACC) general director.

Publius Virgilius Rogers Professor of American History Maurice Isserman was a speaker at “Moses Finley and Politics,” a conference to mark the centenary of M. I. Finley’s birth, on Sept. 29 at Columbia University.

Eugene Domack, the Joel W. Johnson Family Professor of Geosciences, was an invited speaker at the 2012 Fermor Meeting of the Geological Society, Sept. 19-21 in London.

The 2012 46 Peaks weekend of Sept. 29-30 was a roaring success, despite the constant rain. The Hamilton Outing Club (HOC) tied its previous record of 43 peaks summited, and almost doubled participation from last year, with 125 students hiking in the Adirondacks over the weekend. “As far as our goals... it totally met that,” said Assistant Director of Outdoor Leadership Sarah Jillings. Two of the trails-less peaks were impassable, due to a washed-out bridge and high waters from the rain, which made crossing unsafe.

If judged by the cliché that a picture is worth 1,000 words, Professor Bruce Muirhead has a veritable library stashed away in a collection of folders, boxes and portfolios on the second floor of the List Art Center.  The authors in this library span decades—but most of them are not household names.

In recognition of the upcoming Fire Prevention Week, two survivors of the 2000 Boland Hall fire at New Jersey’s Seton Hall University will give a lecture and screen a documentary film on Wednesday, Oct. 3, at 7 p.m., in the Bradford Auditorium, KJ.  Earlier that day a mock dorm room fire will be staged, at 4 p.m., in front of the Taylor Science Center. Both events are free and open to the public.

Director Tracy Adler and her staff are in the process of putting the finishing touches on The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art in preparation for the official opening celebration. On Thursday, Oct. 4, the festivities will begin.